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Hello community!
I'm looking to learn more about a virtual conference platform Remo.? ()
Has anyone used this platform for?a large group, top leaders meetings? pros? cons?
Thanks! Laura
-- Laura GramlingPresident +1 202 257 5528
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I did 230 people in remo for my Seattle Angel Conference.?
Most people had never seen it before. So it was weird?for them coming in.?
But it was a "relief from zoom". That was our number one comment.?
It helps to do a bit of prep work. We did a mixer the night before, so many of the participants came in and did their fumbling at the mixer instead of at the big event.?
It automatically assigns you to a table, so it takes time to figure things out.?
And you come in with audio and video off.?
So they have to turn it on.?
Some small number of folks can't get their audio or video working.
It works best with chrome. You may have to have people restart their browser if it locks up. A Few people had that problem.
We set up a Support table where people could ask questions.?
In smaller groups, we wander to each table to coach them on how to use the tool.
On the big groups, we did a customer video to do the same thing.?
You do not have a mute button for people with bad audio. It only effects the local table, but it can be a problem. So you have to ask people to turn off audio sometimes.?
It has several interesting features including white boards, the ability to move around and the ability to call people to the stage.
Pricing is moving and is a bit expensive (to me).? I am at the Producer level to support long enough events with up to 500 people.?
A competitor is Airmeet, which is in beta.?
I am using remo for all my workshops at the moment to get mingling.?
I may fall back to another tool for the small groups and only use remo for the big events.?
There are tools that are much bigger than remo , aimed for multi-day conferences. Remo is in the middle between zoom on one end and hopin on the other end.?
On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 3:50 PM Laura Gramling < laura@...> wrote: Hello community!
I'm looking to learn more about a virtual conference platform Remo.? ()
Has anyone used this platform for?a large group, top leaders meetings? pros? cons?
Thanks! Laura
-- Laura GramlingPresident +1 202 257 5528
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JOHN SECHREST
Founder,?Seattle Angel Conference
? @sechrest
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Thanks John for the feedback on the platform.??
Sounds like a good option as you say that is better than Zoom but not for a high-end event.? The meeting I'm designing is for a top 100 leaders of a global company and this platform may not have that 'high-end experience' feel that we want to create.
I'll check out hopin that you also referenced.
On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 7:18 PM John Sechrest < sechrest@...> wrote: I did 230 people in remo for my Seattle Angel Conference.?
Most people had never seen it before. So it was weird?for them coming in.?
But it was a "relief from zoom". That was our number one comment.?
It helps to do a bit of prep work. We did a mixer the night before, so many of the participants came in and did their fumbling at the mixer instead of at the big event.?
It automatically assigns you to a table, so it takes time to figure things out.?
And you come in with audio and video off.?
So they have to turn it on.?
Some small number of folks can't get their audio or video working.
It works best with chrome. You may have to have people restart their browser if it locks up. A Few people had that problem.
We set up a Support table where people could ask questions.?
In smaller groups, we wander to each table to coach them on how to use the tool.
On the big groups, we did a customer video to do the same thing.?
You do not have a mute button for people with bad audio. It only effects the local table, but it can be a problem. So you have to ask people to turn off audio sometimes.?
It has several interesting features including white boards, the ability to move around and the ability to call people to the stage.
Pricing is moving and is a bit expensive (to me).? I am at the Producer level to support long enough events with up to 500 people.?
A competitor is Airmeet, which is in beta.?
I am using remo for all my workshops at the moment to get mingling.?
I may fall back to another tool for the small groups and only use remo for the big events.?
There are tools that are much bigger than remo , aimed for multi-day conferences. Remo is in the middle between zoom on one end and hopin on the other end.?
On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 3:50 PM Laura Gramling < laura@...> wrote: Hello community!
I'm looking to learn more about a virtual conference platform Remo.? ()
Has anyone used this platform for?a large group, top leaders meetings? pros? cons?
