Conferences that Work
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
I’m indebted to Martin Sirk for sharing remarkable information about an 1828 conference designed by the German geographer, naturalist, and explorer Alexander von Humboldt. Read what follows to discover that Humboldt was also a meeting designer way ahead of his time! Martin Sirk Modern meeting design!
Conferences that Work
SEPTEMBER 26, 2016
The function of such meetings is primarily top-down : effectively communicate management objectives, answer questions, and get employee buy-in. As a result, many conference attendees have not encountered these designs before and have not experienced how effective they can be in creating valuable connections and learning with their peers.
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Conferences that Work
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
An event that: Asks potential presenters to submit pre-event proposals for sessions isn’t an unconference. Includes breakout sessions as well as presentations isn’t an unconference. [No, When this doesn’t happen (sadly, most of the time in my experience) the conference design, no matter how good it is, suffers.
Conferences that Work
JUNE 12, 2017
I love my meeting design clients, but there is one mistake I see them making over and over again. Clients invariably ask me to help design their meeting after they’ve chosen a venue! Read the full article at Conferences That Work. Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design!
Conferences that Work
SEPTEMBER 26, 2022
After I talked about my meeting design work with pioneer tester James Bach at the 2004 Amplifying Your Effectiveness conference, the testing community somehow adopted the term peer conference for their get-togethers. Can you see why software testers like Lisi think that peer conferences rock?!
Conferences that Work
AUGUST 29, 2016
Prolonging the misconception, as BizBash implicitly does, that meeting design is principally about sensory design is slowing the adoption of fundamental and innovative process design improvements that can significantly improve our meetings. Instead, let’s broaden our conceptions of what meeting design is.
Conferences that Work
JANUARY 11, 2021
Their expertise can, therefore, be shared with participants via traditional presentations. Interactive conference sessions allow more opportunities for participants to share specific complicated problems and get targeted advice. Sadly, traditional lecture-style sessions are only good for solving participants’ obvious problems.
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