Conferences that Work

MARCH 21, 2022

Earlier this month, the folks at Gatherly kindly invited me to host an event of my choosing for their clients and potential users. I decided to facilitate an online workshop in Gatherly that took full advantage of the platform. So I designed the workshop as an “ Ask Adrian Anything ” about meeting design and facilitation.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 20, 2020

“Free discussions” at meetings frequently suffer from the same phenomenon. If you want to support everyone’s right to share at a meeting, you’ll need to facilitate what happens via defining and agreeing on who can speak, and when, and for how long. Who goes next at an online meeting?

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

I am designing an online memorial service, to be held later this month. Under pandemic conditions, former alumni, faculty, staff, and other friends of the institution cannot even meet in person to grieve. So I decided to design and run an online memorial service. We can currently only hold such gatherings online.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Last week I immensely enjoyed participating in a two-hour Zoom brain trust on moderating online panels. 5 mins: Scott shares some recent learnings from virtual events. 10 mins: Kristin shares some recent learnings from virtual events, and a quick overview of what’s in her book. Use an online poll to start the session.

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Eventtia

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Online registration software is a cloud-based solution that allows organizers to manage the entire event registration process from start to finish. Professionals can use this solution to host a wide range of events, from retail workshops or fireside chats to large conferences and product launches.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 3, 2020

How can we create great online breakout sessions? The presenter begins, and you quickly realize the session is not going to meet your needs. (Or, Whether a breakout session is in-person or online, the way for a leader or presenter to make it great is to: quickly uncover audience interests at the start of the session; and.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 27, 2020

” at meetings. When everyone shares at a meeting, someone has to start! Face-to-face and online meetings have different signaling options, which I described in detail last week. Ask for a volunteer. ” and provide a signaling method: e.g., raise your hand, or use an online signaling option.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 18, 2022

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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Conferences that Work

MAY 16, 2022

I recently ran a workshop , hosted by the Manitoba Chapter of the Canadian Society of Association Professionals (CSAE), on the design of participation-rich events. Here are the lessons I learned from this online workshop. Note: This event was a workshop , not a presentation. Additional concerns when a workshop is online.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 13, 2021

(To learn in detail about the use and implementation of fishbowls and fishbowl sandwiches , see Chapters 29 and 30 of my book Event Crowdsourcing.) So when I heard about a free tool for online fishbowls — Stooa — I thought I’d take a look. Stooa is not the only tool for running online fishbowls. How to start with Stooa.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 30, 2020

How can you support a community online during covid-19? Over the last few weeks I’ve run numerous online Zoom meetings for support groups and local, social, and professional communities. In the process, I’ve learned a lot about what makes these meetings most useful for participants. Key takeaways. Use them! •

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 10, 2022

Most of the event industry and our clients continue to assume that if you can make the meeting bigger it’s a good thing. The massive disruption of in-person events since March 2020 has shaken our industry to the core. Online and hybrid meetings have seen less drastic reductions. It ain’t necessarily so.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 20, 2020

What’s the best way to hold a discussion online? For years I’ve been successfully facilitating in-person group discussions at meetings, using the simple fishbowl and fishbowl sandwich processes. Online group discussions bring a new set of challenges. How to effectively hold a discussion online in Zoom.

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 29, 2020

I’ve been noticing a strange trend, ever since COVID-19 caused just about all bread and butter meetings to vanish. Suddenly, people are calling the meetings we’re holding these days virtual meetings. I’m sorry, but when I think of a virtual meeting, this comes to mind…. First choice: Online.

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The MICE Blog

MARCH 1, 2022

I interviewed the event organiser, Dr. Carlos R. Wyss, Project Manager at Wasser-Agenda 21, who gave insights into the event design process. Wasser-Agenda 21 provides a platform for the stakeholders to meet and exchange about current and future water management challenges, aiming to provide solutions. Event format.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 19, 2021

Ever since my first encounter with the hybrid hub and spoke meeting topology at Event Camp Twin Cities in 2011, I’ve been a big fan of the format. Yesterday [see below], I realized that hub and spoke is a great format for purely online meetings too. What’s a hub and spoke meeting? Online pods.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 13, 2020

How can we entwine content and connection during an online conference? And at the same time we being tasked with making our meetings more engaging, so why are so few of us asking ‘how do we make content/learning more engaging’ – as opposed to looking at those two concepts as different things. Sharon’s post. Playing on….

