Resources for presenters and event organizers

Check out our best practices, tips and tricks to improve your presentations, boost audience engagement, increase conversions and drive event ROI.

Work With Esstart and encaptiv to Maximize Engagement During Your Next Event

Hosting a celebratory corporate event or a large personal gathering today requires a bit of brainstorming to encourage engagement from...

Own the Stage (virtual or in person)

Crush your next talk and leave your audience wanting more It finally happened! You landed your dream speaking gig. You’re both excited...

Live Stream vs. Pre-Record: The Great Virtual Event Debate

When it comes to planning a virtual event, there are a number of logistics to consider. Full day(s) or half day(s)? Which time zone?...

Live, Virtual or Hybrid Event — Which is the Way To Go?

If you’re an event host, then hats off to you because how you perform your work has experienced some pretty serious changes over the past...

6 Reasons to Host a Virtual Event

2020 — and now 2021 — have seen an absolute explosion of virtual meetings and events. It’s still unclear exactly which altered pandemic...

Demystifying Event Engagement

Virtual events platforms have been a saving grace for event planners. In the maelstrom of COVID and the restrictions it’s spawned, they...

Choosing the Right Virtual Event Tech

In recent times, the number of virtual events platforms has exploded. However, not all of them are created equal and even the best...

Communicating Virtual Value to Sponsors

We all know that sponsorships provide significant ROI in terms of assisting you with event costs, and when the vast majority of events...

3 Tips to Grab & Keep Audience Attention During Virtual Events

According to Microsoft, The average sustained attention span is about 8 seconds, and dropping (yikes!), which means that it’s difficult...

encaptiv: An Origin Story

Shannon Malkin Daniels Founder & CEO, encaptiv About Shannon I often get asked how I came up with the idea for encaptiv, so I finally...

Virtual Activities To Keep Attendees Engaged

Written by Staff at encaptiv & Yaymaker At first, virtual happy hours seemed to be the solution to team building and networking from a...