Last month, we published our first article on the Coronavirus pandemic (in German only), at a time when it wasn’t recognized as a pandemic. In view of the current situation, some of the statements we made didn’t age well – even if we referred to legitimate sources who since had to rectify their statements, too. The danger was generally underestimated in the beginning, particularly with regard to conferences. Time for an update and some decision guidance for conference organizers.
In Germany, the standard VAT rate is 19% – quite simple, really. Or so it seems. Except for the rather opaque legal situation, including several exceptions, when it comes to taxing event tickets. Which tax rate is the correct one: 0%, 7%, 19%, or a mix of all of them? Is it true that no VAT is charged to participants from abroad? And can conference software even handle things when things get a bit more complex?
Online registration for your conference has started but it’s only on rare occasions someone comes across the website and even more rarely, someone actually completes the registration process.
Maybe you should have advertised it a bit more?
Our tips are here to prevent you from being greeted by a yawning void and will let you in on the art of enticing more people to attend your conference.
You’ve already used your event’s social media accounts to share a few things. Now that your attendees are about to arrive, it’s important to get the conversation going and live up to their expectations. If you follow our advice for successful online communication, you’ll never run out of ideas during and after your event.
Setting up a LinkedIn group or a Twitter account for your event can be helpful. But if that isn’t followed by regular updates to enrich your profiles, you’ll probably wait in vain for your attendees to be proactive and share their experiences with you and others.
In order to benefit from using social networks, you need a detailed strategy. We’ll help you start your online channels off right and explain how they can make it easier to stay in touch with your attendees over the course of the event.
PowerPoint presentations have been the standard at scientific conferences for a long time.
Unfortunately, one thing about them is certain: They’re trivial. Among all the identical-looking slides with their titles and bullet points sometimes really exciting things get lost.
It doesn’t always have to be that way. How about putting your results and ideas in the spotlight next time? We’ll show you some tools that can help you with this.
If you want to find out more about Converia, we will be pleased to advise you and get back to you with a customized quote, or any other information you might need.