Thanks! Laura
-- Laura GramlingPresident +1 202 257 5528
--
JOHN SECHREST
Founder,?Seattle Angel Conference
? @sechrest
-- Laura GramlingPresident +1 202 257 5528
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If I made it sound not high end, then I miscommunicated.?
It will work well for single meetings that host up to 500 people (perhaps more, but I have not done that) It has enough flexibility to create a good experience.?
It is designed around tables for chatting with a stage for presenting. So if you have 100 leaders, and they are going to be engaged with a panel or some kind of presentation, then it works great.?
If you are wanting to assign subgroups, or have subgroups (breakout rooms) that are more than 6 people, then it is not the right tool. If you want it to have a whole day workshop that is the same room for 8 hours, it is not the right tool.
If you have a facilitated discussion that you pull people on to the stage and then off, and then walk through a broad set of discussions, which you then have mingle time in the middle, it works perfectly well.?
On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 7:28 AM Laura Gramling < laura@...> wrote: Thanks John for the feedback on the platform.??
Sounds like a good option as you say that is better than Zoom but not for a high-end event.? The meeting I'm designing is for a top 100 leaders of a global company and this platform may not have that 'high-end experience' feel that we want to create.
I'll check out hopin that you also referenced.
On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 7:18 PM John Sechrest < sechrest@...> wrote: I did 230 people in remo for my Seattle Angel Conference.?
Most people had never seen it before. So it was weird?for them coming in.?
But it was a "relief from zoom". That was our number one comment.?
It helps to do a bit of prep work. We did a mixer the night before, so many of the participants came in and did their fumbling at the mixer instead of at the big event.?
It automatically assigns you to a table, so it takes time to figure things out.?
And you come in with audio and video off.?
So they have to turn it on.?
Some small number of folks can't get their audio or video working.
It works best with chrome. You may have to have people restart their browser if it locks up. A Few people had that problem.
We set up a Support table where people could ask questions.?
In smaller groups, we wander to each table to coach them on how to use the tool.
On the big groups, we did a customer video to do the same thing.?
You do not have a mute button for people with bad audio. It only effects the local table, but it can be a problem. So you have to ask people to turn off audio sometimes.?
It has several interesting features including white boards, the ability to move around and the ability to call people to the stage.
Pricing is moving and is a bit expensive (to me).? I am at the Producer level to support long enough events with up to 500 people.?
A competitor is Airmeet, which is in beta.?
I am using remo for all my workshops at the moment to get mingling.?
I may fall back to another tool for the small groups and only use remo for the big events.?
There are tools that are much bigger than remo , aimed for multi-day conferences. Remo is in the middle between zoom on one end and hopin on the other end.?
On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 3:50 PM Laura Gramling < laura@...> wrote: Hello community!
I'm looking to learn more about a virtual conference platform Remo.? ()
Has anyone used this platform for?a large group, top leaders meetings? pros? cons?
Thanks! Laura
-- Laura GramlingPresident +1 202 257 5528
--
JOHN SECHREST
Founder,?Seattle Angel Conference
? @sechrest
--
Laura GramlingPresident +1 202 257 5528
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JOHN SECHREST
Founder,?Seattle Angel Conference
? @sechrest
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Thanks for the follow up notes!
On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 11:11 AM John Sechrest < sechrest@...> wrote: If I made it sound not high end, then I miscommunicated.?
It will work well for single meetings that host up to 500 people (perhaps more, but I have not done that) It has enough flexibility to create a good experience.?
It is designed around tables for chatting with a stage for presenting. So if you have 100 leaders, and they are going to be engaged with a panel or some kind of presentation, then it works great.?
If you are wanting to assign subgroups, or have subgroups (breakout rooms) that are more than 6 people, then it is not the right tool. If you want it to have a whole day workshop that is the same room for 8 hours, it is not the right tool.
If you have a facilitated discussion that you pull people on to the stage and then off, and then walk through a broad set of discussions, which you then have mingle time in the middle, it works perfectly well.?
