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The event industry met with a great recession earlier this year, with the announcement of lockdown all across the globe.
This intensely affected the people who were associated with this industry. Be it the organizer or the workforce who worked on-site. Everyone faced a crisis.
Currently, event organizers have emerged as people of importance unlike the other times.
In the current circumstances where everyone is advised to stay home and maintain a needful physical distance due to pandemic, the event industry turned out to be virtual that is online.
Specifically, online workshops started trending in times of COVID as everyone used the opportunity and extra time in hand to uplift their skills which were otherwise not possible with the busy hustle of life.
We have all had skills and long-lost hobbies to restart and lockdowns made it possible to achieve them.
Virtual events are in demand and every event organizer is leveraging this opportunity the best way possible.
There are numerous kinds of workshops that an event organizer can host which will tap their target audience.
So, I’ve listed down 5 types of online workshops that an event organizer can plan:
1 — Art — Music, Dance, Acting, Painting, Writing, etc.
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There have been plenty of people who have devoted their time during lockdown towards up scaling their craft or polishing their hobbies which they always dreamed of.
There are infinite art forms on which one can organize a workshop.
For instance, on a musical instrument, Dancing (Choreography), Taking acting workshops, Painting, writing (poetry, songs, literature), etc.
There is no literal end to this list. Budding artists are always keen to level up their game. They are always looking up for ways to enhance their art. You can be part of this passage and act as a mediator.
This is going to be an absolute mine for you.
And this can only be possible if you get a learned professional and if possible a well-known one to host the event and impart their knowledge, intricacies, and experiences of the art with participants.
2 — Health & Wellness –
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We all have heard of health is wealth but always overlooked it. Now nature has taught us the hard way. And made us appreciate the life we are gifted with.
We all have realized now the importance of good and sound health.
Again, taking the example of the current situation of COVID-19, people have understood how prominent it is to stay fit and healthy both physically and mentally.
We all are striving to stay fit. Increasing our immunity to fight viruses. It’s no more a choice but a need for all of us.
You can organize workshops on yoga, exercises, mental health, dieting, meditation, sports, nutrition, etc.
This is powerful if you consider and educate the participants with a qualified panel.
3 — IT & Software
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We all are somewhere associated with some sort of software in our working spaces.
Getting better and sharper is always a need. And therefore, many of us have used this time to learn something new and get better at it.
Technology is getting smarter and better with time. Every task that we perform has technological dominance. And this is an amazing opportunity for you as an event organizer.
You can host an online workshop for educating people about a vast range of software that one uses.
And I’ve created an article on how to host an event. You can have a look at it for detail spec.
For instance Adobe Premiere Pro, Illustrator, after effects, Final Cut Pro are being used for visuals. Or something related to music Logic Pro X, Cubase, NUENDO, etc.
You can even tap into the corporate arena where there is extensive use of Microsoft Office. You can plan events for learning Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, etc.
Apart from all this, there has been a substantial amount of rising into learning coding languages be it C++, JavaScript, Python, Swift, C sharp, or anything of this sort.
There is infinite possibility in this zone.
4 — Personality Development
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It doesn’t seem to be important to mention the significance of personality development.
The success of a person, be it in his personal life, towards a relationship, or his professional life in his career is subject to oneself.
Everything depends upon the person itself. The best part is that striving for success has gone very far. Everybody wants to be successful. And, one is always keen to enrich their knowledge and lives as fast as possible.
And towards striving, they are always looking for means to develop themselves, you as an event organizer can take this as an opportunity and create workshops.
For leadership, time management, personal branding, stress Management, personal productivity, etc.
By bringing in the real successful people and mentors on board. Who have tested the fragrance of success and have been at the pinnacle.
5 — Business Skills
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Startups are gaining recognition and trust in the business ecosystem like never before.
The ideas that aroused years ago have taken the form of million-dollar organizations. Which not only bought revenue but also revolutionized the lives of millions of people.
And this doesn’t happen with a magic wand. People have polished themselves throughout. Learned skills that became their companion on the path of success.
Business skills are an aspect where you can target and leverage as an event organizer.
Be it an employee of an organization or are the one who runs the organization itself.
They are always keen to up their game and knowledge.
The certification event works best.
You can organize workshops for building better communication, for sales, marketing strategies, digital marketing, how to manage a team, or how to start a startup, etc.
You can target every aspect of an organization to create a workshop.
Again, the host matters the most.
Conclusion
Being an event organizer I would suggest not to get restricted with any particular category of events or workshops.
You should get yourself familiar with every form of workshops, from art to business to every aspect. And just simply explore and have an adventurous journey ahead.
In order to get attendees you can also look for online platforms which hosts social groups of various categories. One of such platform is Bylde, which has enormous potential.
The different types of online workshops listed above are credible enough to get you attendees and will result in a successful workshop. And you as a successful event organizer.
The only thing that I would like to put forth apart from all above is that the most important thing is adding value to people’s lives. If you gift them value, appreciating their time and money it will work out no matter what.
So, which one would you like to go with first?
Let me know.
