KubeCon was my last virtual event.

We need a better way.
We need to give events more thought. No one in their right mind will go to one next year either.

We cannot take the same thing we& #39;d do if we were all together and merely record it and share.
This leaves a gaping hole in people& #39;s psyche as we& #39;re removing the social aspect of sitting in a room full of like-minded peers as someone presents.
There are also no worthy virtual platforms. They all do a few things good enough but none of them are great.

Intrado is the worst of them and I don& #39;t know how they& #39;ll stay in business.
Also, employers just flat out don& #39;t respect virtual events.

Event maintainers must realize that by now given the registration to turnout rate. People have to weigh how they use their time.
Three to four days on a lackluster, clunky, platform is going to frustrate people and it& #39;s far too time consuming.
Toss out the idea of taking IRL event and making it virtual.

It doesn& #39;t work. The numbers show that.
1) Recognize time is valuable and people aren& #39;t going to be able to dedicate three days to your event.
2) There are orgs fighting for their existence right now. You& #39;re going to have to show the org leaders value in attending whatever you& #39;re putting together.
3) Less is more.

If you did one hour a day with a talk and hallway track that is way more effective than three days of asking for the impossible. Yes, that& #39;s 261 hours of content to figure out but, you& #39;ve got all year to do it.
Note: I& #39;ve personally hosted more than 300 hours of live streaming since May inside ONE org. This is more than possible. I& #39;m actually doing it.
Take the virtual event and flip it on its head. Shake what& #39;s good out and experiment with literally everything else along the way.

Virtual events are not the way.
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