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April 17, 2025
Virtual events come in all shapes and sizes—from live webinars and virtual workshops to hybrid conferences and on-demand trainings. In this post, we break down what a virtual event really is, explore the different formats (live, hybrid, recorded), and share examples of the most common types. Whether you're planning a training session, a product launch, or an interactive networking event, understanding these options will help you deliver a seamless virtual experience that meets your audience’s needs.
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April 14, 2025
Leading Edge Training Solutions is excited to announce their new president, Stanley Saint-Louis.
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April 15, 2025
Remote video production is changing the way teams create content, allowing marketers, trainers, and communicators to produce high-quality videos from virtually anywhere, without needing a full studio setup. But working with a remote editor is different from in-person production, and success depends on more than just great footage.
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April 14, 2025
Samantha Washington is the focus of our third profile of Leading Edge’s behind-the-scenes virtual event stars. Like her colleagues, she’s had lots of experience remaining calm in the face of the chaos that is a typical livestreamed event.
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April 7, 2025
In our second installment of profiling behind-the-scenes virtual event producers, we spoke with Leading Edge’s Director of Production and all-around “big picture” guy, Gary Deamer. We found there’s a lot more to keeping complex events on track than asking participants to unmute their audio.
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March 31, 2025
Leading Edge clients have long relied on the expertise (and the calm voice) of our team of skilled production professionals. We persuaded them to step out of their background roles to talk about what it’s like to help make virtual events a positive experience. In this first installment, we interviewed senior producer Josh Kotzen.
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March 24, 2025
“Virtual events are not working!” Virtual fatigue and PTSD over past bad virtual event experiences haunt event planners. But the expectations for virtual event deliverables are rising. Technologies are improving and the ability to create an engaging, workable virtual experience already exist. The real question is: How do you implement those technologies?
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March 17, 2025
The great benefits of virtual conferences are increased global reach, broader demographics, inclusivity, greater sales potential, and increased attendance. However, it’s time to step back and rethink the options on conference size. Micro virtual conferences have their own clear benefits that make them an attractive option for many businesses.
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March 10, 2025
After every hybrid or virtual event, sponsors have gained a wealth of content and connections. They have all the raw material to build awareness and positive sentiments towards their brand and messaging. The question is: How can you maximize your ROI?
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March 3, 2025
We’ve all heard that hybrid events are the worst of both worlds. How can we address this issue? While better use of technology and thoughtful planning are necessary for hybrid event success, the role of moderator is a key factor too.
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February 24, 2025
Medical research is what drives event attendance, which in turn drives marketing and funding. But all this is dependent on attendees’ ability to learn and understand what’s being presented. Learning is the key outcome. Can healthcare professionals and scientists learn as much (or more) in a virtual conference as they do in a face to face event?
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February 17, 2025
Over the last few years, it’s becoming clear that measurement of carbon emissions is becoming more prevalent and more specific to those creating the problem. This means that companies will have to do more than announce their position, but will have to prove they’re doing something. The shift to well-managed, regionally-based hybrid events and meetings is one step that not only talks about carbon neutrality, but actually does something about it.
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February 10, 2025
With the surge in large-scale virtual events, and the complexities of producing hybrid events, planners and technical producers already have a lot on their hands. Now, because many of these training and informational events span multiple time zones and work schedules, some analysts are proposing yet another model: the so-called asynchronous hybrid event. As we will see, there really is no such thing.
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February 3, 2025
The reduction of environmental impact at home is a nuanced process. Common sense actions like turning off unnecessary appliances and lights aside, there’s one specific step that has the most dramatic effect on power waste.
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January 20, 2025
Businesses have come a long way in adapting to virtual meeting environments. Since the pandemic, tools have improved, and platforms are more accommodating. However, we are still seeing outcries of virtual meeting fatigue and a call for more collaborative experiences online.
