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Good meeting design is cheaper than special effects

Conferences that Work

AUGUST 9, 2021

Far too much money is spent on meeting glitz at the expense of good meeting design. “There’s no budget” I’ve noticed over the years that every meeting has a budget for F&B. There’s often a budget for a dramatic big-name speaker or two. Seth Godin makes an analogous point in this post….

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Make the meeting bigger!

Conferences that Work

JANUARY 10, 2022

The event industry unduly focuses on large meetings. Our trade magazines mainly report on big events, the ones with big-name speakers and eye candy razzle-dazzle. For too long, we’ve equated a meeting’s “success” with its size. So don’t try to make the meeting bigger. What to do?

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Lessons from Anguilla: What meeting designers can learn from religious services

Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

And yes, I admit it, during the second day of my vacation while enjoying the harmonies I hear, I’m jolted to think about religious meeting design…. Religious services are thought to be around 300,000 years old — by far the oldest form of organized meeting that humans have created. No related posts.

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Don’t keep me a secret!

Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

” “Substance, not celebrity… celebrity speakers will not boost registrations. So, if you’re one of the thousands of people who have purchased my books or the hundreds of clients who have benefited from my meeting design and facilitation services, please don’t keep me a secret! © Freeman 2024.

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

The MICE Blog

JULY 27, 2022

I want to re-share this article that I wrote back in 2019 and was initially published on VDVO website , because the principles of event design remain the same, the human is in the centre of every experience that we want to design for our events and technology technology should enhance this experience, and not replace it.

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The Rise of LinkedIn

Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

A case in point: During the years that Juraj Holub, a digital marketing and branding expert, worked as chief meeting designer for interactive meeting software tool Slido, he used LinkedIn to connect with the contacts he made at the conferences he attended all over the world. We are passionate about events and meetings.

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Try New Event Ideas For 2018: Create a Roadshow, Book Underrated Venues, Create a Unique Event Experience

Endless Events

JANUARY 12, 2018

But with recent trends focusing more towards personalization and customization, meetings are definitely getting a big tech upgrade this year. One thing did catch our eye from the article though: smart drugs. Read about the rest via the article up top. Catch more trends through the article we linked above.

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Q&A with Adrian Segar on Crowdsourcing

Conferences that Work

APRIL 1, 2019

This (slightly edited) interview by JT Long appeared in the March 2019 issue of Smart Meetings Magazine. I invented the format by accident 26 years ago when there were no expert speakers to invite for a conference on administrative computing issues in small schools. What led to writing the book, Conferences that Work ?

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The fairest rules for meetings

Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

At a traditional meeting, however, perceived status roles rarely change significantly during the event. This leads to a number of problems, which I described in my first meeting design book: Conferences That Work. Speaking truth to power often involves questioning what a speaker has said. No related posts.

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Meeting Conference Speakers Booking

Why switching to active learning is hard — and worth it

Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Let’s look at these three conclusions in the context of meeting design. Most meeting presenters still lecture. And most meeting session presenters resort to lecturing as their dominant session modality. .” Superstar lecturers and motivational speakers.

Publishing

Publishing Speakers Education Booking

Something is rotten in the state of meeting industry education

Conferences that Work

APRIL 9, 2018

Also solicited/accepted are keynote/motivational speakers who get paid large fees and provide exciting presentations with, in my experience, little or no content of long-term value to the meeting attendees. In my case, the demand for the meeting design and facilitation services I provide has been exploding. (In

Education

Education Meeting Sponsors Speakers

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

Conferences that Work

APRIL 8, 2019

1992: I organize a conference where there are no expert speakers available (it’s a new field, there are no experts). I quickly discover the size and interest of the meetings industry. Due to interest and demand, I become a meeting designer and facilitator of participant-driven and participation-rich meetings.

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Publishing Consulting Manufacturing Conference

Avoid this common mistake when planning meeting programs

Conferences that Work

JULY 31, 2017

Although I have good reasons to champion meeting designs where the participants get to choose what they want and need to discuss and learn rather than a program committee , there is invariably a place for some predetermined presentations at conferences. Read the full article at Conferences That Work.

