Every Tuesday at 10am PST on Instagram Live, our founder has coffee via @teamhappily with folks in our network about what they learned from a project they recently worked on.

Today, Cynthia shared about her experience working as a backstage manager of a virtual wine tasting experience in Zoom.

Pre-event prep;

• AppsFlyer sent wine and a recipe card for guests to have the same experience
• Happily worked with AppsFlyer IT, marketing, and speakers in tech rehearsals
• Happily sent audio-video kits to improve the sound and video quality of AppsFlyer team

The program;

• Opening remarks from executives
• Wine tasting experience led by a sommelier
• Hang out, unscripted time

Steal these ideas;

• Mail a personalized bottle of wine to VIPs and then have the sommelier talk about the wine straight from the barrel room
• Put a welcome slide up that shows an agenda and housekeeping notes
• Let the dogs out when you’re ready to make your networking playful!

Some #ProTips on virtual event management;

• Rehearse your cues in real time, don’t rush through those. Transitions might not be as fast or slow as you think they will be, and every second counts in cyberspace!
• Can’t talk a speaker or client through a setting? Use the remote control feature to take over