During a 2020 survey carried out among 100 companies managing approximately 20,000 yearly annual online events worldwide, 45 percent of respondents said they used engagement (total registration and attendance numbers) to gauge the effectiveness of their online events. Attendee satisfaction metrics such as pre- and post-event net promoter score data were used by 24.9 percent of respondents.
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among participants working in areas including marketing, customer experience, and operations at companies of all sizes
Method of interview
Online survey
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Role of respondents distributed as 51.1% working in marketing, 15.8% in customer experience, 10% in operations, 23.1% in other categories. Survey question: "What is your primary method for measuring effectiveness?"
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