On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 7:28 AM Laura Gramling < laura@...> wrote: Thanks John for the feedback on the platform.??
Sounds like a good option as you say that is better than Zoom but not for a high-end event.? The meeting I'm designing is for a top 100 leaders of a global company and this platform may not have that 'high-end experience' feel that we want to create.
I'll check out hopin that you also referenced.
On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 7:18 PM John Sechrest < sechrest@...> wrote: I did 230 people in remo for my Seattle Angel Conference.?
Most people had never seen it before. So it was weird?for them coming in.?
But it was a "relief from zoom". That was our number one comment.?
It helps to do a bit of prep work. We did a mixer the night before, so many of the participants came in and did their fumbling at the mixer instead of at the big event.?
It automatically assigns you to a table, so it takes time to figure things out.?
And you come in with audio and video off.?
So they have to turn it on.?
Some small number of folks can't get their audio or video working.
It works best with chrome. You may have to have people restart their browser if it locks up. A Few people had that problem.
We set up a Support table where people could ask questions.?
In smaller groups, we wander to each table to coach them on how to use the tool.
On the big groups, we did a customer video to do the same thing.?
You do not have a mute button for people with bad audio. It only effects the local table, but it can be a problem. So you have to ask people to turn off audio sometimes.?
It has several interesting features including white boards, the ability to move around and the ability to call people to the stage.
Pricing is moving and is a bit expensive (to me).? I am at the Producer level to support long enough events with up to 500 people.?
A competitor is Airmeet, which is in beta.?
I am using remo for all my workshops at the moment to get mingling.?
I may fall back to another tool for the small groups and only use remo for the big events.?
There are tools that are much bigger than remo , aimed for multi-day conferences. Remo is in the middle between zoom on one end and hopin on the other end.?
On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 3:50 PM Laura Gramling < laura@...> wrote: Hello community!
I'm looking to learn more about a virtual conference platform Remo.? ()
Has anyone used this platform for?a large group, top leaders meetings? pros? cons?
Thanks! Laura
-- Laura GramlingPresident +1 202 257 5528
--
JOHN SECHREST
Founder,?Seattle Angel Conference
? @sechrest
--
Laura GramlingPresident +1 202 257 5528
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JOHN SECHREST
Founder,?Seattle Angel Conference
? @sechrest
-- Laura GramlingPresident +1 202 257 5528
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Hi Laura, John,
We have done a lot of things with Zoom, and I have only participated in Remo as a participant. What is really nice about?Remo is that you can move yourself around and that it mimics?the feel of a conference where you can mix and mingle. But once you are at your table in a small group -- which is fun -- if you would be there for a long period of time the experience?in zoom breakout is better I think.? ? In thinking of high-end, I wanted to mention that we had a good experience recently in upping the feel of the Zoom conference and changing it from a regular meeting by including a virtual opening act of live drawing accompanied by a live music performance. Just as an idea.
By the way, Remo offers trial runs so you can participate in a test event and see how it feels.?
Anna
On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 12:22 PM Laura Gramling < laura@...> wrote: Thanks for the follow up notes!
On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 11:11 AM John Sechrest < sechrest@...> wrote: If I made it sound not high end, then I miscommunicated.?
It will work well for single meetings that host up to 500 people (perhaps more, but I have not done that) It has enough flexibility to create a good experience.?
It is designed around tables for chatting with a stage for presenting. So if you have 100 leaders, and they are going to be engaged with a panel or some kind of presentation, then it works great.?
If you are wanting to assign subgroups, or have subgroups (breakout rooms) that are more than 6 people, then it is not the right tool. If you want it to have a whole day workshop that is the same room for 8 hours, it is not the right tool.
If you have a facilitated discussion that you pull people on to the stage and then off, and then walk through a broad set of discussions, which you then have mingle time in the middle, it works perfectly well.?
On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 7:28 AM Laura Gramling < laura@...> wrote: Thanks John for the feedback on the platform.??