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40 Social Media Influencers Every Hospitality Professional Should Follow

Social Tables

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Tahira Endean tweets about the intersection of experiential, immersive meeting design and technology. meetingsnet If you’re looking for thought-provoking articles and news related to all things meetings and events, look no further than MeetingsNet’s Twitter. Dahlia is an event technology evangelist, speaker and educator.

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Facilitating an online participation-rich workshop in Gatherly

Conferences that Work

MARCH 21, 2022

This coming June will mark my 30th year of designing and facilitating participant-driven and participation-rich meetings. So I designed the workshop as an “ Ask Adrian Anything ” about meeting design and facilitation. I’ve shared the why? and the details of how I typically run this format here.

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Online Platform Communications Communications

The UnExpo Experiment

Conferences that Work

APRIL 16, 2018

Fun fact: the testing community often uses my term “peer conferences” for their get-togethers, due to a chat about meeting design I had with tester James Bach at the 2004 Amplifying Your Effectiveness conference.) Most meeting conveners concentrate on feedback about meeting content (“great speakers!”)

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The Secrets Behind Conference Engagement

Conferences that Work

JULY 24, 2017

Read the full article at Conferences That Work. So you’re holding a conference. How are you going to get your audience tuned in and engaged?

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Conference Education Booking Audience

Competent logistics are the new meeting minimum

Conferences that Work

MARCH 28, 2022

Because they make assumptions that what has to happen is what happened at just about every meeting their authors ever attended. They assume that meetings will consist of sessions with speakers on a stage. They assume that the core purpose of a meeting session is to transmit content to an audience.

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40 Outstanding Event Industry Blogs to Follow

Endless Events

OCTOBER 19, 2018

So, our blog provides comprehensive and personality-packed articles with the latest tips, tricks, and trends for event planners to create more epic events with a focus on technical production. . Speaking of opinion, here’s a great article on sustainably supporting local communities , while creating authentic experiences for event goers.

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Peer Conferences Deep Dive—Meeting Doctors transcript and video

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. As you probably know by now, we are pleased to entertain today our guest speaker Adrian Segar. Lovely to meet you, Adrian. I define myself as a meeting designer and facilitator.

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Review of online social platform Rally

Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

The speaker icon next to the “All Tables” caption allows you to choose the “background chatter volume” Like an in-person social, you can set this so you can hear some of the conversation at other tables. .” Rally has an interesting twist on the sound you hear during an online social. No related posts.

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Create memorable learning experiences and connections at simple workshops

Conferences that Work

JULY 30, 2018

Such workshops routinely meet the outcomes they’re designed to achieve: creating useful and memorable learning experiences and connections. These workshops are not successful because of the: excellence of a speaker; beauty/novelty of the venue/F&B/entertainment; or extraordinary facilitation.

Education

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19 Event Trends That Will Shake Up Meetings & Group Business in 2019

Social Tables

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Industry Performance Trends Attendee Experience Trends Meeting Destination Trends Event Technology Trends Meeting Design Trends. The unprecedented rise in demand for meetings and events will continue this year, with CWT Meetings & Travel predicting a robust 5-10% growth in demand. Meeting Design Trends.

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Good meeting design is cheaper than special effects

Make the meeting bigger!

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Lessons from Anguilla: What meeting designers can learn from religious services

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

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Try New Event Ideas For 2018: Create a Roadshow, Book Underrated Venues, Create a Unique Event Experience

Q&A with Adrian Segar on Crowdsourcing

The fairest rules for meetings

Why switching to active learning is hard — and worth it

Something is rotten in the state of meeting industry education

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

Avoid this common mistake when planning meeting programs

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Facilitating an online participation-rich workshop in Gatherly

The UnExpo Experiment

The Secrets Behind Conference Engagement

Competent logistics are the new meeting minimum

40 Outstanding Event Industry Blogs to Follow

Peer Conferences Deep Dive—Meeting Doctors transcript and video

Review of online social platform Rally

Create memorable learning experiences and connections at simple workshops

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