e/Virtual event

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has gloss	eng: A Virtual Event is a gathering of people sharing a common virtual environment on the web, rather than meeting in a physical location. Virtual events are highly interactive, looking and feeling a lot like their physical counterparts. Popular uses of virtual events include virtual tradeshows , virtual job fairs , virtual conferences and virtual company-wide gatherings . Virtual events are used to deliver presentations, trainings, departmental meetings and sessions led by stakeholders from company executives to product management and human resources. They started to become increasingly popular during the late-2000s recession as they offered an economically and environmentally effective way to bring thousands of attendees to an event from around the globe . Virtual environments are becoming an increasingly important part of the marketing mix. For marketers, virtual events provide a rich source of marketing data, because every activity of a participant can be tracked and evaluated. A virtual engagement index is a variable to measure interaction quantity and quality of participants.
lexicalization	eng: virtual event
instance of	c/Marketing techniques