Conferences that Work

JULY 17, 2023

I am resigned to the fact that OpenAI ‘s Large Language Model ChatGPT has scraped every blog post I’ve written here (over 750 posts in the last 13 years—around half a million words) so it can parrot my thoughts about meeting design, facilitation, and other topics.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 1, 2024

Paul Nunesdea : And hello, hello, dear viewers, this is a soft start of our third episode in 2024 of Talk to Your Meeting Doctors. Lovely to meet you, Adrian. And it’s mostly about meeting design and facilitation, but I write about all kinds of things. Martin, welcome! Martin Duffy: Well, good afternoon.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 12, 2018

More than the technology itself, it’s really great to finally see innovations in personalization and customization gearing up to be the central theme in this year’s events. Get Ready for the Top Meeting Trends in 2018. Meetings have always been more intimate affairs compared to events. Click To Tweet.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 20, 2024

1—It’s always a people problem I was a technology nerd when I got that first gig. Eventually, I realized I was more interested in working with people than technology. Improving Conferences That Work I designed and facilitated my first peer conference in 1992. Here are five reasons why I’m grateful for my clients.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 26, 2019

Here’s a teaser: the introduction to my new book Event Crowdsourcing: Creating Meetings People Actually Want and Need. Then buy the book ! The social and cultural differences that shaped our frequent meetings fascinated me. Interested? I’ve always been curious.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 29, 2021

The essential characteristics of meeting professionals. If there is a heaven on earth in the event industry, there are four essential characteristics of successful meeting professionals you’ll meet there. Every successful meeting involves thinking about, planning for and executing countless details. Details matter.

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Since 1992, I’ve designed and facilitated hundreds of conferences and thousands of meetings. From small, high-level, high-stakes get-togethers to association regional and national meetings of every size. ” “Attendees have a clear desire for immersive experiences, customization, and event-enhancing technology.

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 3, 2019

At the time, I had no idea that what I instinctively put together for a gathering of people who barely knew each other would lead to: a global design and facilitation consulting practice; over 500 posts on this blog, which has now become, to the best of my knowledge, the most-visited website on meeting design and facilitation; three books (almost!)

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 11, 2021

For each domain, I’ll include examples of meeting processes you can use to satisfy participants’ problem solving wants and needs. Peer conferences reduce problem solving limitations in the obvious domain, by allowing participants to influence the content and scope of meeting sessions in real time during the event.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Meetings & Events. tojulius Julian Solaris, Editor of The Event Manager Blog, always has the low-down on attendance-worthy events and the newest event technology. Tahira Endean tweets about the intersection of experiential, immersive meeting design and technology. TahiraCreates. DahliaElGazzar. EventsUncovered.

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 4, 2018

We have the science and technology to address most of the world’s problems. When consulting, one of my biggest meeting design challenges is to get boss buy-in. What we lack are structures that enable transparency and action on behalf of humankind, and not the vested interests of the rich and powerful.”

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 14, 2016

You have all your ducks in a row: awesome venue booked, killer catering secured and tickets to your event are sold out. Posts can range from takeaways from keynotes, photos of the event, or a heads up to your location in order to meet other event attendees. Room Design. Room diagramming is the cornerstone of meeting planning.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 12, 2016

The POPWORKS format focuses on active learning through direct experience of a multitude of participatory meeting techniques. I’ve been convening, designing, and facilitating conferences for over 35 years, concentrating on participant-driven and participation-rich event facilitation and design since 1992.

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Social Tables

APRIL 17, 2019

Both properties and planners need to create consistent systems that minimize communicative pain points, doing so through a mix of smart internal processes and innovative technologies that streamline them. 56% of event professionals believe health and wellness programs impact the overall success of meetings.

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Social Tables

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Meetings are growing and evolving rapidly, and each is an experiment in applying new methods to find a perfect formula. Industry Performance Trends Attendee Experience Trends Meeting Destination Trends Event Technology Trends Meeting Design Trends. If there’s a mantra for this year, it might just be “book now!”

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