b'COVERINGS 2020attend with our staff, as it prompts discussion among the group. I think this is an important use of these sessions.Jane would like to see future iterations of a virtual show offer a chance for discussion after the presentation for those who viewed it. Though Dragonfl y staff got to explore the material themselves after viewing ses-sions as a group, she mused, Wouldnt it be cool ifafterthesessionstherewasanoptiontojoin livegroupdiscussionwithotherswhoattended? Obviously attendees would need to be broken into small groups for this. (EditZoom does offer the option of small breakout groups.) Steve Sprung of RTC Products concurred. In a world full of instant gratifi cation, I think some sort of live chat feature would have been much better RTC Products Stevethan the typical email contact form, he said. This Sprung would havewayyoucouldhavehadmoreofthepersonal liked to see a chatinteraction like you would with the live show, and feature for livewould be able to chat with someone instantly about interaction in the sessions. the product you are looking at.Sara Hurtado of iQ Power Tools viewed a num-ber of sessions, and especially enjoyed the speaker for the Young Professionals Program: LeadershipThe Right and Wrong of It. That class also offered a bonus happy hour networking event which created a much more personal aspect than your typical webinar, she said. With the real show being cancelled, we all lost the network-ing opportunities many of us look forward to. Virtual education, new products and demo videos were expected, but to be able to bring in the networking aspect was a great surprise. Pros and consNot everyone had a great experience at the virtual show. I tried twice to access anything that seemed to be like a company booth or new product info or live event and got frustrated with the website both times and ultimately gave up, said Dan Marvin of Ironrock. I did attend Eric Astrachans press con-ference (since an email with a direct link made it Dan Marvin pretty easy), which went well.46 TileLetter | July 2020'