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Something is rotten in the state of meeting industry education

Conferences that Work

Over the last five years I’ve heard increasing concern from the meeting professionals community about the deterioration of the quality of our national industry conferences. I’ll illustrate with the area where I have most experience: providing education at these meetings.

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

The MICE Blog

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. Gamifying a conference – ShipCon case study. Why use gamification?

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The UnExpo Experiment

Conferences that Work

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.)

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Which meeting design books should I buy?

Conferences that Work

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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Event Tech Trends to Watch in 2019

Meeting Tomorrow

There are a number of meeting design elements that need to be accounted for, but the cost savings and expanded participation seem well worth it. Ultimately, all of these trends are trying to help us create better experiences both for our attendees and our stakeholders. Final thought.

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Competent logistics are the new meeting minimum

Conferences that Work

The traditional bread and butter of a meeting planner’s job. But when you’re spending all your time on these issues it’s easy to forget that they are not what meetings are about. They assume that meetings will consist of sessions with speakers on a stage. Most assume that a meeting planner is all they need.

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40 Outstanding Event Industry Blogs to Follow

Endless Events

Well, this influential event prof will share insights to help you incorporate mobile technology, augmented reality, facial recognition, chatbots and more for better events to engage your attendees. The Meeting Pool. The Meeting Pool is the place to be for event professionals who love to discuss technology. Smart Meetings.