NoteAffect for Education, Training, & Events

NoteAffect Reaches Remote Attendees with AI-Powered Learning Experience

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 06:15:54 -0700

June 1, 2026 – NoteAffect has announced that its AI-powered in-person learning experience can now live-stream to remote attendees.

Reaching remote audiences with live session content typically requires a complex and expensive production consisting of cameras, techs, and a separate virtual platform. Organizers face high upfront costs, but sitting on the sidelines could mean lost revenue opportunities. It stretches budgets and staff in an attempt to merge both worlds. Yet, still delivers a passive learning experience.

“We’ve eliminated the economic and operational complexities of live streaming so events can significantly reduce expenses and simplify delivery to generate new revenue without additional production costs or changes to their tech stack.” said Jay Tokosch, CEO of NoteAffect. “Now, both in-person and remote attendees can interact directly with the content for a superior learning experience.”

NoteAffect software integrates with the event's existing registration, AV setup, and mobile app to simultaneously record, broadcast to in-person attendees, and now optionally live-stream the personalized interactive learning experience to remote audiences.

Attendees can engage directly with the live session content through interactive note-taking, multilingual captioning, and Q&A in real time. The momentum continues immediately afterward on-demand where they can efficiently watch the recordings in segments with AI summaries and download the content as a handout with their personalized notes.

Freeman’s latest 71 page Trends Report on Learning at Events is eye opening to say the least.

It uncovers a significant gap between the value that events think their education is delivering and what attendees actually want.

This disconnect is likely one of the factors contributing to the industry's 27% average attendee retention rate reported in Freeman’s 2025 End-of-Year Trends Recap.

However, despite the economic and geopolitical challenges events are facing, learning is still a top reason to attend. Especially for the growing Now/New/Next Generation of event attendees (Millennials and Gen Z).

70% of attendees surveyed in the research say In-person Conferences, Tradeshows, and other events are their primary source for professional learning.

Commercial Space Week 2026 Boosts Engagement and Business Intelligence with NoteAffect

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 07:39:49 -0700

ORLANDO — As a gathering that caters to leaders from government agencies, the military and the commercial sector, security is a must at Commercial Space Week (CSW). In fact, safety is such a concern that many attendees of the event — which is made up of SpaceCom® | Space Congress, the Space Mobility® Conference, and GSA Spaceport Summit — are completely forbidden from downloading apps on their mobile devices. They can get show information from a web browser, however.

The rule, says Ryan Brown, Executive Director of SpaceCom and Commercial Space Week, made it difficult to find a content solution that was the right fit.

“We explored options through mobile applications, since that’s how most events engage with their attendees on their devices while they’re onsite,” Brown said. “We learned the hard way several years ago that we would only ever get a certain percentage of our attendees to use an app because a huge chunk of them just can’t even put it on their phone.”

eShow and NoteAffect Empower Events to Use Education as a Strategy

Thu, 08 Jan 2026 06:24:39 -0800

January 8, 2026, South Barrington, IL - eShow, a leading provider of event management solutions, and NoteAffect, an interactive learning experience for education and events, today announced a strategic partnership to empower events to use their education as a strategy that delivers real measurable engagement.

"With eShow and NoteAffect, event education is no longer a checkbox, it's a strategy. Even in a world of economic and geopolitical uncertainty, education is a variable that events can actually control and use to their advantage as a top reason to attend, extend their reach, and generate new revenue." said Jay Tokosch, CEO and Founder of NoteAffect.

The partnership empowers event organizers with tools to streamline the planning and execution of their conference along with leveraging their education content and attendee learning experience to create and measure real engagement for program success.

"eShow makes it easy for organizers to manage their entire event in one place where the data and attendee experience pairs seamlessly with NoteAffect through the eShow event app to maximize engagement before, during, and after the event." said Raju Patel, CEO and Founder of eShow.

eShow offers a full suite of event technology solutions that cover the entire event lifecycle, including registration management, trade show and exhibition tools, mobile apps, conference management, and more. eShow’s platform allows for better management of logistics, attendee tracking, and...Read More

The Ultimate Learning Experience: How to turn event education into an engagement magnet and actually measure it!

Tue, 30 Sep 2025 09:34:11 -0700

We’ve talked about what attendees actually want from your event education and how organizers are using education as a strategy to anchor attendance, extend content value, and future proof their event without stretching their team or budget.

We've also discussed why approaches like conventional recording and live-streaming, and standalone summaries fall short of acheiving those outcomes. They completely miss the opportunity to differentiate your attendee learning experience and create real measurable engagement, both during and after your event.

