Smart Meetings

JUNE 11, 2021

Audiences flocking to immersive shows are looking for something else—a story, an escape, a spectacle. While tickets are for specific time slots, attendees are encouraged to make the journey their own. What would an agenda look like that allows attendees to take as much or as little time as they need to absorb the information?

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 25, 2024

Since 2005, I’ve written three successful books on meeting design and facilitation and over 800 weekly blog posts on a wide range of topics. My books continue to sell, and this blog is the world’s most popular website on meeting design and facilitation. Attendees loved my events! ” Jerry was right.

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Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

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. Most meeting designers know that beginnings and endings matter, but struggle to craft meaningful experiences that resonate with attendees.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 14, 2022

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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MeetingsNet

MARCH 18, 2019

Deepen engagement and increase retention at your meetings by embracing three fundamental shifts in the attendee experience. Rethinking “attendees” as “participants.” This fundamental shift changes the way we think about everything from our meeting spaces to our speaker content. Moving from static to active meetings.

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The MICE Blog

MARCH 11, 2021

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.’ We used meeting design to do that, which already had some gamification elements to it. And by working towards a mutual goal, attendees are ‘forced’ to collaborate.

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Brightspot Incentive Events

MARCH 18, 2021

To execute a successful virtual event, our team was tasked with developing a strategy that enhanced meeting design, optimized the attendee’s experience, and increased attendee engagement. Attendees have shorter attention spans when viewing a screen for several hours. Virtual Event Platform and AV Partner.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 12, 2018

PS: Create an engaging event this year by learning how to increase your audience engagement with our free webinar. Get Ready for the Top Meeting Trends in 2018. Meetings have always been more intimate affairs compared to events. Can we really cure audience inattention with cognitive enhancing drugs?

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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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Travel Daily Media

AUGUST 16, 2020

Marina Bay Sands has launched a state-of-the-art hybrid event broadcast studio at Sands Expo and Convention Centre in a first for the industry, as the award-winning venue paves the way to redefine the future of meetings.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

This timing is not great for potential European attendees. But I reluctantly felt it necessary to focus on the majority of the target audience. Attendees (~90 right now) are registering on an online platform that’s free for free events. We’ll use two online platforms for the wake. Registration.

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Endless Events

JULY 27, 2018

Help your audience mingle by guiding them, maybe through group activities. PS: If you need more event networking and audience engagement tips, why not. You can also ask the potential attendees to pay a sort of “attendance deposit”, which will be returned when their attendance has been confirmed. Click To Tweet.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 25, 2019

When the afternoon sessions began, the entire 150-person audience sat around for twenty minutes while the first presenter fiddled around trying to get her laptop to project. Ultimately, the attendees are the losers when this happens. A client asked me to facilitate a 90-minute workshop for 600 attendees. You guessed it.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 28, 2022

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. And they assume that when attendees are not in sessions, we should ply them with food and drink and entertainment. Sadly, few clients know any better.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 16, 2021

And it made me think about meeting design. Such free rehearsals give the casual audience an opportunity to hear world-class musicians play and learn together. And, me being me, I thought about what Marcy had just said in the context of meeting design. And meetings are no exception. The rehearsal.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2018

With that, they’re also now the largest pool of potential meeting attendees. In an industry shaped by attendee expectations, successful events have to cater to their wants and desires. Control over the meeting agenda is moving to attendees. Millennials are the decision makers now. labor force at 35%.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Because of that, they’re also now the largest pool of potential meeting attendees. Since the meeting industry is shaped by attendee expectations, successful events have to cater to millennials. Attendees want more control over the meeting agenda. Meetings should be “purposeful” experiences.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 19, 2018

It’s worth checking out if you’re looking for help attracting and engaging particular audiences or for tips on creating the right type of exhibition. For instance, the most recent volume is “All About Audiences” including how to attract new ones. The Meeting Pool. Plan Your Meetings. Connect Association. Techsytalk.

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Endless Events

JUNE 15, 2018

Today there are multiple options for attendees to check in to events, whether offline or online. Also, take into account the real-time feedback of your attendees. From uncommon games and giveaways to choose-your-own-adventures and unique conference breakout sessions , it’s possible to make any meeting interesting.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Venue owners can make other attendees co-hosts. The host can broadcast a text announcement to all attendees in all rooms. Anyone speaking on stage will be heard by everyone in the room, and presenters can hear audience response at a reduced level, rather like as if they were speaking at a live event. next to their name).

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Social Tables

DECEMBER 27, 2018

To succeed, you have to be dynamic, you have to be flexible, and, above all, you have to be in tune with attendee desires. Industry Performance Trends Attendee Experience Trends Meeting Destination Trends Event Technology Trends Meeting Design Trends. Attendee Experience Trends. Industry Performance Trends.

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