Environmental sustainability is one of the Top 3 attributes most meeting and event professionals look for when selecting venues, vendors and suppliers, according to the Encore Fall 2022 Planner Pulse Report. But are you missing opportunities to ‘go green’? If you’re interested in incorporating more eco-friendly initiatives in your event planning, learn the micro-moments that hold opportunities to be environmentally conscious with ‘Next Steps in Sustainability,’ the first section from Encore’s Break Free from Conventional Thinking Guidebook.

Find smart and simple ways to reduce the carbon footprint of your next in-person, hybrid and virtual events, with a guidebook developed with your priorities in mind.  

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What's Inside:

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Key ways to make your events more environmentally conscious

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Unparalled Solutions

Our Hybrid+ team has unmatched experience in strategy, creative, technology, and production to provide everything you need for events, large and small, from end-to-end to ala carte solutions.

Unmatched Expertise

Encore has helped thousands of clients create hybrid events for over a decade. Our team members are Hybrid+ Certified to help you identify the ideal platform and create the perfect event with boundless hybrid potential.

Boundless Possibilities

In-person events are exciting and inspirational to attend, but it’s time to break the boundaries and create hybrid events that reach more, connect more, and engage more.

Amazing events for everyone, everywhere.

                  • Conferences
                  • Meetings
                  • Tradeshows
                  • Exhibitions
                  • Plenary
      • Corporate Training

      • Rewards & Recognition Programs

      • Webinars

      • Weddings

      • Holiday parties & All Other Social & Virtual Gatherings

      • Conferences
      • Meetings
      • Tradeshows
      • Exhibitions
      • Plenary
      • Corporate Training
      • Rewards & Recognition Programs
      • Webinars
      • Weddings
      • Holiday parties & All Other Social & Virtual Gatherings

Encore's Hybrid Event Planner Tools

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Hybrid+ Services

Event Platform + Digital Products

We have a dedicated team of digital experts to ensure our customers choose the right platform for the experience they want to create; either our Chime Live platform (built for Hybrid) or one of the many others we work with.
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Presentation Stages + Pop-Up Studios

Our pre-built stages provide a pathway to effectively communicate to your remote audience by utilizing a set that is similar to what they experience with an in-person event.
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Strategy, Creative + Design

Our expert strategists and experienced designers create hybrid events that deliver engagement, value and insightful analytics to help improve your ROI.
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Hybrid, Virtual and
On-Site Technology

Our production team has deep expertise in set design, production studios, virtual broadcasts, streaming, production, direction and overall hybrid event production management.
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Event Production + Execution

Our production team has deep expertise in set design, production studios, virtual broadcasts, streaming, production, direction and overall hybrid event production management.
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Get Inspired this Year

Given our vast experience in producing seamless hybrid events, we are happy to share trends and knowledge with you. We hope they inspire and empower you.

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Sponsorship Activation Ideas

Maximize Your Event Impact with Creative Sponsorship Activations Our team specializes in designing compelling and engaging experiences that impress your guests and leave lasting impressions of … Read More

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Let’s Talk About Your Event Experience Needs.

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What Our Customers Say


"...Encore was the ideal partner as we entered into an unknown situation. They helped us shift from what historically had been an in-person event to a successful hybrid outcome with as little stress as possible, during the planning phase. This was particularly true as it pertained to keeping all attendees engaged, and Encore’s Chime Live platform was definitely the right solution for that.”

Judy Riley, Education Director, Heart of America Eye Care Congress.

“I knew this was going to be good. But I didn’t realize it was going to be this good!”

Chris Bryson, CEO Consulate Health Care

EVENT EXPERIENCE COMPANY

Encore is an event experience company, providing creative production, advanced technology, and staging solutions to help you deliver impactful experiences at your gaming and esports events. We help creators, brands, and publishers make a long-term impact across the gaming industry. Our approach is to understand your goals and align our resources and solutions to ensure your event blends creativity and innovative technology for inspiring fan and attendee experiences.