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Endless Events

APRIL 27, 2018

It was Global Meetings Industry Day a while back so we peeked into the corporate meeting trends and statistics that have shaped the past year. Another highlight is that the number of event-related careers is growing due to the sheer popularity and effectiveness of meetings as both marketing tools and revenue opportunities.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Adding to my reports on new platforms providing online incarnations of traditional conference socials , here’s a review of online social platform Rally. First, if you don’t know about online social platforms, check out the introduction included in my earlier reviews of Gatherly and Yotribe.

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Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

These days, wouldn’t it be great to run The Solution Room online? I’ve described in detail how to run The Solution Room at in-person meetings in my last two books: The Power of Participation & Event Crowdsourcing. Note that you won’t be able to do the dramatic before/after move comparisons online.

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Endless Events

JULY 7, 2022

The Event Brew squad is tackling a complex topic today; a topic most event planners have contemplated in the last two years. It’s time to talk about audience engagement on event platforms! ” Nick agrees: event technology companies are your partner and their product is a tool.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 24, 2020

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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Conferences that Work

JULY 5, 2021

Some event stakeholders use ROI as a financial tool to evaluate the profitability of holding or attending an event. Successful win-win events provide attractive ROI for every stakeholder. Event ROI and the pandemic. The meeting industry continues to reel under a wave of cancellations, postponements, and uncertainty.

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 22, 2020

If you can’t hang out with people in person, how can you best meet up with your tribe online? That’s the selling proposition for a host of new platforms that have sprung up over the last few months: creating a compelling online incarnation of the traditional conference socials we all know and love (or hate).

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 16, 2020

Despite the terrible impacts of the coronavirus on the meeting industry, there’s a silver lining. The meeting industry is reeling under a wave of cancellations, postponements, and uncertainty. I believe there are three silver linings that are long-term positives for the meeting industry. Hear me out!

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 17, 2020

COVID-19 has virtually eliminated in-person meetings: our industry’s bread and butter. In order to overcome the many significant challenges created by the coronavirus, the meeting industry has made valiant efforts to rethink in-person meetings. Why in-person meetings do not make sense in a COVID-19 environment.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 8, 2021

I’d like to be clear that I don’t hate in-person meetings , despite what some have been posting recently on a Facebook group for meeting professionals: “Often wondered why so many on this feed hate live events.” The tension in the meeting industry. No related posts.

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 25, 2021

How can we design the optimum balance between control versus freedom at meetings? Unless your constituency is bound to your event via a requirement to earn CEUs, members can withhold their attendance or avoid sessions at will. — ” —Adrian Segar, Who owns your event? You’ve been kidding yourself all these years.

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Endless Events

JULY 31, 2020

Some of these moments simply cannot be replicated online. Virtual components definitely have their time and place and can be super beneficial in the events community, but we can never disregard the importance of humans meetings together in-person. EIC has released a Meeting & Event Design Guide for the Covid-19 Era.

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Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 11, 2021

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.” And so it goes with meetings. It’s why businesses sponsor meetings. All meeting design needs to recognize this reality.

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ADMEI

APRIL 10, 2024

Historically, Destination Management Companies (DMCs) adopted the practice of presenting highly personalized proposals to clients, showcasing unique event designs, vendors, and ideas. If you’re wondering how to write a good proposal without revealing all of your best trade secrets, this article is for you. So, let's dive in.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

How can we provide new experiences at meetings? Last month, I staffed an online memorial service for E, a friend who died tragically, at age 42, of breast cancer. Providing new experiences at meetings can be as simple as this. How to provide valuable new experiences at meetings. Not new F&B, decor, or glitz.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Here are my current thoughts about COVID-19, hybrid meetings, and the future. I am not focusing on hybrid meetings at the moment. Because I see little, if any, benefit of holding in-person meetings at this time. Emilie Barta has a decade of experience mediating such meeting formats.). No related posts.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 1, 2024

Paul Nunesdea : And hello, hello, dear viewers, this is a soft start of our third episode in 2024 of Talk to Your Meeting Doctors. Lovely to meet you, Adrian. And it’s mostly about meeting design and facilitation, but I write about all kinds of things. Martin, welcome! Martin Duffy: Well, good afternoon.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 7, 2023

Now that small hybrid meetings are commonplace, what meeting room designs work for a mixture of in-person and remote participants? Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post Meeting room designs for both in-person and remote participants appeared first on Conferences That Work.

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Companies bombard me with offers to check out online meeting platforms. Butter is an online meeting platform that is designed to support the facilitation of great interactive meetings. So here’s my review of Butter, a meeting platform for facilitators to shine. The usual caveats.

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Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Here are five examples of how explicit communication improves meetings. 1—Tell attendees how your meeting socials will be social! Want to make your meeting “socials” actually social? These days I often pass on event parties because I can’t hear anyone over the music.

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