About UAE University's Virtual Graduation Ceremony

United Arab Emirates University, or UAEU, is a popular comprehensive national university in the heart of the United Arab Emirates. It was founded by Sheikh Zayed Bin Al Nahyan in 1976. UAEU aims to be a comprehensive, research-intensive university and is currently home to 17500+ Emirati and international students.

Recently, UAEU conducted its 40th annual graduation ceremony through a virtual medium, which was its main highlight. To successfully conduct the virtual graduation ceremony, UAEU created a live stream with hosts, performers, speakers, etc. From guest to host, everyone joined the graduation ceremony through live stream video.

The Challenge

Hosting An Interactive Virtual Graduation Ceremony

Businesses nowadays are keen on hosting virtual events and conferences. Virtual events provide the chance to reach a wider audience, so more organizers are taking it as a growth opportunity. This fact inspired UAEU to host their first virtual event.

UAEU planned to host its 40th annual graduation ceremony virtually, which was challenging. These events are an integral part of educational institutions and are valuable. The main challenge was making the virtual ceremony interactive and engaging, reaching a wider audience, and providing attendees with the best experience

Every first step is always special, so we wanted our very first virtual graduation ceremony to be successful and special. We found Social Walls, which can create engaging walls for our event at an affordable price. It helpedus as a complete solution for our virtual graduation.

Marian Ketbi Head of Enterprise Applications & Integration

The Solution

Virtually Screening Social Media Posts During The Live-streams

Social Walls helped UAEU make its virtual graduation ceremony interactive for its attendees by directly showing social media posts during the live stream. They ran unique event hashtags #UAEU_VIRTUAL_GRADUATION_CEREMONY_40 #حفل_تخريج_افتراضي_لجامعة_الإمارات_40.

The attendees used hashtags to share a glimpse of the graduation ceremony on different social media platforms, helping UAEU boost its social media presence. Displaying the social media posts on the website around the UAEU graduation ceremony helped them expand their reach and awareness and encourage more people to join the ongoing virtual ceremony.

The customer service team at Social Walls was very supportive and was available to help us 24/7, which was necessary for our virtual event. They know their work well and made our first virtual event successful in reaching a wider audience.

Marian Ketbi Head of Enterprise Applications & Integration

The Results

83% Net Positive Sentiments, 3.5X Increased Impressions & 1.3K Post Collected

The real deal for UAEU was making their first virtual graduation ceremony engaging and achieving better participation. Social Walls helped UAEU host an excellent graduation ceremony VIRTUALLY screening social media posts during the live-streams.

The data gathered from the UAEU graduation ceremony is making noise. The authority witnessed 83% net positive sentiments, and their unique event hashtags received 3.5X increased impressions. During the virtual graduation ceremony, UAEU successfully collected 1.3K posts.

This led to making the UAEU virtual graduation ceremony a successful event with positive engagement & outcomes.

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