Our highly trained staff delivers innovative solutions in support of events ranging from small tournaments to global championships with thousands of attendees. As you look to deliver more dynamic and impactful esports events, creative and production aspects become increasingly critical to the planning process.

EVENT SERVICES

Our services go beyond traditional technology to include cutting-edge solutions like creative event design, virtual events, internet connectivity, bandwidth management, overhead rigging, content development, digital services, custom set fabrication, 3D mapping, exhibit services, event production, and much more.

With over 80 years of event experience, including 10+ years of supporting one of the longest-running gaming tournaments in the world, Encore is positioned to help you level up your indie events into multi-year corporate global AAA alliances.

Encore has first-hand experience supporting world-class sporting and athletic competitions, and esports and gaming events are no exception. We can collaboratively work with and augment your existing team based on the required needs of the production. With a vast roster of expertise and skill, we have stage managers, producers, creative directors, digital artists, project managers, and technical directors to help with all aspects of your gaming events.

Gaming Event Types

Fan engagement - Esports Tournament

Main stage events:

  • Regular season competitions
  • Marquee tournaments
  • Global championships
Diverse Esport Team Winner of the Video Games Tournament

Ancillary events:

  • Fan engagement
  • Brand activations
  • Watch parties
  • Media rooms

OUR TEAM

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Michael Di Lullo
Account Executive, Gaming and Esports

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James Hess
Sales Manager, Gaming, Virtual and Hybrid

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Joel Reodica
Solutions Lead – MediaLab

Victor Paan - Director, Digital Sales & Innovation

Victor Paan
Director, Digital Sales & Innovation

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Alexander Green
Digital Services Consultant, Esports & Gaming

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Chris Siedel
VP Venue Partnerships, Esports & Gaming

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Ryan Hawkins
RVP Essential Services

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Bryan  Johnston
Director, Creative Strategy – MediaLab

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Yemaj Abdurahman
Operations Manager, Venue Services – Esports

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Dan Wilson
Producer, Esports & Gaming

Encore is in over 2,000 convention venues, stadiums, and hotel destinations around the globe, and is prepared to innovate and deliver exciting tournaments, broadcasts, and marketing events. We work with the biggest brands in the world to tap into the power of esports and the broader gaming community with our network of venue, tourism, and destination management partners.

CAPABILITIES

Creative services

• Content development

• Creative production

• Custom design

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Digital services:

• Digital development team

• Event Platform enablement

• Enterprise Streaming

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Technical production

• Visuals & lighting

• Staging & fabrication

• Sound reinforcement

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Speciality services

• Internet connectivity

• Power Distribution

• Rigging

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Our team will help you grow, develop new opportunities, and make your life as an esports and gaming event producer better by building a support team around you and your brand. Let Encore be your player 2, contact us today!

Let’s Talk About Your Gaming Event Needs.

Call us at 888-287-3687 or click the button below to get started.

Learn how to create the most successful
hybrid meeting

With so many organizers opting to hold events using hybrid formats, it is vital to choose an investment that will up production value and boost your participants’ experiences. Encore has put together 10 tips to help you produce your most successful hybrid event and keep virtual participants glued to their screens.

In this guide you’ll learn about:

          • Various digital features that work best during hybrid events
          • How to step up virtual and in-person production
          • What features keep attendees engaged
          • And more!
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Download this guide to help you make the most of your hybrid events.

 

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10 tips guide

Don’t let audio issues disrupt your event

When speakers are presenting their message, it’s crucial to make sure all participants can hear clearly. Taking the time to ensure your audio components are working properly will improve your attendees’ experience and help them fully engage in meetings. That’s why choosing the right audio-visual equipment and technology is so important. Encore developed a guide to help you improve the interaction between presenters and audience members.

In this guide you’ll learn about:

          • How to identify typical audio-visual issues
          • Which sound solutions work for various meeting formats
          • Best practices to improve sound quality
          • And more!

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Download our guide to step up the sound quality of your hybrid events today!

 

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Audio Solutions Guide

How It Works:

Step 1:

Check the boxes in the left column for the categories that apply to your event.

