The MICE Blog

JULY 27, 2022

One of the presentations that highly inspired me to think differently about event design took place in 2019 at the MICE Forum at ITB Berlin (Organised by VDVO ). In 2019 the ITB MICE Forum theme was ‘The Human Factor’. According to Felix, the term ‘participant experience design’ is a work in progress.

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Meeting Tomorrow

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

In 2019, you should expect to see more event pros trying to find a way to bring this out of the novelty phase and into their events through content delivery, virtual site tours and gamification. Ultimately, all of these trends are trying to help us create better experiences both for our attendees and our stakeholders.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 1, 2019

This (slightly edited) interview by JT Long appeared in the March 2019 issue of Smart Meetings Magazine. At traditional conferences with fixed programs set in advance, at best half of sessions offered are what attendees want. What led to writing the book, Conferences that Work ?

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2018

While the shifts are plentiful, there are five that stand out from the fold when it comes to modern event design. Here are five meeting industry trends that are changing the game. Because of that, they’re also now the largest pool of potential meeting attendees. Millennials are the decision makers now.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

A September 2019 research study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences clearly illustrates why switching to active learning is hard — and worth it! Let’s look at these three conclusions in the context of meeting design. Most meeting presenters still lecture.

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