Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Here’s an independent review of my conference design work, published as a case study in Chapter 25—Designing and Developing Content for Collaborative Business Events—of the book The Routledge Handbook of Business Events. Tip: The hardback version is expensive, the ebook is a quarter of the hardback cost.)

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

” —Jeff Jarvis At conferences, the “users” are primarily participants. For decades, I’ve championed responsible conference designs that prioritize participants. Jeff Jarvis Similarly, peer conference designs are transparent. Screw your users, screw yourself.”

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 28, 2019

Here’s the text version: Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post Making large scale change happen appeared first on Conferences That Work. Related posts: Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! given at EventCamp Twin Cities on September 9, 2010? If so, download.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Traditional conferences focus on a hodgepodge of pre-determined sessions punctuated with socials, surrounded by short welcomes and closings. Such conference designs treat openings and closings as perfunctory traditions, perhaps pumped up with a keynote or two, rather than key components of the conference design.

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AUGUST 6, 2018

Image attribution: Marisha Aziz Read the full article at Conferences That Work Related posts: Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! Want to see my 6 minute 40 second Pecha Kucha presentation Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! given at EventCamp Twin Cities on September 9, 2010?

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 12, 2018

Read the full article at Conferences That Work Related posts: A birthday present for you on the 21st anniversary of Conferences That Work What a long strange trip it’s been The first Conferences That Work event was held June 3–5, 1992, at Marlboro College, Vermont. Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design!

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 19, 2024

Forged ahead and wrote what eventually became a series of three books on conference design. Consequently became a valued resource on meeting design and facilitation for thousands of people and organizations. Thanks to my mentors, I: Set my professional fees at the right level when I began consulting in 1982.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Can we overcome bias against truly creative event design? Though millions of meetings take place every year, thousands of meeting organizers know how to create truly create conference designs. The steady rise in popularity of participant-driven and participation-rich designs like Conferences That Work continues.

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MAY 20, 2019

Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post Events operate by stories appeared first on Conferences That Work. Related posts: Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! Want to see my 6 minute 40 second Pecha Kucha presentation Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design!

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

The Solution Room—a powerful conference session There’s been a lot of interest in The Solution Room, a session that I co-facilitated last July at Meeting Professionals International World Education Congress in Orlando, Florida. Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! If so, download.

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 4, 2022

In a post on his Conferences that Work blog , conference designer Adrian Segar writes: “If you want maximum learning, interaction, and connection at a meeting, small meetings are better than large meetings. Adrian Segar. Pod Perspective.

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

, June 2, Indianapolis and you'll leave with the key to successful 21st century conferences: knowing how to truly satisfy attendees by adding effective participation, learning, connection, and engagement to. Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! given at EventCamp Twin Cities on September 9, 2010? If so, download.

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Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Related posts: Participation techniques you can use in conference sessions Here’s the summary handout for my workshop on participation techniques you can use in conference sessions that I’ll be leading at MPI’s World Education Congress 2011. Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! If so, download.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 2, 2018

The needs assessment trap Conference design clients who “know what they want” have already decided on their “ why? Because most clients engage me after they are committed to programs and logistics that are not optimum for what they’re trying to accomplish! ” and “ who? ” and “ where?

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 27, 2016

Next Tuesday, August 16, in Atlanta, I’ll be leading a three-hour workshop for the Georgia Meeting Professionals International Chapter (GaMPI) on participation techniques you can use to transform your conference sessions. Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! I’ll. If so, download.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

As you’d expect from LLMs these days, NotebookLM provided a good written summary of the post: “The sources compare the responsibilities of news organizations to the responsibilities of conferences, arguing that both should prioritize their users and be transparent, open, and reliable. ” So far, so good.

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Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

I’m indebted to Martin Sirk for sharing remarkable information about an 1828 conference designed by the German geographer, naturalist, and explorer Alexander von Humboldt. Read what follows to discover that Humboldt was also a meeting designer way ahead of his time! Martin Sirk Modern meeting design!

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The solution to this is to design your unconference before choosing the venue. When this doesn’t happen (sadly, most of the time in my experience) the conference design, no matter how good it is, suffers. The result is that novice-organized unconferences rarely have the venue space they need to work well.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 25, 2024

His enthusiasm for my conference design work was a huge boost. (I didn’t, but the right one would have helped.) In particular, share your plans for the book with people and writers you respect. I had lunch alone with Jerry during his workshop. Find your own mentors and use them sparingly and with appreciation.

