Idéias para o fim-de-semana

Realidade virtual = valor agregado. Bom fim-de-semana!
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- Sabe quantas línguas se falam no Brasil? 166! E sabia que existe uma língua gestual cubana? Navegue virtualmente pelo mundo para descubrir as curiosidades linguísticas.
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- Clique aqui para um tour virtual guiado pela Cidade Proibida em Pequim:
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- Vários passeios panorâmicos pelo Japão como este:
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Tsutenkaku, Shinsekai in Japan
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Evento híbrido leva prêmio máximo: alguém tem dúvidas sobre o rumo da indústria de eventos?

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Cisco Live! levou o Grand Ex, prêmio máximo do Ex Award para marketing de eventos, organizado pela Event Marketer. Cisco Live! foi um evento híbrido, ou seja virtual e físico simultaneamente, organizado pela Cisco. Quem acompanha o setor sabe que foi um dos eventos mais comentados e que consolidou um novo modelo para a indústria de eventos, particularmente o mercado de reuniões e conferências.

Não tem volta atrás. O setor de eventos está em plena transformação e se você ainda tem dúvidas sobre os rumos que está tomando aqui vão alguns os fatos:

- Cisco Live! leva prêmio máximo;
- O mercado de eventos virtuais crescerá 56% entre 2010 e 2015;
- UBM triplica número de confências virtuais;
- Future Watch prevê crescente importância de eventos virtuais;
- 87% das empresas pensam organizar eventos virtuais.

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Parabéns Cisco! Por um futuro inclusivo e sustentável:

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Sustentabilidade -2.0: vai transparecer

Eventos virtuais, particularmente soluções para reuniões e conferências, estão disponíveis no mercado já faz um bom tempo e já se falou muito sobre como contribuem para a redução de emissões de CO2 (para citar um exemplo de muitíssimos, aí vai o que a WWF diz: Virtual Meetings and Climate Innovation in the 21st Century). Mas foi necessário que a erupção do vulcão Eyjafjallajokull paralisasse o céu da Europa para que as empresas se voltassem, por necessidade, para as alternativas como vídeo conferência e telepresença.
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Daí eu volto ao meu argumento: vamos ficar nas velhas respostas ou precisamos de novas perguntas?
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Desde o ponto de vista de responsabilidade social e marketing sustentável: não será hora de se perguntar sobre o impacto social e ambiental de cada uma das atividades (incluindo essas do dia a dia) e ações de marketing e comunicação (internos e externos)? Ou vamos ficar na velhas respostas de programas de RSC (possivelmente aqueles que se beneficiam de incentivos fiscais) que não passam de vitrine em páginas web 1.0? Por quanto tempo é sustentável (sic) um linha de marketing e comunicação -2.0 nessa realidade cada vez mais transparente que já vai para 3.0 e 4.0? Vai transparecer, espero.

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Vamos ficar nas velhas respostas… ou precisamos de novas perguntas?

Para pensar: deixemos de perseguir velhas respostas e comecemos a pensar em novas perguntas…
Um diretor de uma empresa internacional de marketing me apresentou o Joan Jimenez faz uns dois anos quando cheguei em Barcelona. Um sujeito “meio estranho”, disse o alto executivo de marketing. Hoje o Joan é o único espanhol na lista Facebook Elite da HubSpot, sai na televisão, dá palestras e está se tornando cada vez mais num ponto de referência em social branding. Acontece que o Joan é realmente, e infelizmente, meio estranho para muitos. Ele propõe que deixemos de perseguir velhas respostas e comecemos a pensar em novas perguntas. O Joan pensa 2.0 enquanto muitos de nós, particularmente no mundo dos negócios, incluindo comunicação e marketing, nos restringimos simplesmente a buscar nas redes sociais e novas tecnologias respostas para velhas perguntas. Agora tente reformular as perguntas… Difícil, né. Nós estamos muito bem adestrados, condicionados. Dê uma olhada no teu plano de marketing, ou naquela estratégia de comunicação, ou talvez na área de RH. Quais são as novas perguntas para essa nova realidade que vivemos?
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Maratona virtual para arrecadar fundos para caridade

Adorei esta idéia. Uma maratona virtual para arrecadar fundos para a American Cancer Society. Na verdade é um Walkathon e o roteiro inclui Times Square, Taj Mahal e a Amazônia. O evento será nos dias 17 e 18 de julho em Second Life. No ano passado, foram arrecadados US$275,000 e os organisadores esperam dobrar a cifra este ano.

