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Becoming a writer

Conferences that Work

Since 2005, I’ve written three successful books on meeting design and facilitation and over 800 weekly blog posts on a wide range of topics. My books continue to sell, and this blog is the world’s most popular website on meeting design and facilitation. Outwardly, I’ve succeeded. So here’s my story.

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Humanity’s problem is a meeting problem

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In 2009, the biologist E.O. I think it’s also a meeting problem: “The real problem of humanity is the following: we have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and god-like technology.” 9 September 2009. 9 September 2009. And so it goes with meetings. ” — E. Institutions. Technology.

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Participant experience design — moving from the old to new event world

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According to Felix, the term ‘participant experience design’ is a work in progress. It was established based on the theory of meeting design, a well-known ‘tool kit’ used by planners worldwide. The Falling Walls conference first took place in 2009 and now occurs yearly on the day of the fall of the Berlin Wall — 9 November.

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The job you’ll be doing in the future hasn’t been invented yet

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1992: I organize a conference where there are no expert speakers available (it’s a new field, there are no experts). Organizations hear about these conferences and ask me to design and facilitate them. I decide to write a book about it, and in… 2009: I self-publish Conferences That Work: Creating Events That People Love.

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Which meeting design books should I buy?

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Here are five meeting design books I especially recommend. Into the Heart of Meetings: Basic Principles of Meeting Design ( ebook or paperback ). Into the Heart of Meetings: Basic Principles of Meeting Design ( ebook or paperback ). Intentional Event Design ( ebook or paperback ).

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Peer Conferences Deep Dive—Meeting Doctors transcript and video

Conferences that Work

And it’s mostly about meeting design and facilitation, but I write about all kinds of things. Adrian Segar: So, even when I was doing particle physics, I started organizing conferences. That book came out in 2009, and suddenly I was in the meeting industry. Adrian Segar: Okay. This was my fifth career.