Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

While some may include impromptu participant involvement, they concentrate on creating a wonderful experience for attendees. When meeting planners add participant-driven sessions as a track to an existing schedule of traditional presentations, few attendees will pick the unfamiliar. I thought you’d never ask.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

I still believe that these events, when well-designed and facilitated, offer the best attendee experience for the majority of conferences that are held today. 2—Poor unconference design Half a century ago, as a lowly graduate student, I attended tons of traditional academic conferences. Here are my six reasons.

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The MICE Blog

JULY 27, 2022

One of the presentations that highly inspired me to think differently about event design took place in 2019 at the MICE Forum at ITB Berlin (Organised by VDVO ). The conference programme was designed to highlight the importance of the individual who is the centre of every live event. ethics of artificial intelligence (AI)).

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Stova

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

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. Some attendees may simply accept remote event attendance as an acceptable substitute with no travel time, no travel costs and reduced environmental impact.

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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! So here’s my story.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 11, 2022

First, you need to understand before the meeting what your practitioners and suppliers want, need, and expect. As a meeting designer, if a meeting is going to include both practitioners and suppliers I always ask my clients about the relationship between these groups and their wants and needs.

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Convene by PCMA

APRIL 4, 2022

USTA also has compiled a database of case studies describing meetings of all sizes that were safely and successfully conducted in a variety of formats — in-person, all-digital, and hybrid — since May 2020. Instructions for how organizations can add their events to the database are available on the Meet Safe website.).

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Gavel International

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Understanding these cultural clusters and their influence on organizational behavior can help organizations drive desired cultural changes. ( 12 ) Organizations open to improvement balance their time across all three dimensions (discovery, development/delivery, and diffusion) for long-term future success and short-term results.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 11, 2020

In person meetings have vanished overnight. It’s time to implement what we’ve learned about great face-to-face meeting design and process into online meetings. Meetings will never be the same. Regardless of the time needed, conference attendees should be otherwise engaged during step #2.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 14, 2016

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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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

APRIL 8, 2019

1992: I organize a conference where there are no expert speakers available (it’s a new field, there are no experts). Invent a way to make the conference successful based on the collective needs, wants, and experience of the attendees. Organizations hear about these conferences and ask me to design and facilitate them.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 25, 2019

Though it’s clearly sensible to keep a conference running on schedule, we’ve all attended meetings where rambling presenters, avoidable “technical issues”, incompetent facilitation, and inadequate logistics have made a mockery of the published program. Ultimately, the attendees are the losers when this happens.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

After I talked about my meeting design work with pioneer tester James Bach at the 2004 Amplifying Your Effectiveness conference, the testing community somehow adopted the term peer conference for their get-togethers. Code of conduct, inclusive language, Conference Buddy,photo policy. pic.twitter.com/9V1S109OaO.

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 26, 2017

The meetings industry is far more aware of the importance of treating and supporting attendees as active participants rather than passive consumers of education.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Software company twine’s announcement today that it is acquiring the relationship-building technology company Glimpse is a sign of the evolution of virtual meetings and possibly the first step toward a more tangible virtual event world. The Players. First, the details. name of team, job title, etc.), The Future.

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Social Tables

APRIL 17, 2019

Leading events such as IMEX, Dreamforce, and C2 Montréal are integrating opportunities for attendees to focus on their mental and physical health, as well as recharge. Sure, wellness programs don’t dictate the success of meetings, but they certainly enhance results. Sometimes, it’s also the medium.

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Motivation Excellence

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

For decades, high-performing organizations have used incentive travel as an effective management strategy, but the program is largely misunderstood because there is so much diversity in how it is implemented. The group also helps organizations develop effective strategies for improving employee productivity. Industry on the rebound.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 19, 2018

We love that they place a spotlight on recent events and what organizers did well, helping event profs everywhere find inspiration for improving their own events. The Meeting Pool. The Meeting Pool is the place to be for event professionals who love to discuss technology. Plan Your Meetings. Eventbrite. Techsytalk.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 30, 2018

Running these workshops helps me continually refine the design, stripping away components that distract focus from the desired outcomes. Many organizations focus on getting the “best” experts to speak at their meetings.

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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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Conferences that Work

APRIL 5, 2021

Between individuals, in organizations, and at a societal level. And it is easy for it to happen at meetings. Designing for trust, safety, and learning. In general, the more meeting attendees trust each other, the safer they feel. This is a positive feedback loop that guarantees low trust and knowledge sharing.

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