Step 2:

Use the prompts to enter your event details for each category.

Step 3:

Slide the usage tier in the right side column.

Step 4:

Download your results and share with your team.

Questions? Let us help!

Not sure if you need dedicated bandwidth? 

Enter Your Event Details:

Do you have the right infrastructure, bandwidth, and support for your next Hybrid event?

Download The "Hybrid+ Internet connectivity Checklist"

As a supplement to the Hybrid Event Handbook, this dynamic Hybrid Event Internet Checklist OR Internet Connectivity Checklist is a planning tool that will help you assess the capabilities of your event location.

Determine your network needs around bandwidth delivery and overall network capability.  Consider the value of:

  • Network data
  • Back-up solutions
  • Clear dedicated connection
  • Dedicated and knowledgeable support
  • And more

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6 Key Drivers

“There are more ways to join audiences and presenters across multiple venues and locations.

And there are more ways to use technology – both traditional audiovisual and cloud solutions – to enhance your brand or association, engage your participants, and collect data that offers new insights into the event experience.”

 

Environment

Experience

Engagement

Connectivity

Content

Production

Related Planner Tools

The Hybrid Events Handbook

In this guide, we developed a framework to help you plan your hybrid events.

Hybrid Event Checklist

This dynamic Hybrid Event Checklist is a planning tool that will help you cross out all the components you need to consider for a Hybrid event of any size.

Ready to get more done, save time, and reach your hybrid event goals quicker?


Download the “Hybrid+ Event Checklist”

As a supplement to the Hybrid Event Handbook , this dynamic Hybrid Event Checklist is a planning tool that will help you cross out all the components you need to consider for a Hybrid event of any size. 

Check off safety, recording capture, data analytics and more through our checklist which is broken out into these 6 key drivers:

      • Environment
      • Experience
      • Engagement
      • Connectivity
      • Content
      • Production

Keep your event plans on track by downloading our dynamic planning tool Today!

Hybrid Plus Event Checklist

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6 Key Drivers

“There are more ways to join audiences and presenters across multiple venues and locations.

And there are more ways to use technology – both traditional audiovisual and cloud solutions – to enhance your brand or association, engage your participants, and collect data that offers new insights into the event experience.”

 

Environment

Experience

Engagement

Connectivity

Content

Production

Related Planner Tools

The Hybrid Events Handbook

In this guide we have developed a framework to help you plan any hybrid events

Internet Connectivity Checklist

Determine your network needs around bandwidth delivery and overall network capability.

Hybrid events are paving new ways of doing business

Hybrid events allow planners and participants to reach more people. Having the ability to engage more businesses, thought leaders, and decision-makers has long-term benefits and immediate short-term benefits as well. Planners and show organizers benefit by understanding how to uncover those benefits in a way that enriches both the on-site and remote experiences. In this guide, we’ve developed a framework to help you do just that!

Hybrid events have also increased in popularity simply because participants expect a certain amount of flexibility to attend a meeting in-person or have the option to attend virtually. Today’s event customer experience needs to meet participants at their comfort level.

Hybrid events are the norm, for everyone, for the foreseeable future. The good news is, you’re not alone. The great news is, there are resources to meet you exactly where you are, like this one.

Download The Hybrid Event Handbook

What's Inside:

A framework to help you plan any hybrid event


 

The key drivers for a successful event – for planners and participants


 

 

How to tie it all together – with different meeting types as examples


 

Download The Guide “The Hybrid Event Handbook”

Related Planner Resources

Hybrid Event Checklist

In this guide, we developed a framework to help you plan your hybrid events.

Internet Connectivity Checklist

Determine your network needs around bandwidth delivery and overall network capability.

6 Key Drivers

“There are more ways to join audiences and presenters across multiple venues and locations.

And there are more ways to use technology – both traditional audiovisual and cloud solutions – to enhance your brand or association, engage your participants, and collect data that offers new insights into the event experience.”

 

Environment

Experience

Engagement

Connectivity

Content

Production

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