On the Road with Centrifuge Media: A look back at a National Sales Meeting, Environmental Leadership Meeting, and an Incentive Meeting
Centrifuge Media hit the road during the month of April and produced memorable experiences for our clients in multiple locations both nationally and internationally! The 100% in-person schedule kicked off with a pharmaceutical national sales meeting in San Antonio, Texas, a National Launch in Chicago, an environmental science leadership meeting in Raleigh, NC., and . . .
How to Maintain an Eco-Friendly Business Model in the Event Industry
In-person events are back which means there’s an opportunity for you to re-evaluate ways to make environment-friendly decisions. In this post, you will learn how to maintain an eco-friendly business model in the event industry, why pre-planning is key, and finish with a list of suggestions for you to follow and share with your co-workers! . . .
Congrats to Our 2021 Values Awards Winners
2021 brought new challenges and new opportunities for our team members at Centrifuge Media. While COVID-19 continued to challenge the way businesses communicated, our team created new pathways to guide our clients through the pandemic. This dedication to continuous innovation and adaptability is why our company continued to thrive over the past year. Now we . . .
Hybrid Events Insight from CMI
The bad news: We’re entering another chapter of pandemic-era event restructuring and there’s going to be a slight learning curve. The good news: We’ve already made it through the toughest part, when we first pivoted from in-person to fully virtual events in 2020. Now, as we enter the hybrid events scene in 2021, we’re more . . .
Healthy Travel Tips in 2021
As events slowly shift back to in-person – hybrid or fully live, it remains important to prioritize the safety and well-being of yourself and those around you. It’s still just as critical, as we all continue to work to stop the spread of COVID-19. Planning ahead, utilizing new technologies and heeding the advice of experts . . .
COVID Protocols By CMI’s Most Frequented Venues
In the United States, many event and meeting planners are navigating the unfamiliar and ever-changing waters of COVID safety protocols as we begin transitioning back to in-person events (thanks, vaccine!). It’s an exciting, but somewhat daunting time. It can be tough to keep up, with U.S. regulations varying by state, county and sometimes even city. . . .
A New Era in Events: The Safety Technician
Centrifuge Media has several face-to-face events on the books for 2021. Can we stop a second here and just appreciate this incredible milestone? Wow. This time last year, the world had already put the brakes on in-person gatherings. It was a nerve-racking time to be in the events industry, which, of course, almost fully relies on the mass gatherings of . . .
Boosting Engagement with Virtual Spaces
Even before the novel coronavirus changed in-person events forever, CMI leveraged virtual reality to present patient experiences in a personal way. Using Oculus headsets, attendees entered the patients’ world. Eventgoers might hear a story about a patient’s diagnosis while exploring their art studio, or watch a college student talk about their struggles in higher education . . .
Ditch the Script: An Ode to Authenticity (Even in Virtual!)
Oh, the temptation. You’re already sitting in front of a computer for a virtual event, why not just write out your presentation or speech word-for-word and have it pulled up on screen? Now you can get away with ‘eye contact’ since your camera is… sort of… where you’re looking. And there’s no worrying about hand . . .
Designing Sets and Spaces You Could Only Imagine Before
There’s a limitless beauty to this virtual world we’ve been forced into. It’s the beauty – literally – of 3D spaces, coming right out of your imagination! Up until March 2020, our 3D Event Designer, Suzanne Tudman, spent most of her time creating renderings of event spaces that would eventually come to life as a live, in-person event. Stages you could walk on, chairs you could sit in, tables to sit at and . . .
