Conferences that Work

APRIL 29, 2024

And then there are plenty of unconferences focussed on social and cultural issues, like leadership , DEI , the environment , peace work , political movements , good government , animal welfare , veterans rights —the list goes on! Seeing how peer conference designs benefit these folks when they come together warms my heart.

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Conference Healthcare Conference Design Government 83

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DECEMBER 25, 2023

Here’s an independent review of my conference design work, published as a case study in Chapter 25—Designing and Developing Content for Collaborative Business Events—of the book The Routledge Handbook of Business Events. Tip: The hardback version is expensive, the ebook is a quarter of the hardback cost.)

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Conference Conference Design Booking Website 80

Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 10, 2018

“In an article for Slate, Jessica Olien debunks the myth that originality and inventiveness are valued in US society: “This is the thing about creativity that is rarely acknowledged: Most people don’t actually like it.” Can we overcome bias against truly creative event design? We are biased against creativity.

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Event Design Events Conference Design Conference 95

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

I’ve run the core Conferences That Work design in a day numerous times, and it’s always a rush. A peer conference design such as Open Space doesn’t need so much time—a few hours can be useful—though it omits some of the features that make Conferences That Work so effective.

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Meeting Design Conference Meeting Conference Design 88

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AUGUST 29, 2016

The cover proclaims “What’s Next in Event Design?” While its article “ 8 Fresh Faces of Event Design 2016 ” says it is about “ industry newbies who dream up and create an event’s visuals as opposed to those that handle the logistics like a planner” , this really misses the point.

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Logistics Event Design Conference Design Conference 54

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APRIL 24, 2017

Is it possible to transform dysfunctional corporate culture like that of United Airlines into the employee engagement of Southwest or the indifferent customer service at Kmart into the customer-first approach of Wegmans ? Prescriptive, formulaic approaches to culture change, are therefore rarely if ever successful.

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Culture Conference Design Airlines Conference 64

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JANUARY 11, 2021

Improve our organizational culture? Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post Designing conferences to solve participants’ problems appeared first on Conferences That Work. How should we: Minimize the bugs in our computer software? Get Apollo 13 safely back to earth after an explosion ?

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