Automattic State of the Word

Automattic State of the word, an In-person event, live streamed to a virtual audience

This hybrid event paired a Blaze Producer and 2 NYC-based operators on-site at Automattic’s Manhattan office, with a Blaze Director and Project Manager back in Portland. CEO Matt Mullenweg presented a 90-minute keynote and Q&A to an in-person audience of 30, an online audience of thousands of peak concurrent viewers, and over 96,000 unique views across YouTube, Twitter and Facebook.

This production included:

  • Pre-event testing and project planning
  • Coordination with on-site AV team, 
  • On-site production
  • Live captioning to Youtube, Facebook, and Twitter
  • Quick turn post production for immediate press release.