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January 27, 2025
Many CEOs have built their success on in-person environments and that’s what’s comfortable for them and their work. It’s worked so well for so long, why not go back to what works? The flaw in that thinking is ignoring the benefits of virtual events, to insist on returning to what they are familiar and comfortable with.
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January 13, 2025
700+ Participants ✔ 116 Virtual Sessions ✔ 73 Breakout Sessions ✔ A successful Multi-day Virtual Launch Meeting ✔ Recently, our team had the privilege of spearheading a two-day launch meeting that exemplified the convergence of innovation and seamless execution. Learn more about how we replicated the dynamic energy and collaborative spirit of an in-person event in the virtual space.
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April 8, 2024
According to the Pew Research Institute, one in five US adults have some form of disability. Accommodating the needs of this population in the virtual environment is an important consideration for virtual event planners and producers.
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April 8, 2024
Marketing professionals have a lot on their plate already. Learning how to effectively manage the deluge of social media only adds to that pressure. “Who has the time?!” But as one pharma company discovered, a key to the learning dilemma is the use of well-managed, hybrid training events.
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February 15, 2024
How the new age of remote work changed our work cycle forever, and why companies need not fear it.
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May 19, 2023
In almost every industry, there is a metamorphosis that is occurring. It’s a shift to a new way of working, training, and meeting. In 2020 and 2021, the move from live/onsite to entirely virtual occurred during the pandemic, and now in 2022 and 2023, the shift back to live/onsite or hybrid is here. The question I find myself wrestling with now is, are we looking at virtual/hybrid work from the correct perspective, the one size fits all view? I don’t think so.
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May 19, 2023
Out of necessity, in 2019, all events moved from live(onsite) to virtual. Throughout this article, I will refer to events as onsite or virtual because virtual events are live too! Due to the pandemic, we had to make a significant shift regarding how we looked at meetings. For Leading Edge Training Solutions, we were at the forefront of the change and saw over a 400% increase in the number of events we were producing in less than a month! Now we are seeing the shift back to onsite meetings, and the question being asked is, “Will this be a live (onsite) meeting or a virtual meeting?”. Instead, we should ask how virtual will help us accomplish our meetings' objectives, whether onsite or virtual.
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March 8, 2023
As media pundits scramble to praise and/or trash the metaverse and all things virtual, it’s time to take a serious look at visually rich (but still practical) approaches to planning and managing large-scale virtual events.
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New medical research is what drives event attendance, which in turn drives marketing and funding. But all this is dependent on attendees’ ability to learn and understand what’s being presented. Learning is the key outcome. Can healthcare professionals and scientists learn as much (or more) in a virtual conference as they do in a face-to-face event?
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February 17, 2023
Remote work, in general, and hybrid or virtual events in particular are good for the environment, but they’re not perfect. Can we do even better?
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February 9, 2023
Zoom Fatigue has become a well-known phenomenon. So much so that users (and especially Zoom executives) are getting really tired of hearing about it. Yet, after all the time we spend discussing it, is there a way to manage the problem?
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February 3, 2023
A new study has shown how moving to virtual conferences has improved attendance volume and diversity. But greater inclusivity does not happen automatically. Hybrid and virtual event sponsors must utilize the skills of producers who know the ropes.
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January 26, 2023
With the worst of the pandemic hopefully behind us, a new norm has been established. In the business world, the biggest change in that norm is the increase in remote and hybrid work, coupled with a rapid move towards hybrid and virtual events. The question is, what is the environmental impact of this shift?
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January 19, 2023
At a recent medical device-related event, the requirements of multiple audiences (both on-site and virtual), multiple presenters, and a challenging event venue put event planners and producers through their paces. They also pointed to promising new techniques for promoting hybrid equity.
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January 19, 2023
With the resurgence of live meetings, hybrid meetings and events are becoming more prevalent. For many, a hybrid meeting means a livestream or videoconference of the meeting provided for the virtual participants who no longer go to the office or are uncomfortable traveling. In reality, our goal should be to offer virtual employees and attendees a similar level of input and engagement as those onsite.
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