Sounds like a good option as you say that is better than Zoom but not for a high-end event.? The meeting I'm designing is for a top 100 leaders of a global company and this platform may not have that 'high-end experience' feel that we want to create.
I'll check out hopin that you also referenced.
On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 7:18 PM John Sechrest < sechrest@...> wrote: I did 230 people in remo for my Seattle Angel Conference.?
Most people had never seen it before. So it was weird?for them coming in.?
But it was a "relief from zoom". That was our number one comment.?
It helps to do a bit of prep work. We did a mixer the night before, so many of the participants came in and did their fumbling at the mixer instead of at the big event.?
It automatically assigns you to a table, so it takes time to figure things out.?
And you come in with audio and video off.?
So they have to turn it on.?
Some small number of folks can't get their audio or video working.
It works best with chrome. You may have to have people restart their browser if it locks up. A Few people had that problem.
We set up a Support table where people could ask questions.?
In smaller groups, we wander to each table to coach them on how to use the tool.
On the big groups, we did a customer video to do the same thing.?
You do not have a mute button for people with bad audio. It only effects the local table, but it can be a problem. So you have to ask people to turn off audio sometimes.?
It has several interesting features including white boards, the ability to move around and the ability to call people to the stage.
Pricing is moving and is a bit expensive (to me).? I am at the Producer level to support long enough events with up to 500 people.?
A competitor is Airmeet, which is in beta.?
I am using remo for all my workshops at the moment to get mingling.?
I may fall back to another tool for the small groups and only use remo for the big events.?
There are tools that are much bigger than remo , aimed for multi-day conferences. Remo is in the middle between zoom on one end and hopin on the other end.?
On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 3:50 PM Laura Gramling < laura@...> wrote: Hello community!
I'm looking to learn more about a virtual conference platform Remo.? ()
Has anyone used this platform for?a large group, top leaders meetings? pros? cons?
Thanks! Laura
-- Laura GramlingPresident +1 202 257 5528
--
JOHN SECHREST
Founder,?Seattle Angel Conference
? @sechrest
--
Laura GramlingPresident +1 202 257 5528
--
JOHN SECHREST
Founder,?Seattle Angel Conference
? @sechrest
--
Laura GramlingPresident +1 202 257 5528
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Live Drawing and Music sounds like a very interesting idea Anna. We have been using music to close some Sessions in Zoom (sharing computer sound) and it¡¯s fun. People stay dancing together for a while before ¡®leaving¡¯.
Cheers,
Fernando Murray Loureiro ?"You miss 100% of the shots you never take." ??Wayne Gretzky, hockey legend
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Hi Laura, John,
We have done a lot of things with Zoom, and I have only participated in Remo as a participant. What is really nice about?Remo is that you can move yourself around and that it mimics?the feel of a conference where you can mix and mingle. But once you are at your table in a small group -- which is fun -- if you would be there for a long period of time the experience?in zoom breakout is better I think.? ? In thinking of high-end, I wanted to mention that we had a good experience recently in upping the feel of the Zoom conference and changing it from a regular meeting by including a virtual opening act of live drawing accompanied by a live music performance. Just as an idea.
By the way, Remo offers trial runs so you can participate in a test event and see how it feels.?
Anna On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 12:22 PM Laura Gramling < laura@...> wrote: Thanks for the follow up notes!
On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 11:11 AM John Sechrest < sechrest@...> wrote: If I made it sound not high end, then I miscommunicated.?
It will work well for single meetings that host up to 500 people (perhaps more, but I have not done that) It has enough flexibility to create a good experience.?
It is designed around tables for chatting with a stage for presenting. So if you have 100 leaders, and they are going to be engaged with a panel or some kind of presentation, then it works great.?
If you are wanting to assign subgroups, or have subgroups (breakout rooms) that are more than 6 people, then it is not the right tool. If you want it to have a whole day workshop that is the same room for 8 hours, it is not the right tool.
