Remo: a new take on virtual event software

Remo is a virtual event and networking service that’s new on the scene and it’s one that is proving increasingly popular with charities for fundraisers and other online functions.

 

Why is there so much buzz around Remo? After all, we’ve all used plenty of event platforms to attend virtual events during the the past year, and Zoom and a couple of other services seem to have become the de facto standards.

 

 

Presentations and networking

 

Remo is different because it offers two things at once: presentations, like other virtual events systems, but also the opportunity to network with guests and talk one-to-one or in in small groups.

 

The way Remo facilitates networking is simple but effective. When you join a Remo virtual event – which could be a charity fundraising event, for example – what you see is a floor plan with a number of tables for four to eight people.

 

When you choose a table to join, you are put in a mini video conference with the other people at that table.

 

 

Table hopping

 

That means you that you can talk and network with the people at that table, and join other tables to meet new people. The tables themselves may have names like “table 1”, “table 2” and so on, or they can be given names to suggest the topics of conversation that might go on at those tables, such as “clean water project” or “school building project”.

 

Each table has a shared whiteboard space and these shared spaces can be “preloaded” with different types of content including photos and videos.

 

So a charity holding a Remo event might choose to use different tables to highlight different projects that the charity is participating in, and guests could then visit a table to watch a video and find out more about the project, as well as discussing the project with a charity staff member responsible for that project.

 

 

Swap virtual business cards

 

To make it easy to find new contacts, Remo gives each event participant a virtual business card which they can edit with their contact details and other information they want to share.

 

That means that at any point during a conversation you can swap business cards with the people you meet at the tables you visit so that you can contact them again after the event.

 

To add to the feeling of being at a conference, Remo also displays a number of “sponsor banner” areas on the screen. These banner areas can contain almost anything: information from event sponsors, background information about the event, videos about the charity’s activities, or perhaps calls to action (such as links to fundraising pages).

 

 

Group presentations

 

As well as helping event participants to meet and network, Remo allows the hosts to switch the event to “presentation mode”. When this is activated, guests are given a brief period to wrap up conversations, after which one or more presenters appear on all participants screens.

 

Presentations can include shared videos and pictures, and guests can also be invited to temporarily join presenters on the virtual stage for panel discussions or any other purpose.