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Event design is not just visuals and logistics

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The first time I met him—at the premier EventCamp in 2010 —he immediately purchased my just-published book, sight unseen. The following year, David was kind enough to honor me in his flagship publication BizBash as one of the most innovative event professionals. Whenever I’ve had the pleasure of meeting David (not often enough!)

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Design your meeting BEFORE choosing the venue!

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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!

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An innovative conference competition format

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So this is what we did: Read the full article at Conferences That Work Related posts: Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! Want to see my 6 minute 40 second Pecha Kucha presentation Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! given at EventCamp Twin Cities on September 9, 2010?

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Three better alternatives to the conference lecture

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As an example I’ll use a three-day conference I’m currently designing. The participants are four hundred scientists who work all over the world and only get to meet en masse every few years. Want to see my 6 minute 40 second Pecha Kucha presentation Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design!

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Lessons for #eventprofs from an improv and mindfulness workshop — Part 1

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In this two-part article I’ll share a little of my experience and takeaways, followed by their relevance to event design ( red ). After we have grasped the basics of event design, mindful practice is how we improve: better at noticing what happens and learning from it, more focused on the present, and less distracted by our ego.

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Panels as if the audience mattered

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Each session was designed to discover and meet wants and needs of the executive officers and volunteers of the association’s regional chapters’ members in an area of special interest. Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! given at EventCamp Twin Cities on September 9, 2010? Session goals.

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Designing conferences to solve participants’ problems

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How to help solve participants’ obvious, complicated, and complex problems at conferences. For each domain, I’ll include examples of meeting processes you can use to satisfy participants’ problem solving wants and needs. These events made a profound impression on pretty much everyone who participated.