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Control versus freedom at meetings

Conferences that Work

How can we design the optimum balance between control versus freedom at meetings? As I wrote in 2010: The reality is that you never had control to begin with, just the myth of control. Unless your constituency is bound to your event via a requirement to earn CEUs, members can withhold their attendance or avoid sessions at will. —

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

Conferences that Work

In this two-part article I’ll share a little of my experience and takeaways, followed by their relevance to event design ( red ). Although that opportunity had to be passed up—PCMA made me an offer I couldn’t refuse: facilitating the 2015 PCMA Education Conference —I made it to the 2016 workshop. How I got there.

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Designing conferences to solve participants’ problems

Conferences that Work

What makes attending conferences worthwhile? As I described in Conferences That Work , the two most common reasons for attending conferences are to learn useful things and make useful connections. But there are numerous other ways that conferences provide value to stakeholders. Complicated problems.

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Two novel hybrid meeting formats

Conferences that Work

I’ve been writing about hybrid meetings for a long time; my first post was in February 2010. The COVID19 pandemic created an explosion of interest in hybrid meetings, and the marketplace and event professionals are still defining what “hybrid” means. (No, 1—In-person attendees participate in an online session!

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The Ultimate Directory of Top UK Event Agencies

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Event planning : For everything from hybrid event ideas to virtual event ideas and virtual conferences, an event planning agency will ensure that every aspect leading up to the event is accounted for. Our role is to produce conferences and events for our clients.

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The Top 55 Event Experience Leaders of 2022: Meet the Influencers

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Jared Easley is a cofounder and co-organizer of Podcast Movement , the world’s largest international conference and trade show for the podcast industry. Grace Oggudah is an events coordinator with more than 20 years of experience planning private parties, conferences, and social and charitable events in the UK, USA, and Kenya.

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2019 Tech Conferences: The #1 Tech Events Guide

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The most authoritative 2019 tech conferences directory on the web. Searching for top technology events to attend in 2019? Or looking to wrap up 2018 with an exceptional conference? Scouring the internet for event information could be an overwhelming task. In other instances, summits function exactly like conferences.