If you have a facilitated discussion that you pull people on to the stage and then off, and then walk through a broad set of discussions, which you then have mingle time in the middle, it works perfectly well.?
On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 7:28 AM Laura Gramling < laura@...> wrote: Thanks John for the feedback on the platform.??
Sounds like a good option as you say that is better than Zoom but not for a high-end event.? The meeting I'm designing is for a top 100 leaders of a global company and this platform may not have that 'high-end experience' feel that we want to create.
I'll check out hopin that you also referenced.
On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 7:18 PM John Sechrest < sechrest@...> wrote: I did 230 people in remo for my Seattle Angel Conference.?
Most people had never seen it before. So it was weird?for them coming in.?
But it was a "relief from zoom". That was our number one comment.?
It helps to do a bit of prep work. We did a mixer the night before, so many of the participants came in and did their fumbling at the mixer instead of at the big event.?
It automatically assigns you to a table, so it takes time to figure things out.?
And you come in with audio and video off.?
So they have to turn it on.?
Some small number of folks can't get their audio or video working.
It works best with chrome. You may have to have people restart their browser if it locks up. A Few people had that problem.
We set up a Support table where people could ask questions.?
In smaller groups, we wander to each table to coach them on how to use the tool.
On the big groups, we did a customer video to do the same thing.?
You do not have a mute button for people with bad audio. It only effects the local table, but it can be a problem. So you have to ask people to turn off audio sometimes.?
It has several interesting features including white boards, the ability to move around and the ability to call people to the stage.
Pricing is moving and is a bit expensive (to me).? I am at the Producer level to support long enough events with up to 500 people.?
A competitor is Airmeet, which is in beta.?
I am using remo for all my workshops at the moment to get mingling.?
I may fall back to another tool for the small groups and only use remo for the big events.?
There are tools that are much bigger than remo , aimed for multi-day conferences. Remo is in the middle between zoom on one end and hopin on the other end.?
On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 3:50 PM Laura Gramling < laura@...> wrote: Hello community!
I'm looking to learn more about a virtual conference platform Remo.? ()
Has anyone used this platform for?a large group, top leaders meetings? pros? cons?
Thanks! Laura
-- ?Laura GramlingPresident +1 202 257 5528
--?
JOHN SECHREST
Founder,?Seattle Angel Conference
? @sechrest
--?
Laura GramlingPresident +1 202 257 5528
--?
JOHN SECHREST
Founder,?Seattle Angel Conference
? @sechrest
--?
Laura GramlingPresident +1 202 257 5528
-- ?Anna van der Heijden | Knowledge Manager Wildlife Practice |?WWF International |?E-mail: avanderheijden@... |?
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Hi,
I¡¯m currently consulting with a large corporation in San Francisco leading global meetup outreach for one of their fast-growing tech communities.
We were looking for a way to create a virtual meetup format that not only delivers great content (your average webinar usually does this well) but also provides opportunities for our community members to meet each other and make new connections in an informal setting.
We¡¯ve been playing with Remo for a few months now. Events have been on the small side so far (last week saw the largest turnout at around 70 attendees). Typical agenda consists of arrival/welcome (breakouts), followed by the main talk (present mode with parallel chat and Q&A), followed by post-talk mixing and mingling (breakouts).
Feedback from attendees and presenters has been very positive. Some minor but usually solvable technical issues (best to use of Chrome, user needs to set proper audio/video permissions etc.).
We¡¯re happy with the results so far and plan to do more events over the coming months and maybe try out different event formats.
As Anna mentioned, the ability for participants to freely move between tables adds a nice dynamic. Otherwise, any platform that supports small-group breakouts would have been an option for us.
Tim
--? Tim Bonnemann Founder and CEO Intellitics, Inc.
