Speaker 1: You want to make events that people love. And you want to make events that people love. And everybody wants to make events that people love.

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Speaker 1: Well, if you've ever asked this question, how do I make my event engaging, then I've got five ways for you to interact with your audience so that you can do just that. You can make your event engaging. And you're not alone. There are thousands and millions of people searching for this on Google and on YouTube. And I'm here to help you. But first, let me go down to the basement. And I've got to get something for you, OK? I'm going to get in my elevator. Bing. See you. Hang on one second. I'll be right back. This is one way to interact with your audience is to be engaging, have some fun. And you can even do it through video. So I hope that you like this video. There are five different ways for you to interact with your audience at an event. Now, this applies to a hybrid event, a virtual event, and an in-person event where your audience is there with you. And the first one that you might not have thought of before is you can get people to interact with you on their phone. Now, the way that you would do that is you would put up a QR code, or you'd find a website, or get the text into a certain phone number. And you would basically have them pull out their phone. And they can send in a picture. They can type in a word. They can click on something to vote in a poll or even play a trivia game. This is a really fun way to get your audience engaged, especially if you're at a virtual event, because you're actually having them do something that's a little bit different rather than just typing it on their computer. Or if you are doing a marketing type event, it might be a great way to capture new leads, because you can get their cell phone number, or you can get them to type in their email address and give it to you in order to interact with them. So that is one way to interact with your audience. The next way is you could interact with them through polls. This might be built into an online platform that you might be using, like Zoom or something like that. Or you can get your audience to interact with you through polling by raising their hand, by holding up a number of fingers if you're having them vote on 1 through 10. Some way of polling the audience is a great way to gauge, hey, are you still with me? Do you understand what's happening? Or do you actually want to vote on what's going on? And it allows the audience to feel a part of the experience. The next way that you can do this is through the chat. This would be specifically for an online audience or a hybrid audience. Now, here's the bonus of doing this through a type of hybrid event as well, is if you have two separate audiences, you've got some people that are there with you and some people that are watching online, you can get the two audiences to interact with each other by having the in-person audience download the same app that the people online are using and have them chat with them during the event. This is a great way to make it engaging, but be careful. Don't let it become a distraction. You just want it to be engaging. The next one that you would do is in the room. This would be in the room for an in-person event or a hybrid event. And in the room, you can get people to talk to each other. You can get people to shout out things from the stage. You can get people to do something. Maybe it's a knuckle bump, or maybe you can get them to go and pick up something or move around the room. So these are great ways to get your audience engaged and interact with them. And then the last one is with video. Video would be specifically for an online event. You can have them literally turn on their video on, turn on their microphone, and talk with you, or share something to the audience, or ask a question, answer a question. This is a great way to bring in the audience. And then what's fun is if that person has other people in the audience that are friends with them or are coworkers, they're going to be commenting in chat, they're gonna be engaging with you also, and they're gonna hear that person's name, and they're gonna come back to you at your online event and engage with you as well. So those are the five different ways to interact with your audience in order to make your event engaging. And if you like this video, we would be honored if you give it the thumbs up, subscribe to our YouTube channel, be sure to follow us at Elevate Experiences on Instagram. And not only that, but in the comments, in the description of this video, we have a link for you to our Virtual Icebreakers Masterclass. So if you're looking for ways to interact with your audience, icebreakers are a great way to do so. So check out that link in the description of this video, and we will see you at the Icebreakers Masterclass where we want to help you and other people create events that people love. See ya. If you know, you know, don't you know? You