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Bizzabo Adds Room-Block Management to its Offerings

MeetingsNet

The New York-based meeting-management platform now makes it simpler for attendees to book rooms and for organizers to track pickup. Bizzabo, founded in 2011, has seen a number of acquisitions and partnerships in the past few years. Most recently, the company worked with creative agency Smyle to launch Bizzabo Studios in September 2023.

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Six fundamental ways to make a better conference

Conferences that Work

The other day, a client booked an hour with me to discuss how to make their conference better. Not much time, but enough for us to uncover and for me to suggest plenty of significant improvements. The notes at the.

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Many “experiential” events are just razzle-dazzle

Conferences that Work

Beware of “experiential” events that are just razzle-dazzle. “Experiential” has become a buzzword to use to describe hip events. The problem is that most events touted as experiential simply add irrelevant novelty to a familiar event process. Sounds so much better, doesn’t it?

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Squaring the circle: creating room sets for connection

Conferences that Work

They persist in seating attendees in long straight lines whenever possible, ignoring the benefits of curved and circular seating at their events. I’ve explained the importance of curved seating and large circle sets in detail in my book The Power of Participation (Chapter 13), so I won’t reiterate its value here.

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Guaranteeing audience engagement at your events

Conferences that Work

So how can you get authentic audience engagement at your events? The participants I spoke with after the workshop told me how excited they were: planning to read the book and start putting what they had experienced into improving their professional development work in education. Most people won’t ask questions at meetings.

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Bedload Experts Meet in Interlaken for an International Symposium

The MICE Blog

I interviewed the event organiser, Dr. Carlos R. Wyss, Project Manager at Wasser-Agenda 21, who gave insights into the event design process. One of the ways to achieve these goals is by hosting events. Event topic: bedload management – background. Event objectives. Event format.

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To build connection and engagement at events — give up control!

Conferences that Work

Think about your experience of such events. Giving up control over the choices at your conferences by handing it over to the participants — using proven process, of course —is one of the best ways to build trust, connection, and engagement at your events. .” —Naomi Karten, The Importance of Giving Others a Sense of Control.