Fotos do site da The American Cancer Society Relay For Life

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Agora imaginem as possibilidades de eventos assim usando Google Maps, Google Earth, outros mundos virtuais e jogos on-line, integrados com as Redes Sociais. Seguem abaixo os números do Relay For Life, que vem sendo realizado em Second Life desde 2004.
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2009 Relay For Life of Second Life
Theme: One World, One Hope
Total raised: US$275,000
Avatars: 1913
Sims: 36
Laps Walked: 2,155
Course Length: 11,907 meters
Distance Walked: 25,650,536 meters
Corporate Sponsor:

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2008 RFLofSL
Theme: Heroes
Total raised: US$215,000
Avatars: 2230
Sims: 35
Laps Walked: 3,441
Course Length: 8,379 meters
Distance Walked: 28,826,107 meters
Corporate Sponsor:

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2007 RFLofSL
Theme: Quest For A Cure
Total raised: US$118,500
Avatars: 1831
Sims: 32
Laps Walked: 1,519
Course Length: 12,140 meters
Distance Walked: 18,432,891 meters

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2006 RFLofSL
Total raised: US$41,000
Avatars: 1570
Sims: 12
Laps Walked: 2,047
Course Length: 4,065 meters
Distance Walked: 8,321,055 meters

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2005 RFLofSL
Total raised: US$5,000
Avatars: 315
Laps: 817
Sims: 6
Course Length: 2,500 meters
Distance Walked: 2,042,500 meters

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2004: Virtual Gala and Silent Auction – the first volunteer driven fundraiser for the American Cancer Society ever in Second Life
Avatars: 99
Total raised: US$2,000

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Tecnologia e sustentabilidade: Conferência virtual (claro) no dia 30

Sustentabilidade está entre os principais fatores contribuindo para a adoção e rápido crescimento dos eventos virtuais em seus mais variados formatos. Uma conferência virtual pode evitar a emissão de pelo menos 680 toneladas de CO2 na atmosfera (calcule aqui quantas toneladas de CO2 um evento chega a emitir). Na semana que vem, o evento virtual “Sustainability Virtual Summits” vai discutir casos práticos de empresas que estão combinando diversas tecnologias com o objetivo de se tornarem mais sustentáveis, incluindo telepresença e outras soluções para eventos virtuais.

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A própria conferência será em formato “sustentável”: on-line, combinando telepresença e streaming.

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Segue o resumo do evento em inglês:

Sustainability Virtual Summits: Smart ICT presents the case for a future-oriented ICT industry, to respond quickly to the challenge of sustainability.

Featuring telepresence enablement, allowing roundtable and panel discussions to be broadcast between panelists in remote locations worldwide (first in a virtual event)

Sustainability Virtual Summits: Smart ICT summarizes the cutting-edge information and best practices that you need to support you in your journey toward building a more sustainable and more efficient enterprise.

LEARN ABOUT:

Dematerialization – the substitution of high carbon products and activities with low carbon alternatives
Collaboration and unified communication, with an emphasis on telepresence
Next generation data centers and communication
Smart Grid
The business impact of sustainability on commercial brands

Sustainability Virtual Summits: Smart ICT

Explores how corporations can reduce their environmental impact and become more socially responsible, while maintaining or even improving financial bottom lines.
Discusses initiatives the ICT sector has undertaken to reduce its own environmental impact.
Explains how the ICT sector can create an even bigger impact by introducing innovative services that other industries may benefit from.

Leading Executives from Global Organizations and Corporations who will share their views and provide actionable recommendations and ideas.

