The MPI Hybrid meeting research project interviewed 37 people and collected survey responses from approximately 1800 people. The data was massive and the insights were plentiful. Insights came from companies such as Microsoft, Thrivent Financial, Wells Fargo, Subway, Levi’s, Nike, eBay, Novartis, SAE, Cisco, Oracle, Capella University, Verizon, George Washington University and many others. This webinar shares the lessons that meeting planners learned in the production of hybrid events in their own words. Lessons on Content & Engagement, What Makes a Hybrid Meeting Great, Selecting Vendors, Meeting Planning Skills Required, Marketing Hybrid Events and Measuring Results. Learner Outcomes • Benefit from others “opportunities for improvement” (ie; mistakes) and their successes • Learn tricks from those that have been down that road. • Understand - it’s about the audience – there’s two different kinds! • Appreciate that hybrid meetings require new content and delivery approaches • Learn insider tips of vendor selection Presenters: Samuel J. Smith Samuel J. Smith is an event technology consultant that helps event owners identify interactive meeting technologies that are the best fit for their event objectives and budgets. A regular contributor to EventCoup and Engage365, Sam has been working with technology professionally for more than 13 years and international events in Europe since 2006. Moderator: John Pollard John Pollard, Mediasite Events Program Director, helps organizations understand and execute successful hybrid events. He's planned conferences in both the US and Germany, and been an employee and consultant of some of the largest companies on the planet - like American Airlines, SAP, JPMorgan Chase, and Honeywell (he's worked for some of the smallest companies on the planet too!). Pollard served as the technical product manager for the Mediasite webcasting technology, and now he brings his depth of Mediasite product knowledge to Mediasite Events, where he helps customers and partners alike understand how to leverage webcasting to create more effective hybrid event experiences.