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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Conference Conference Design Booking Website 80

Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Events and media consultant Julius Solaris shared at the Unforgettable Experience Design Summit that he was initially very enthusiastic about unconference format events. He thought conferences would eventually adopt unconference models. The solution to this is to design your unconference before choosing the venue.

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Preparation Venue Conference Attendee 106

Conferences that Work

JULY 2, 2018

The needs assessment trap Conference design clients who “know what they want” have already decided on their “ why? “, and typically bring me in to consult at the “ how? hoping that in the process the event’s purpose and desired outcomes will become clearer. ” and “ who?

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Meeting Design Logistics Conference Design Consulting 76

Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

I first designed and convened what I called a “ peer conference ” in 1992 for a group of IT managers at small schools that eventually became known as edACCESS. Can you see why software testers like Lisi think that peer conferences rock?! The Unexpo Experiment.

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Conference Meeting Design Proposal Retreat 62

Conferences that Work

JULY 18, 2016

Consulting. During my opening overview of the format, I explained that we might have time for some consulting on a participant’s problem towards the end of the session. Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! given at EventCamp Twin Cities on September 9, 2010? If so, download.

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Panel Audience Consulting Conference 63

Bizzaboo

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Testing United is a conference aimed at all levels of testers, test leads, test managers, test consultants and IT employees that come in daily contact with testing teams. Hustle Con is a conference designed for entrepreneurs and professionals who want to take their business to the next level. Testing United 2018.

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