The Vancouver Booth at IMEX America 2012 featured the lovely KiKi L'Italien who chatted with me about hybrid events and social media.

The following is a guest blog article by Derrick Stomp. If you are interested in guest blogging for Sound n' Sight, please read my guest blogging guidelines. And if you have any thoughts, please comment. Derrick and I both would love to hear what you have to say!

I've been a fan of Stefania Conti-Vecchi since I first got to know her on Twitter a couple of years ago.  Her event technology tweets have always been extremely useful to me and she is a prime example of someone who knows how to #EIR. 

"My attendees don't do social media."  I hear it all the time, though less often as we move more deeply into the 21st century. 

In case you haven't noticed, I'm a big fan of Dennis Shiao and his blog, It's All Virtual. As the Director of Product Marketing at INXPO, a leading provider of online events and Social Business TV, Dennis is also editor, curator and author of the INXPO blog, Casting Calls.

The following is a guest blog article by Lindsey Harper Mac. If you are interested in guest blogging for Sound n' Sight, please read my guest blogging guidelines. And if you have any thoughts, please comment. Bob and I both would love to hear what you have to say! 

What if you could attend an event virtually through a robot that could go where you want to go, see what you want to see and facilitate face to face networking with the people you want to meet?

The following is a guest blog article by Keir McCaton of Nimlok Tradeshow Exhibit Solutions. If you are interested in guest blogging for Sound n' Sight, please read my guest blogging guidelines. And if you have any thoughts, please comment. Keir and I both would love to hear what you have to say! 

With just about a year of event planning and production experience, I’ve quickly accomplished and learned a lot.  One of the things that I have learned is that events are about the experience. In looking at the websites of other event professionals during my job hunt, I have noticed one crucial commonality between them: they all place a heavy emphasis on photos and videos.  When I realized that, I also realized that I never simply “looked” at those websites—I experienced them.  The most visually stunning have left me breathless, awe-inspired and envious.