Hybrid event production: Three steps to success
By Jamie G
Epiphan’s recent article is the perfect guide to to creating sucessful hybrid events. Hybrid events blend virtual and in-person elements – on the viewer side, contributor side, or both. Bill Allan highlights the three steps to sucess, check them out here!
Step one: Get clear on your goals
It’s important to identify what you’re trying to accomplish with your event. Epiphan says you should consider your contributors, your viewers and your outputs.
Step two: Ensure you have the right components
“Based on what you found out in step one, your hybrid event should be taking shape. For example, maybe it’ll just be the contributors who are remote, and all the attendees will be in person. Whatever the case, the specifics of your contributors, viewers, and content output will impact what gear and resources you’ll need to pull it off.”
Bill Allan
There three areas to consider. You’re team, network, and equipment.
Step three: Choose a production setup that fits your goals.
This final step is about figuring out what your setup will look like. Epiphan gives some great sample production setups for different spaces. Check some out.
Hybrid event space
Off-site production environment
It’s best to choose a hardware encoder like Epiphan’s Pearl devices for your hybrid event production instead of a software encoder. You’re better served using a system that was built from the ground up for live streaming and recording instead of general-purpose hardware full of parallel software and processes competing for resources. And with features like easy remote configuration, versatile streaming options, and the ability to multistream, Pearl offers everything you need to produce a successful hybrid event.
Bill Allan
Check out the full article here!
Learn more about Epiphan here!