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Hi Laura, John,
We have done a lot of things with Zoom, and I have only participated in Remo as a participant. What is really nice about?Remo is that you can move yourself around and that it mimics?the feel of a conference where you can mix and mingle. But once you are at your table in a small group -- which is fun -- if you would be there for a long period of time the experience?in zoom breakout is better I think.? ? In thinking of high-end, I wanted to mention that we had a good experience recently in upping the feel of the Zoom conference and changing it from a regular meeting by including a virtual opening act of live drawing accompanied by a live music performance. Just as an idea.
By the way, Remo offers trial runs so you can participate in a test event and see how it feels.?
Anna On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 12:22 PM Laura Gramling < laura@...> wrote: Thanks for the follow up notes!
On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 11:11 AM John Sechrest < sechrest@...> wrote: If I made it sound not high end, then I miscommunicated.?
It will work well for single meetings that host up to 500 people (perhaps more, but I have not done that) It has enough flexibility to create a good experience.?
It is designed around tables for chatting with a stage for presenting. So if you have 100 leaders, and they are going to be engaged with a panel or some kind of presentation, then it works great.?
If you are wanting to assign subgroups, or have subgroups (breakout rooms) that are more than 6 people, then it is not the right tool. If you want it to have a whole day workshop that is the same room for 8 hours, it is not the right tool.
If you have a facilitated discussion that you pull people on to the stage and then off, and then walk through a broad set of discussions, which you then have mingle time in the middle, it works perfectly well.?
On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 7:28 AM Laura Gramling < laura@...> wrote: Thanks John for the feedback on the platform.??
Sounds like a good option as you say that is better than Zoom but not for a high-end event.? The meeting I'm designing is for a top 100 leaders of a global company and this platform may not have that 'high-end experience' feel that we want to create.
I'll check out hopin that you also referenced.
On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 7:18 PM John Sechrest < sechrest@...> wrote: I did 230 people in remo for my Seattle Angel Conference.?
Most people had never seen it before. So it was weird?for them coming in.?
But it was a "relief from zoom". That was our number one comment.?
It helps to do a bit of prep work. We did a mixer the night before, so many of the participants came in and did their fumbling at the mixer instead of at the big event.?
It automatically assigns you to a table, so it takes time to figure things out.?
And you come in with audio and video off.?
So they have to turn it on.?
Some small number of folks can't get their audio or video working.
It works best with chrome. You may have to have people restart their browser if it locks up. A Few people had that problem.
We set up a Support table where people could ask questions.?
In smaller groups, we wander to each table to coach them on how to use the tool.
On the big groups, we did a customer video to do the same thing.?
You do not have a mute button for people with bad audio. It only effects the local table, but it can be a problem. So you have to ask people to turn off audio sometimes.?
It has several interesting features including white boards, the ability to move around and the ability to call people to the stage.
Pricing is moving and is a bit expensive (to me).? I am at the Producer level to support long enough events with up to 500 people.?
A competitor is Airmeet, which is in beta.?
I am using remo for all my workshops at the moment to get mingling.?
I may fall back to another tool for the small groups and only use remo for the big events.?
There are tools that are much bigger than remo , aimed for multi-day conferences. Remo is in the middle between zoom on one end and hopin on the other end.?
On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 3:50 PM Laura Gramling < laura@...> wrote: Hello community!
I'm looking to learn more about a virtual conference platform Remo.? ()
Has anyone used this platform for?a large group, top leaders meetings? pros? cons?
Thanks! Laura
-- ?Laura GramlingPresident +1 202 257 5528
--?
JOHN SECHREST
Founder,?Seattle Angel Conference
? @sechrest
--?
Laura GramlingPresident +1 202 257 5528
--?
JOHN SECHREST
Founder,?Seattle Angel Conference
? @sechrest
--?
Laura GramlingPresident +1 202 257 5528
-- ?Anna van der Heijden | Knowledge Manager Wildlife Practice |?WWF International |?E-mail: avanderheijden@... |?
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Laura Gramling
John Sechrest
Fernando Murray Loureiro
Tim Bonnemann