Our services

We offer different services to improve virtual conferencing and advocate for a biennial model of alternating between in-person and virtual conferences each year.

How can we help you? It depends on who you are

  • We’ll help you:

    • think about your audience

    • reflect on your pain points

    • see, try and choose platform(s)

    • design networking activities

    • develop social norms

  • We can help you:

    • develop travel policies for your awardees to incentivize virtual conferencing

    • show your colleagues the benefits and best practices of virtual conferencing

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Improving virtual conferences

  • Work with 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.

  • Design conferences

    We partner with associations to design engaging virtual conferences. We help select platforms, design activities, and develop social norms to make networking and learning experiences socially engaging and comfortable. Powered by grants and donations, we use a sliding scale fee structure to help any organization, large or small.

  • Consult and chat

    We are happy to consult with you for an hour on anything related to virtual conferencing—sharing general ideas, offering specific designs for your event, or solving a particular problem. We ask for a suggested donation of $20.

Advocating for more virtual conferencing

  • Advise funders

    We work with funders to craft new travel policies that support attendance at virtual conferences. Funders have great leverage to incentivize virtual conferencing.

  • Illuminate the benefits

    We highlight strategies and examples in order to show stakeholders 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 biennial model doesn’t happen overnight. We’ll help you work with your board, your membership, and other stakeholders to bring them along.

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.