{"id":648,"date":"2021-04-14T09:39:02","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T15:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eventus.io\/blog\/?p=648"},"modified":"2021-05-05T14:10:44","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T20:10:44","slug":"4-hybrid-orientation-ideas-for-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eventus.io\/blog\/4-hybrid-orientation-ideas-for-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Hybrid Orientation Ideas for 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

2020 was a crazy year for Orientation Directors. COVID understandably made in-person events near impossible, but how the heck were students supposed to get the orientation experience? Thankfully, virtual events presented themselves as a feasible solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Now that it’s 2021, COVID seems to be slowly clearing up. Unfortunately, that doesn’t exactly make things simpler. Now the line between going virtual or physical is more blurred. Understandable there are advocates for both an in-person and\/or virtual orientation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s where the idea of a Hybrid Orientation <\/strong>might make sense! Why not host an event that’s part virtual, part in-person? In this article, we cover 5 ideas that are worth considering for your next Hybrid Orientation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Idea 1<\/strong>: A Virtual Event Hall<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Many universities slapped together a directory of Zoom links for their 2020 Virtual Orientation. While certainly this is a fit-for-purpose solution, it’s lacking in many ways. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because there’s more time for planning in 2021, you might consider a more organized, elaborate solution instead, like a Virtual Event Hall!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Virtual Event Hall, this sample one simply embedded with a YouTube link, but you can host your own Livestreamed Zoom links as well<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Virtual Event Halls allow you to consolidate all your Zoom links in a single place. Instead of students going between your disparate Zoom links, you can stream them all in succession similar to a live broadcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Event Halls aren’t just live streams though. You can host several stages within the single hall, so it feels just like a physical event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Idea 2: <\/strong>Campus Social Network<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Campus Social Networks are a relatively new trend that really picked up with the recent pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While social networks obviously already exist, like Twitter, Facebook, and others, a campus social network is still useful to students as a social network exclusively related to campus activities and information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n