Virtual Stage
The Virtual Stage is a space for your speakers to present keynotes, share ideas, and discuss with one another and an audience. Audience access to their camera and microphone is removed to encourage focus on the speaker and shared content and limit distractions. The audience has the opportunity to engage with the speakers and one another via event chat, Q&A, polls, and emoji reactions.
Our Virtual Stage is the perfect place for you and your team to host events and webinars for audiences of any size! If you want to host a webinar series or a one-day speaker-packed event, our Virtual Stage is the answer.
You can learn more about how to create a Virtual Stage for your event here.
Breakout Rooms
The Virtual Stage has multiple tools for engagement. One powerful option is Breakout Rooms. Breakout Rooms allow the entire audience to join the discussion, enabling cameras and microphones on the Virtual Stage.
Hosts can split attendees up into pre-selected or randomly assigned groups for more intimate discussion, then bring them back together to share what they've learned.
You can learn more about Breakout Rooms here.
But what if you want your entire audience experience to be more fluid? No keynote here, just rooms for attendees to float between, interacting with Hosts and each other for the entirety of the event. You need a Networking Hub!
Networking Hub
The Networking Hub allows your attendees to engage in intimate conversations within 'Circles' before and/or after a live session — or on a stand-alone session of its own! There is a variety of use cases for a Networking Hub, including the following:
Community Building
Sponsored Content
Exhibition Halls
Demo Sessions
Speed Dating
Virtual Office
and more!
All use cases are meant to accomplish the same end goal — networking. The Networking Hub allows you to create an unlimited number of 'Circles' that your attendees can freely go in and out of. All attendees will have the opportunity to use their camera and microphone within a networking hub to engage with others.
Learn more about how to create a Networking Hub and the power of its features here.
Here is a quick side-side of a Virtual Stage and Networking Hub to call out key features and differences between both:
Virtual Stage | Networking Hub |
Attendees cannot enable their cameras and microphone unless Breakout Rooms are enabled. | Attendees can enable their camera and microphone to engage in Circle discussions. |
Has a set date and time (countdown) to the start of an event or webinar | Does not have a scheduled start or end time built-in product |
A Virtual stage consists of one stage and one event chat - multiple stages can be created and live simultaneously (depending on the plan), though they are embedded on separate web pages. | Multiple circles allow for concurrent discussions in one Networking Hub |
It requires the host to go live and focus on the host, presenter, and attendee roles. | It does not require the Host to go live (unless linked to a Virtual Stage) |
It has certain key features such as overlays, native slide support and media playback (upload and queue videos). | Does not have features such as overlays and media playlists - allows for all users to share video and presentation |
Records automatically when live. | Does not record by default - Circle Owner must enable recording within each Circle |