The era of in-person events and corporate conferences will soon be coming to an end, if Zoom has anything to do with it. The video conferencing company revealed that clients can now hold entire conferences online using its Zoom Events platform. Promising everything needed to host conference-wide virtual events, Zoom says the new update will help reduce the stress of hosting such collaborative events online, while allowing users to set up and create their event however they want.
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The company had tested its new version for its own Zoomtopia 2021 conference, where it claims to have successfully hosted more than 33.000 participants worldwide. "Juggling multiple platforms to host and manage events can be challenging. That's why we're constantly innovating to improve the way you host, manage, and report your virtual experiences with Zoom Events, the only solution you'll need to host virtual events." ". wrote David Ball, a product marketer at Zoom, in a blog post outlining the new features.
(Image credit: Zoom) Users will now be able to host events up to five days long and support up to 13 concurrent sessions. By logging in, attendees can meet in a conference room, where they can network and view sessions before and during an event. Participants can also view or search for specific sessions in the lobby or through a new directory, filtering by tracks, and can also monitor their route or create their own schedules by adding sessions. For hosts, the new update means session and speaker information can be uploaded in bulk, and session videos can be included, as a preview reel or clip, to introduce speakers or prepare to the participants for the start of the event. Speakers will also be able to edit their session and bio, though hosts will still have the final signature, as well as full moderation of the chat at all times. and the organization of the entire event can be divided by assigning up to 20 event coordinators. After the event, surveys can be sent out to gauge attendee opinion, which will hopefully help make events more interesting and engaging in the future. Recordings of all sessions will also be made and distributed, and organizers will also be able to view analytics reports at and after the event on a number of metrics. Now available, Zoom says free and paid event hosting is available to users in the US, UK, Ireland, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and France. However, there are some limits for other countries hosting free or purely paid events at the moment. Do you need to enhance your FMH installation? Introducing the best hybrid work technology: everything you need to get back to the office