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Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Traditional conference designs also adopt this model. This is a common model in organizations, where high-level executives meticulously plan a change “that will go into effect on January 1” Here’s Jerry’s drawing of how this supposedly works. Obviously we can make plans to initiate change.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 29, 2016

Related posts: What I learned about event professionals at EventCamp East Coast One of the reasons I love to facilitate Conferences That Work is that I get to learn interesting things about the culture of the participants. Whoever they are—young developing leaders, Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design!

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Conferences that Work

JULY 18, 2016

The Solution Room—a powerful conference session There’s been a lot of interest in The Solution Room, a session that I co-facilitated last July at Meeting Professionals International World Education Congress in Orlando, Florida. Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! If so, download.

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 11, 2021

What makes attending conferences worthwhile? As I described in Conferences That Work , the two most common reasons for attending conferences are to learn useful things and make useful connections. But there are numerous other ways that conferences provide value to stakeholders.

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Bizzaboo

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Curated by Jeff Hurt, an in-house expert in conference experience design, Velvet Chainsaw Blog is ideal for those wanting to dive below the surface of conference planning and create richer networking and educational experiences for attendees. Read Now 18. What’s so special?

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Can you see why software testers like Lisi think that peer conferences rock?! Here’s another example from a software testing peer conference, TestBash Brighton 2018. The conference designers invented a way to create “highly engaging, interactive and fun” poster sessions. The Unexpo Experiment.

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Bizzaboo

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The goal of the Devnexus Conference is to connect developers from all over the world, provide affordable education, and promote Open Source values. eTail is a three-day conference designed to help you increase the profits from your business.

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Innovatx

JANUARY 22, 2019

Innovatx Events is a global full-service event planning and design firm, that can help your marketing, sales incentive and internal events sizzle in 2019. We have team members who specialize in pop-up event creation, incentive trip planning, multi-day conference design, and trade show event planning.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Conferences That Work. Conferences That Work is the creation of conference design and facilitation legend Adrian Segar. His blog is a deep-dive into conference engagement and the fundamentals of successful networking like comfort, interaction and the exchange of ideas.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

When 50 first-time attendees showed up, the conference design team, chaired by Joe Scully, senior director of meeting and event management at John Hancock Financial Services, made sure they were given ribbons to alert others of their status. Provide Positive Initiation.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2018

When 50 first-time attendees showed up, the conference design team, chaired by Joe Scully, senior director of meeting and event management at John Hancock Financial Services, made sure they were given ribbons to alert others of their status. Provide Positive Initiation.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 24, 2017

Read the full article at Conferences That Work. Related posts: Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! Want to see my 6 minute 40 second Pecha Kucha presentation Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! given at EventCamp Twin Cities on September 9, 2010? If so, download.

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Bizzaboo

JANUARY 2, 2023

Women in Data Science (WiDS) central conference is a technical conference featuring outstanding women discussing their exceptional work in data science and related fields, in a wide variety of domains. 9 to 11—The Women of Power Summit is a professional leadership conference designed especially for executive women of color.

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Bizzaboo

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Women of Power Summit 2024 March 27-30, 2024 Las Vegas, NV The Women of Power Summit is a professional leadership conference designed especially for executive women of color. It also serves as a platform to address the unique challenges women face in leadership roles and explore strategies to overcome them.

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Bizzaboo

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Join 5,000 fellow marketers and creators at the mega-conference designed to empower you with business-building ideas. One of the biggest European marketing conference. June Conferences 2019. SMX Advanced is the only conference designed exclusively for experienced search marketers. San Diego, CA. back to top.

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Bizzaboo

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

eTail is a three-day conference designed to help you increase the profits from your business. Join us in Seattle and immerse yourself in three days of non-stuffy networking and expert sessions delivered by industry leaders in SEO, search marketing, mobile, conversion optimization, local search, and more. eTail Boston 2023. August 2023.

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Bizzaboo

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Hustle Con is a conference designed for entrepreneurs and professionals who want to take their business to the next level. Berlin, Germany. Two days of Qt training, insightful keynotes, development topics for embedded, desktop, mobile devices, and more. Hustle Con. Brooklyn, NY.

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Stova

MARCH 20, 2023

Business of Software USA March 27 - 28, 2023 – Cambridge, England The Business of Software (BoS) USA is a friendly conference designed for founders, CXOs, and emerging leaders in software and SaaS companies who want to run very successful software businesses and learn from others like them.

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