2009-11-05 21:09:16 - Virtual Edge Summit 2010, the Summit on virtual Events, virtual Communities and virtual Marketing announced that the free Discover Pass registration will end December 1, 20009.

November 5, 2010, Santa Clara, CA. --- The Discover Pass is a program that allows qualified marketing and meeting professionals to register free for the Virtual Edge Summit February 22-23 in Santa Clara, California at the Santa Clara Convention Center.

“Last year we ran the same program although we didn’t require people to complete the survey until after the event

and this time we are requiring them to complete the questionnaire before the event so that we can present the findings,” said Michael Doyle, Executive Director of the Virtual Edge Institute, producers of the Virtual Edge Summit. “The survey will provide much needed data about the use of virtual technologies for meetings, events and environments and although the questionnaire takes less than 10 minutes to complete, the participants receive a full registration to attend the Summit either in person or virtually for free. It amounts to a pretty big savings.”
The Virtual Edge Summit looks at these four main areas of adding virtual to the marketing and meeting mix:
Assessment
Can Virtual Options Meet Your Needs: Create Your Own Report Card
How Can Virtual Events Supercharge Your Current (Physical) Event Marketing Efforts
Should I COMBINE Physical and Virtual Events?

Planning & Strategy
Set a Strategy
Audience Development and Attendance – Physical vs Virtual
Content Development
Exhibitor & Sponsor Experience
Attendee Experience

Implementation
Audience Marketing
Program Development
Content Production
Networking & Interactivity
Working with Your Virtual Platform Provider
Speaker, Attendee and Sponsor Training
Keep ‘em Happy -- Speaker, Attendee and Sponsor Service (at-event)

Post Project Analytics
Post Event Strategy & Communications
What Did They Learn?
Was It Worth it? -- Tracking, Measuring & Reporting
Building the Community


The Summit will also feature Business 3Di which will address business use of 3D immersive environments and virtual worlds -- for events, customer engagement, product and process demonstration, classroom and situational training, market research, data visualization, web video production and other innovative applications.
Discover Pass Free Registration cur off is December 1, 2009 and Speaker Submissions are due by November 15, 2009. Submissions and registrations can be made at www.VirtualEdgeSummit.com.

About the Virtual Edge Institute
The Virtual Edge Institute (VirtualEdge.org) is an organization dedicated to advancing the development and adoption of virtual event and meeting technology and best practices for collaboration and marketing. They do this by supporting and contributing research, education, thought leadership, promotion, and professional networking. VEI members are helping set the direction for the virtual events and meeting industry and are creating significant business opportunities, solutions and advantages for all. Members have access to various services and deliverables based on their membership level.

Contact:
Michael Doyle, Executive Director
Virtual Edge Institute
340 Mullin Street, Pleasanton, CA 94566
(925) 600-1001
Email: info@virtualedge.org