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Designing an online memorial service

Conferences that Work

I am designing an online memorial service, to be held later this month. Under pandemic conditions, former alumni, faculty, staff, and other friends of the institution cannot even meet in person to grieve. So I decided to design and run an online memorial service. We can currently only hold such gatherings online.

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Make the meeting bigger!

Conferences that Work

Online and hybrid meetings have seen less drastic reductions. One bright spot has been the normalization of online meetings for routine connection and collaboration. We have also seen the emergence of new forms of online events, supported by solid business models. So don’t try to make the meeting bigger.

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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. A virtual component offers the possibility of opening up to a much larger audience with new and/or geographically dispersed markets not easily available at a F2F event.

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The Rise of LinkedIn

Convene by PCMA

That gave content creators access to potentially much larger audiences — users shared 40 percent more content on the network in Spring 2023 than they did in the same period in 2021, according to LinkedIn. We are passionate about events and meetings. “I It brings the whole professional world together,” he said. “We

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Anca Trifan interviews me about participation-rich meetings and event design

Conferences that Work

07:45 Behind the scenes: How I got into designing and facilitating participant-driven and participation-rich meetings. 11:00 What participant-driven and participation-rich meeting design means, and the core components. 15:00 Why we need to have participant-driven and participation-rich meetings.

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New Service for Sourcing Emcees

MeetingsNet

A professional conference moderator can be the glue that brings an online or in-person event together. A company has launched to make it easier to find one no matter where you’re holding your meeting. A new service for sourcing conference emcees, moderators, and facilitators made its official launch January 17. in 2022.

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

Conferences that Work

Personal meetings like these, whether brief or extended, between good friends or strangers, are fundamental. Conferences, whether in-person or online, are also potential arenas for conversations. Many of us are lucky enough to have “someone to tell it to”, though some do not. Someone to tell it to at conferences.