A quick presentation to accompany a blogpost we published in October 2012 after doing some research to try and find meaningful stats and research about the market for online events, virtual events, hybrid events - or whatever you want to call them! The blog post is here: http://www.kinura.com/2012/10/can-online-events-really-enhance-your-business/

1. #Online/Virtual/HybridEvents
#Research

2. “20% of corporates and 17% of
associations / not-for-profit have
used virtual meetings in addition to
face-to-face meetings”
The British Meetings & Events Industry Survey 2011/12

3. “…virtual meetings won’t just be
emergency budget stopgaps for long.
Organizations are beginning to add virtual
meetings to their core business processes’”
the MPI foundation 2012

4. “…82% of the online audience found the
virtual environment helpful in making a
decision to attend in-person next time”
Virtual Edge Institute 2011

5. “…a 62% increase in the
number of organisers using
virtual events”
Event Magazine 2010

6. “The average virtual
event saves $1,000 in travel
costs per attendee”
GigaOm.com 2011

7. “72% said they were equally
confident interacting
virtually, with 15% saying they
actually preferred it.”
On24 2011

8. Read the full blog post at
http://www.kinura.com/2012/10/can-online-events-really-enhance-your-business/