Virtual Awards for NHS Property Services

The Brief

Following the success of the 2021 virtual awards event, NHS Property Services once again looked to bring together a large number of their team for a celebration event to award individuals and groups for their achievements in the past 12 months.

The event was to be hosted by television presenter and radio personality, Miquita Oliver, broadcasting live from her home location and to be joined on the virtual stage with other NHS Property Services staff to present each award.

To build on the 2021 event, the brief included the need to bring individual and group award winners to screen to accept their award and for two way interaction with Miquita.

Key Objectives

Over 500 staff members joined the virtual event, streamed as a Microsoft Teams Live broadcast. This was the most suitable platform as Microsoft Teams is used across the organisation and was a tried and tested solution.

Miquita Oliver hosted the event and after an introductory speech by the CEO, was joined on the virtual stage by a number of NHS co-hosts to present each award. Each award followed the same format; nominees were introduced and the winner revealed. This was followed by a short video where co-workers congratulated the winner and provided further insight into the achievements by the individual or team. The winners were then brought live to screen to accept their award and talk with Miquita.

The virtual event was a huge success with a high level of engagement throughout.

What we did

Behind The Scenes

The virtual event was broadcast and managed using our virtual event support platform, OnLine. Each presenter arrived in the virtual green room for a pre-event briefing and were moved to the virtual stage just before they went live.

Our Broadcast Manager had full communication with all presenters so they knew exactly when they were onscreen and broadcasting to the audience.

AllTogether.Live

The award nominees were all managed using AllTogether.Live, our in-house virtual audience platform.

The successful winner or group of winners were mixed live to screen to accept their award.

Professionally Produced

Behind the scenes, we talked with individuals before they were live to ensure they were ready to go and could be mixed seamlessly into the broadcast.

Audience Engagement

The audience were encouraged to share their comments using the chat function on the platform.

These comments and shoutouts were then moderated and included in a rolling ticker running across the screen with Miquita reading them out between awards.

Live Captioning Services

We coordinated with a third-party supplier to provide live captioning, supplying the necessary hardware to send and receive the data remotely.

What our clients say about working with us

“From initial discussions to final set-up, your creativity, expertise, professionalism, kindness and general helpfulness was inspiring. Words cannot describe how much we loved the event and working with the team at On. If we could do it all again, we would in a heartbeat”

Dan Janes

Employee relations

“Thank you for all your hard work and support with our events. They were a smash hit with the ExCo, HR team and our audience – flawless execution as per usual!“

Alexandra Pierce

Group Head of Organisational Development and Culture

Award-Winning Financial Services Provider

“Outstanding service and delivery. The team here have appreciated your entire teams’ professionalism throughout the project, your commitment to safety and the complete way in which you carried out the project.
Many thanks.”

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Jess

Head of B2B

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“Once again an amazing job. I am certain that no other team of people could have made this project happen. The commitment, enthusiasm, attention to detail and team spirit make you a truly stand-out business…We’re looking forward to the next one”

Louiza Vicary

Head of Events

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Siobhan Ryan

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“You came up with ideas, listened to what we wanted and brought this all to life to create an event that will never be forgotten.”

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Head of Operations

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