A Social Wall Checklist for Your Next User Conference

A social wall looks simple when it is running well. Posts scroll across a big screen, people point and smile when they see their own photo, and sponsors get their logo in front of a full room. What you do not see is the planning that made all of that happen without a single hiccup.

Most of the problems people have with a social wall are not surprises. They are things that were never written down, never assigned to anyone, and never tested before the doors opened. A wall that works on event day was checklisted about two weeks earlier, when there was still time to fix the wifi, load the sponsor graphics, and tell your team who is watching the screen and when.

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How to Add Live Polling to Your Event Without Another App

You already know the moment. A speaker finishes a point and says, “Let’s hear from you. Pull out your phones, go to this website, type in this code, and answer the question on the screen.” Then the room goes quiet. People squint at the code. A few give up. By the time most of the audience has the poll loaded, the speaker has already moved on, and the results trickle in too late to matter.

This happens because the poll lives somewhere separate from everything else at your event. Attendees have to leave whatever they were doing, find a new site or download a new app, and focus on a screen that has nothing to do with the rest of your program. For something meant to pull people in, that is a lot of friction.

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Accessible Social Wall Guide for Event Planners

You picked a spot near the main stage. The screen is big, the posts are rolling in, and people are stopping to look. Then someone in the front row squints, leans toward a friend, and asks, “What does that say?” That small moment tells you something important. An accessible social wall helps people in the room read the posts, see the content, and follow along.

For universities and associations, this goes past being a nice touch. Many of these groups have accessibility rules built right into how they buy things. If a vendor can’t answer questions about accessibility, that vendor gets crossed off the list. This article walks through what an accessible social wall looks like, how the WCAG guidelines apply to a live display, and the questions you should be asking before you sign anything. None of this is legal advice, but it will help you have smarter conversations with your team and your vendors.

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Event Gamification vs Audience Engagement: What Actually Makes People Participate

When event planners first discovered gamification, it felt like a breakthrough. Add a leaderboard. Create a points system. Watch the numbers climb. Suddenly, you had visible proof that your audience was doing something. The appeal made sense. Event gamification gave organizers something they desperately wanted: measurable activity. You could see who posted the most, who earned the most badges, and who climbed to the top of the rankings. Sponsors loved it because they could attach their logos to high-visibility competitions. Planners loved it because it looked like engagement. And for a while, that seemed like enough. Points-based systems spread quickly […]

How To Embed an Instagram Feed on Your Website: Step-by-Step Guide

Social media has taken the world by storm, shaping the way people interact, share, and discover content online. For a business or personal brand, weaving social media into your online presence is like opening doors to a lively conversation with your audience.

One of the most exciting ways to do this is by embedding an Instagram feed directly on your website. Not only does this enhance the visual appeal of your website, but it also keeps your site dynamic and current with fresh content automatically flowing in from Instagram.

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Using Digital Signage For Internal Communications

Keeping internal communications clear and effective is vital for businesses success. Digital signage offers a modern way to enhance how teams share and receive information. By using sleek displays that showcase important updates and messages, companies can foster a sense of unity and ensure everyone is on the same page. These systems are especially useful because they capture attention effortlessly, ensuring that essential news doesn’t get overlooked in crowded email inboxes.

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7 Powerful Employee Motivation Techniques That Embrace Social Media

If your employee motivation techniques haven’t changed in the past decade, your business is probably underperforming.

In one of the final scenes of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, a small army of men march on the menacing Black Gate of Mordor. The imposing gate opens, slowly revealing an army of thousands upon thousands of orcs and trolls. As fear spreads, Aragorn, leader of the men, knows he has to motivate his army.

“A day may come when the courage of Men fails… but it is not this day. An hour of wolves and shattered shields when the age of men comes crashing down, but it is not this day! This day we fight!”

As employee motivation techniques go, it’s unlikely you’ll find yourself facing a horde of orcs and attempting to lead your employees into a battle for the future of humanity. Even so, if you’re hanging onto motivational techniques like trust falls and outdated quotes to engage your employees, you’ll be lucky to get them to come to work on time, much less follow you into battle.

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Language support in our social wall

Ever since we announced our 2017 major update, we’ve received quite a few inquiries about the new language support in our social wall platform, Everwall.  And today, I am going to talk a bit about them, and how you can take the most advantage of the new language support.

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Ways You Can Use a Tweetwall to Engage Employees

Engage employees using a Tweetwall and learn innovative ways to use this tool for increased participation and collaboration.

Many of you are familiar with using a Tweetwall for live events. This is a great way to engage attendees and boost social sharing. But did you know that a Tweetwall can also bring a variety of benefits to an office environment?

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Tips for Using Full Moderation in Everwall

So you’ve chosen full moderation for your Everwall, now what? Now it’s time for you to choose exactly what your attendees will see on your social wall. This means you can weed out whatever you do and don’t want seen on the social wall, and use other great moderation features—like Stashing posts—to save them for later.

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