Turning a Three-Day Event into Year-Round Influence: How Cvent Uses Gather Voices to Extend the Life of CONNECT

For many event planners, the challenge is that the energy and buzz of an event often fade as soon as it ends. Now imagine turning a three-day conference into a year-round content engine that fuels thought leadership, engages the community, and drives ongoing marketing success. That is exactly what Cvent has achieved. For four consecutive years, Cvent has partnered with Gather Voices to transform Cvent CONNECT into a continuous source of thought leadership, community engagement, and marketing momentum. More than 400 authentic video stories have been collected, creating a constantly refreshed content library that engages audiences long after the event. In 2025 alone, over 100 videos were captured in just three days. Cvent’s strategy focuses on highlighting attendee expertise, industry trends, and evergreen topics relevant to the professional landscape, all while reinforcing Cvent’s position as a leader in event technology.

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Year-Round Content Supply

Cvent has eliminated the struggle of producing a full year’s worth of content from a single event. Over four years, the team has gathered more than 400 videos, providing ongoing material for marketing, education, and community building throughout every season.

Strategic Thought Leadership

Recent content initiatives have focused on topics that matter most to Cvent’s audience. Attendees are given the opportunity to share their perspectives on industry issues, strengthening Cvent’s reputation as a thought leader in event technology.

Diversity and Reach

By using both stationary and mobile video kiosks, Cvent has broadened the range of stories captured at CONNECT. This approach ensures diverse perspectives and dynamic coverage from all areas of the event.

Year-Round Content Supply

Cvent has eliminated the struggle of producing a full year’s worth of content from a single event. Over four years, the team has gathered more than 400 videos, providing ongoing material for marketing, education, and community building throughout every season.

Strategic Thought Leadership

Recent content initiatives have focused on topics that matter most to Cvent’s audience. Attendees are given the opportunity to share their perspectives on industry issues, strengthening Cvent’s reputation as a thought leader in event technology.

Diversity and Reach

By using both stationary and mobile video kiosks, Cvent has broadened the range of stories captured at CONNECT. This approach ensures diverse perspectives and dynamic coverage from all areas of the event.

Before Gather Voices

Video collection opportunities were rare, often requiring substantial time and resources to produce only a handful of interviews. The resulting content had a short shelf life, and the team relied mostly on static images and occasional b-roll footage for promotion. Event-day video content rarely extended the impact of CONNECT beyond the event dates.

Using Gather Voices

The partnership with Gather Voices reshaped Cvent’s approach to creating and sharing community-driven content. Each year, Cvent’s team:

  • Boosted Speaker Video Content: Leveraged the Speaker VideoBoost tool to gather short videos from event speakers in the weeks leading up to CONNECT. These remotely recorded clips provided compelling, speaker-driven promotional material that increased attendance and excitement without requiring a full production team.

  • Multiplied Content Output: Collected more than 100 videos in just three days at CONNECT using video kiosks, with a cumulative total of over 400 reusable stories across four years. This transformed CONNECT from a single event into a true content creation powerhouse.

  • Enabled Real-Time Engagement: Stationary and mobile kiosks moved throughout the venue, meeting attendees where they were and capturing a wide range of voices and locations. This allowed for richer event coverage and immediate social media sharing.

  • Prioritized Relevance: Evolved from general event recaps to targeted thought leadership topics, allowing attendees to address trends and challenges in their industries and extending the usefulness of the videos beyond the event.

  • Maximized Marketing Impact: Integrated video stories into campaigns before, during, and after CONNECT, using them to support marketing initiatives and community engagement year-round.

Conclusion

Cvent’s long-term collaboration with Gather Voices demonstrates the lasting value of authentic, evergreen video storytelling. By capturing hundreds of diverse professional perspectives each year and featuring speakers in pre-event promotions, Cvent maximizes the reach and return on investment of CONNECT. This strategy ensures that industry insights, personal stories, and critical conversations continue to inspire and connect the Cvent community throughout the year.

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