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Community versus audience in journalism and meetings

Conferences that Work

Many meetings still focus on creating audiences rather than community. And not just at meetings. Here’s how Damon Kiesow , Knight Chair for Digital Editing and Producing at the Missouri School of Journalism , compares the concepts of community versus audience from a journalistic perspective. Audience scales.

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Moving from Virtual to Hybrid Events: 37 Tips to Maximize Your Success

Stova

A hybrid event is one that combines a face-to-face (F2F) event at a physical location with a “virtual” online component for remote attendees. There will likely be reduced travel funds available for event attendance due to economic downturns. The onsite group has social connectivity, focus, and high sensory input.

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3 Ways to Engage Your Audience at Your Event

Social Tables

But you’ve forgotten one important piece of the puzzle: how do you plan on engaging your attendees? Attendee engagement is an oft-overlooked component that is just as important as the venue or food and beverage. When you incorporate the event hashtag into a live tweet, it makes it easy for other attendees to join the conversation.

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Five reasons NOT to use a Conferences That Work meeting design

Conferences that Work

Special events involve a mixture of entertainment, celebration, and raising money. While some may include impromptu participant involvement, they concentrate on creating a wonderful experience for attendees. You can share some good information in a ten-minute talk, even if most of the audience will have forgotten it a month later.

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How We Do It: Jaimé Bennett on Beginning and Ending an Event With Authenticity

Convene by PCMA

We’re tapping the talent of PCMA’s staff so they can share the design thinking and process behind the innovative experiences they create for PCMA events. In other words, we’re showcasing the event professionals behind the events for event professionals. One participant later said she cried during the song.

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Someone to tell it to is one of the fundamental needs of human beings

Conferences that Work

Even post-presentation Q&As rarely evolve into a conversation, which is always between the presenter and a succession of audience members. I have been doing this for 30 years, and it’s clear that meeting designs that integrate meaningful conversations into sessions have a transformational effect on almost all participants. .

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#RotterdamExperiment 2 – The best gamification is gamification that is unnoticed

The MICE Blog

This new set of values brings significant opportunities for the gaming industry and events. Now, after one year of hosting and attending virtual events, the events industry is facing the challenge of how to engage attendees and combat ‘zoom fatigue.’ Why use gamification? The first speaker, Farshida Zafar, L.L.M.,

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