CMA: Transitioned their CreditScape Physical Conference to a Virtual Event

CMA delivered an engaging virtual conference for attendees and sponsors

The Challenge

There were three main challenges CMA faced when moving their conference online.

Firstly, they had never run a virtual event before, meaning they were starting from scratch. This meant that the level of support and guidance that could be provided by any platform they chose was extremely important.

Secondly, there was the challenge of ensuring that they could get buy-in from their sponsors for a virtual event and being confident they would see a positive ROI for both their time and money.

Finally, CMA had to consider how in-person engagement levels would be maintained or exceeded in a virtual environment.

The Goal

Audience participation was the number one goal. CMA wanted to utilize engagement tools and design to keep audiences engaged, but also track and report on audience participation.

Sponsor satisfaction was also a key goal. Sponsors are a large part of CMA events and it was important that they could replicate the traditional in-person networking within a virtual space and show the ROI.

How WorkCast Helped

Virtual Sponsor Booths

CMA utilized WorkCast’s virtual sponsor booths to allow their sponsors to engage with attendees within the virtual event. This included taking advantage of fully branded templates with the option to add videos, downloads, and links to external resources. The booths also included the attendee chat function, allowing sponsors to interact with users and answer any questions. To show the sponsors the performance of their booths and content, each booth had its own unique reporting dashboard.

Gamification to increase virtual event engagement

With one of CMA’s goals being participation, we helped them gamify the attendee experience by creating an attendee leaderboard. Attendees were set the challenge of engaging with the virtual conference as much as possible so they could get the most out of the event. This included things like attendee chat, downloads, answering polls etc. The more an attendee interacted with the experience, the more points they earned. At the end of the event, the three attendees with the most participation points won gift cards.

Fully branded virtual event templates

Meeting sponsor needs was one of CMA’s core goals, so WorkCast provided templates that could be fully branded. Additionally, the whole of the CreditScape event was created with CMA’s branding, pulling in their Las Vegas roots.

Complete event support

WorkCast provided support pre-event, during, and post-event to ensure CMA’s virtual event ran smoothly. From helping make their ideas a reality, building the event, providing technical support on the day, and follow-up event care. WorkCast also provided support to the sponsors and speakers to ensure they felt confident.

Detailed virtual event reporting

WorkCast’s reporting dashboards enabled CMA to track and report on the performance of each element of CreditScape. From the number of registrations, to how many attended live and what resources were interacted with, the robust analytics provided them with a full view of attendee engagement and a higher level they would have gotten at an in-person event.

The Result

CMA was able to deliver a successful virtual conference, CreditScape, and garnered positive feedback from both attendees and sponsors.

Ann Westpy, Head Director of Education and Events at CMA, said "I love the fact that you could be sitting in front of your screen and you literally feel like you're walking into a conference hall. So you really get that conference feeling. And the team itself was beyond phenomenal to assist me in everything I needed to do...they knew exactly what I needed and wanted and could do that for me".