Aion & Online Conferences: Why do you Need a DSM?
Online conferences via various platforms (e.g. Webex, Zoom, Interactio, Teams, etc.) have become a standard for conferences and meetings since 2020.
Alongside these conferences, a new professional profile has emerged, essential for the flawless organization of online events: the so-called DSM, or Digital Stage Moderator. Ensuring perfect audio and video quality during online conferences is just one of the responsibilities of this entirely new profession. This is the person who essentially manages the flow of a video conference or meeting from behind the scenes.
The work of Aion DSMs involves:
- preps: matching the platform with the number of participants, duration, various requirements including interpreting
- sending invitations
- technical tests, including participant connections and equipment in smaller sessions
- assisting the event moderator to smoothly run the event
- presentation management
- assisting with keeping agenda timing
- when required, reporting and analysis.
The DSM is often assisted by Aion's IT experts, as someone must take care of data connections and the stability of internet communications, while occasionally helping participants display and share their presentations.
It is frequently necessary for the DSM to speak multiple languages in order to communicate smoothly with international conference attendees. The DSM also monitors the chat, where participants can ask questions, request assistance, and more. Sometimes they seem like a chameleon, simultaneously tracking the arrival of new participants, managing those asking for the floor, and quickly muting accidentally unmuted microphones.
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And you can find on our social networks a cute screenshot from an online conference.