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Eventos virtuais: a semana em números

Foram muitas as notícias na área de eventos virtuais na semana passada. É mais fácil visualisá-las em números. Clique na imagem para ver o mapa completo:

Todos os links do mapa:

http://bit.ly/aY2SEE

http://bit.ly/ajHldX

http://bit.ly/9yg0cs

http://bit.ly/azCFkn

http://bit.ly/aMKPE6

http://bit.ly/cGpuiH

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Webinar: Engajamento além das redes sociais

Acontece amanhã o webinar gratuito sobre engajamento além das redes sociais. Acompanho o trabalho dos palestrantes _Jeff Hurt, Michael McCurry, Samuel Smith_ e o conteúdo promete ser bom. Será em inglês, mas eu recomendo. Trata-se também de uma oportunidade para experimentar uma plataforma de feiras virtuais (para quem ainda não conhece). O evento é organisado pela InXpo, uma das empresas líderes no mercado de eventos virtuais, junto com a ON24, 6Connes, iCongo, Imaste e expos2.
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Me procure por lá amanhã!
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Seguem os detalhes:
Live Webinar: Beyond Social Media: Uncover New Ways To Connect, Engage and Educate Your Audience Physically And Virtually
WHEN:March 18, 2010, 10 am – 11 am CT
FEATURING:
Jeff Hurt (Director, Education and Engagement, Velvet Chainsaw Consulting)
Michael McCurry (Strategic Account Manager, Experient)
Samuel Smith (Editor, Interactive Meeting Technology Blog)
Moderated by: Elliot Markowitz (Programming Director, InXpo)
Social media is emerging as an extremely effective tool for promoting events and engaging audiences before the event even begins, during the actual live broadcast and even after it has already taken place.  Currently the most popular social network tools are Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, but the question is not the tool but the engagement strategy you leverage.  Attend this webcast and hear from industry experts as they discuss how to leverage social media technologies that augment how you connect, engage and educate your audiences physically and virtually.
After attending this webinar, you will be able to:
1) Discuss the value of social media as it relates to associations, brands, conferences and organizations
2) Identify ways to leverage social media for private, corporate events and public tradeshows
3) Discover how a platform like InXpo can provide an attendee integrated experience.

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O mercado de eventos virtuais crescerá 56% entre 2010 e 2015

O mercado de eventos virtuais crescerá 56% entre 2010 e 2015, segundo estudo realizado pela Market Research Media, empresa especialista em inteligência de marketing. Atualmente, o mercado está concentrado em eventos corporativos e de associações. De acordo com o estudo, a tendência é que organizadores de eventos também adotem as novas tecnologias nos próximos anos.
A Market Research Media prevê um crescimento “explosivo” nos seguintes segmentos:
- Novas licenças para plataformas virtuais
- Novas fontes de renda para organizadores de eventos (na forma de inscrições de participantes, patrocínio, aluguel de espaços virtuais e promoção)
- Serviços de mídia
- Formação

Fonte: Market Research Media

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A Market Research Media destaca três fatores que estão impulsionando o uso de eventos virtuais:
- Acesso fácil
- Facilidade para networking
- Estímulo à produtividade
- Redução de custos (comparado com eventos físicos tradicionais).
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O estudo inclui as seguintes soluções: feiras virtuais, seminários web, webcasts, aplicações 3D e entornos imersivos e aplicações para trabalho em equipe e colaboração virtual.
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Fonte: Market Research Media

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Leia mais no site da Market Research Media (em inglês).
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Virtual Events in LatAm: key considerations

Two key factors are to be taken into consideration in a broader evaluation of the prospects for virtual events in the Latin American markets: broadband quality and internet usage. Broadband quality determines what technologies can ensure a consistent audience experience and, therefore, the type and format of a virtual event. Internet usage reflects the cultural aspects that have an influence on the adoption of virtual events as marketing and communications tool.
Internet usage:
According to the study Broadband Quality Score 2009 by Cisco, Brazil, Chile and Mexico are the region´s “Broadband Leadership Movers”, when combined broadband quality and penetration indicators. Internet usage and penetration indicate the cultural readiness for the adoption of virtual environments and show the current and future prospects for virtual events.
Here Brazil deserves a closer look. According to the study State of the Internet by comSCORE, the country has the fastest and largest growth in Internet audience in the LatAm region (27% growth in 2007-2008). Brazil has also the largest online population in the region (37%) and Brazilians are among the heaviest Internet users in the world, outpaced only by the USA, Canada and Israel. Brazilians spend 26.8 hours online per visitor. Americans spend 44,2 and Canadians 31.8 hours.
Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela are also heavy Internet users, but the Internet in the region is dominated by the young population. In Mexico, 71% of the online population is under 34 years old. In Brazil, the average age of Internet users is 27,6 years.
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LatAm Hours Online

