# 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**](/content/post/work-with-esstart-and-encaptiv-to-maximize-engagement-during-your-next-event/index.html)

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)**](/content/post/own-the-stage-virtual-or-in-person/index.html)

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**](/content/post/live-stream-vs-pre-record-the-great-virtual-event-debate/index.html)

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?**](/content/post/live-virtual-or-hybrid-event-which-is-the-way-to-go/index.html)

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**](/content/post/6-reasons-to-host-a-virtual-event/index.html)

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**](/content/post/demystifying-event-engagement/index.html)

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**](/content/post/choosing-the-right-virtual-event-tech/index.html)

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**](/content/post/communicating-virtual-value-to-sponsors/index.html)

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**](/content/post/3-tips-to-grab-keep-audience-attention-during-virtual-events/index.html)

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**](/content/post/why-story-ads-is-where-your-business-needs-to-be/index.html)

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**](/content/post/10-ads-you-should-learn-from/index.html)

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