Our services

We strive to improve virtual conferencing.

We advocate for organizations to alternate between in-person and virtual conferences.

Improving virtual conferences

  • Design virtual networking

    We design engaging virtual networking events. We’ll suggest specific platforms, design powerful activities, and develop online social norms to make your networking events the lifeblood of your conference.

  • Convene decision-makers

    We bring together conference stakeholders—association leaders, conference organizers, exhibitors and vendors, researchers, and funders—to discuss, test, and synthesize best practices for designing inclusive virtual conferences. Grant funding supports this work.

  • Study new approaches

    We join researchers in studying and improving virtual conferences. Rigorous and informal experiments explore and verify best practices. Research grants fund these investigations.

Before your event

Specific Design Services

  • Review your event agenda to identify range of networking opportunities

  • Select (and provide discounts to) platforms based on your virtual event needs

  • Create graphical backgrounds for spatial platforms

  • Design networking activities, AI-generated facilitation prompts, and social norms

  • Create supporting materials for attendees

  • Co-design multi-day conference to maximize virtual interactions throughout

During your event

  • Observe event

  • Provide just-in-time training on unfamiliar platforms and activities

  • In-depth design of all instructions, timing, with tech support

After your event

  • Provide detailed feedback based on observations

  • Formally evaluate event with surveys and focus groups

  • Document lessons learned

Advocating for more virtual conferencing

  • Illuminate the benefits

    We highlight strategies and examples in order to show decision-makers the benefits of virtual conferencing. We invite anyone to share ideas and practices to further the cause.

  • Plan for long-term change

    We work with clients to create long-term strategic plans, because shifting to a new model won’t happen overnight. We’ll help you work with your board, your membership, and other stakeholders to bring them along.

  • Advise funders

    We work with funders to craft new travel policies that discourage high-carbon modes of transportation. Funders have great leverage to incentivize virtual conferencing.

Supported by donors and foundations

We’re a lean organization that keeps our costs low by leveraging collaborations.

Donations and grants allow us to work with clients on a sliding fee scale, all the way down to zero. Will you consider making a tax-deductible donation today?