How to Host a Virtual Event That Doesn’t Make People Question Their Life Choices

Hey [First Name],

Confession:

I’ve attended webinars so boring, I started folding laundry just to feel something. 🧦

But YOUR next event?

Oh honey, we’re about to make it iconic.

An Event Pro spilled the tea on hosting virtual events that don’t put people into comas and I’m smuggling her best tricks straight to your inbox.

🍿 The "Oh-Crap-I’m-Doing-This-Wrong" Highlights

• Your audience doesn’t care (yet). First rule of Event Club: You gotta be hyped before they will be.

• "Panel discussion" ≠ Nap time. Pro tip: If your speakers could be replaced by a PowerPoint read-aloud bot, try harder.

• Money talks. "But the exposure!"—Said no one who pays rent in money.

💀 Hilarious Fail Alert: One host spent 57 minutes saying "This next part is SO important"... then ran out of time. Don’t be that guy.

✨ 3 Ways to Be the Beyoncé of Virtual Events

1. Pick a platform that won’t betray you (Looking at you, Zoom mute button demons 👀)
2. Bribe attendees with fun (Polls! Games! A drinking rule every time someone says "synergy"!)
3. Repurpose like a raccoon (Turn that event into 87 pieces of content—get scrappy!)

🔥 Mic Drop Moment: The best events make people say "Wait, I PAID for this?!"... after they’ve already bought.

🚨 Don’t Make Me Stage an Intervention!

Teach Me Your Ways, Oh Wise One!

(This links to the masterclass, not a cult. Probably.)

*Keep Moving Forward!

Ericka Bates

Talk Virtual / The Virtual Summiteers Peer Group

P.S. 

If you forward this to that one friend who always says "Let’s just do a quick Zoom," you’re a hero!