Attendee learning expectations have far surpassed the days to just sit and listen while they handwrite notes and take pictures of the...Read More

Why Your Session Success Metrics Aren't Telling the Whole Story and What Actually Matters

Tue, 30 Sep 2025 09:16:43 -0700

Picture this: It's day one of your conference. You walk past the main ballroom and see every seat filled. Standing room only. Your keynote speaker is crushing it, the energy is electric, and you think: "Nailed it."

Then you check your phone. The breakout sessions are packed too. Attendance numbers look incredible across the board. You're already mentally writing the post-event success story.

But attendance numbers hide a bigger question: did they actually work?

The Two Metrics Everyone Uses (And Why They're Not Enough)

Most event organizers measure session success with two metrics that seem logical but tell you almost nothing useful:

1. Attendance tracking aka Headcount

2. Session evaluation surveys

Let's talk about why both of these are leading you astray.

"Headcount" Only Measures Your Marketing

When people show up to a session, they're not voting on the content quality. They're responding to your session title, description, and speaker reputation. That's marketing success, not content success.

A...Read More

Is Your Attendee Learning Experience Stuck in the Stone Age?

Tue, 30 Sep 2025 08:09:56 -0700

If there's been one constant in events, it’s change.

Attendee expectations are evolving so fast that if you stand still, you get left behind. And when it comes to learning they have several options to easily access similar education online and at other events.

Most organizers focus on session programming to set their event apart. But, it doesn’t differentiate your attendee learning experience from the competition so they choose your event instead.

If you've seen your attendees taking pictures of the big screen during sessions, it's likely that your attendee learning experience is stuck in the Stone Age.

Here’s how you can easily future proof it to exceed expectations and attract the next generation without breaking the bank:

Notes

Stone Age: High-value sessions often move quickly, making it tough for attendees to keep up with handwritten notes. This is typically where you see them taking pictures of the big screen to fill in the gaps later. It happens even when handouts and recordings are available because they don’t have a way to interact and engage with the content during sessions.

Future Proof: AI note takers...Read More

How to use Education to Anchor Attendance, Extend Content Value, and Future Proof your Event

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 12:13:35 -0700

Events are facing challenges that might seem beyond your control.

Economic and geopolitical uncertainties are impacting attendance, especially international
Attendee demographics are shifting with high expectations for personalized, unique, and engaging experiences
Rising costs and tighter budgets are making everything more difficult to deliver

Despite all of this, there’s still a strong need for learning at events that makes education a lever you can:

actually control
use to your advantage

However, your audience has several options to easily access similar education online and at other events.

Because education is everywhere, you might not think of it as competition or see it as a strategic advantage. So it's often treated like a checkbox.

Freeman's latest Trends Report on Learning at Events uncovers a significant gap between the value organizers think their education delivers compared to what attendees say actually...Read More

IAEE Partners with NoteAffect to Elevate Expo! Expo! 2025 Learning Experiences

Tue, 23 Sep 2025 06:43:35 -0700

The International Association of Exhibitions and Events® (IAEE) and NoteAffect are pleased to announce a collaborative partnership that integrates event-engage AI-powered learning tools as part of the attendee experience at Expo! Expo! IAEE’s Annual Meeting & Exhibition 2025.

The exhibitions and events industry is evolving at a fast pace due to economic and geopolitical challenges, shifting demographics, and rising attendee expectations – all of which are changing how organizers create valuable event experiences. As the industry’s leading voice, IAEE is committed to driving innovation in areas where it can make a direct impact, with education leading the way.

“We must move beyond the traditional conference model and the standard playbook by embracing innovative tools that amplify the learning experience,” said IAEE Vice President of Learning Experiences Stacy Powers, CEM. “It’s essential to not only engage today’s audience...Read More

4 Things Event Organizers Need to Know About AI Session Transcription

Tue, 22 Jul 2025 07:03:43 -0700

AI-powered transcription has become an essential tool in our professional lives, helping us overcome the “forgetting curve” so we don’t lose important details from calls and meetings.

If you’ve ever used an AI notetaker, it’s easy to see why attendees and event organizers are adopting this technology to transform their session experience:

engagement
time savings
efficiency
knowledge retention

The power of AI has expanded “transcription” as a versatile tool for enhancing several aspects of the session experience:

note-taking
captioning and translation
insights, key takeaways, and summaries

Here’s 4 things to know about AI session transcription that can help your event stand out, attract more attendees, and keep them coming back.

1. Note-taking

High-value sessions often move quickly, making it tough for attendees to keep up with handwritten notes. We’ve all seen...Read More