Source: State of the Internet

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Brazil again stands out of the crowd in Social Media usage. Social Media sites reach 84.3% of the Brazilian audience, one of the highest rates in the world. Here is important to consider that Orkut reaches 79.1% of the Brazilian audience, compared to 1.4% for Facebook.
Communication and multimedia content are the main purposes of Internet usage in the region, but in Brazil 7% of Internet users made an online purchase and 70% visited a retail site at least once in 2008. This is comparable to the USA, where 77% of Internet users visit retail sites during the same period. Brazilians, as much as Americans, use the Internet for comparison shopping and research, showing the prospects for virtual events as a lead generation tool.
Also important to consider is that the local language is by far prefered in the region, specially in Brazil.
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Source: State of the Internet

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Broadband quality:
According to the Broadband Quality Score, these are the today´s and tomorrow´s bandwidth requirements:
All Latin American countries included in the study -Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico- are below today´s applications requirements. This means that the bandwidth available in the region is just enough for LD video streaming and webinars, but not for live HD video streaming, sharing of large files, telepresence and visual networking.
Overall, the success of a virtual event in the region depends on the right combination of solutions and applications with no overload and great focus on engagement techniques and tools. In terms of the audience, Brazilians are as culturally ready as Americans and are ahead not only in the region, but also compared with some European countries such as Spain and Italy. As a matter of fact, some virtual events formats are already being incorporated into local physical events, not necessarily in a strategic way, but certainly because of the region´s dynamism in adopting and adapting to new trends.

Two key factors are to be taken into consideration in a broader evaluation of the prospects for virtual events in the Latin American markets: broadband quality and internet usage. Broadband quality determines what technologies can ensure a consistent audience experience and, therefore, the type and format of a virtual event. Internet usage reflects the cultural aspects that have an influence on the adoption of virtual events as marketing and communications tool.Internet usage:According to the study Broadband Quality Score 2009 by Cisco, Brazil, Chile and Mexico are the region´s “Broadband Leadership Movers”, when combined broadband quality and penetration indicators. Internet usage and penetration indicate the cultural readiness for the adoption of virtual environments and show the current and future prospects for virtual events.Here Brazil deserves a closer look. According to the study State of the Internet by comSCORE, the country has the fastest and largest growth in Internet audience in the LatAm region (27% growth in 2007-2008). Brazil has also the largest online population in the region (37%) and Brazilians are among the heaviest Internet users in the world, outpaced only by the USA, Canada and Israel. Brazilians spend 26.8 hours online per visitor. Americans spend 44,2 and Canadians 31.8 hours.Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela are also heavy Internet users, but the Internet in the region is dominated by the young population. In Mexico, 71% of the online population is under 34 years old. In Brazil, the average age of Internet users is 27,6 years.
Brazil again stands out of the crowd in Social Media usage. Social Media sites reach 84.3% of the Brazilian audience, one of the highest rates in the world. Here is important to consider that Orkut reaches 79.1% of the Brazilian audience, compared to 1.4% for Facebook.
Communication and multimedia content are the main purposes of Internet usage in the region, but in Brazil 7% of Internet users made an online purchase and 70% visited a retail site at least once in 2008. This is comparable to the USA, where 77% of Internet users visit retail sites during the same period. Brazilians, as much as Americans, use the Internet for comparison shopping and research, showing the prospects for virtual events as a lead generation tool.Also important to consider is that the local language is by far prefered in the region, specially in Brazil.

Broadband quality:
According to the Broadband Quality Score, these are the today´s and tomorrow´s bandwidth requirements:

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Source: Broadband Quality Score 2009

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All Latin American countries included in the study -Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico- are below today´s applications requirements. This means that the bandwidth available in the region is just enough for LD video streaming and webinars, but not for live HD video streaming, sharing of large files, telepresence and visual networking.
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Source: Broadband Quality Score 2009

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Overall, the success of a virtual event in the region depends on the right combination of solutions and applications with no overload and great focus on engagement techniques and tools. In terms of the audience, Brazilians are as culturally ready as Americans and are ahead not only in the region, but also compared with some European countries such as Spain and Italy. As a matter of fact, some virtual events formats are already being incorporated into local physical events, not necessarily in a strategic way, but certainly because of the region´s dynamism in adopting and adapting to new trends.

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