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5 Ways to Build Community Loyalty

Smart Meetings

How to incorporate a sense of belonging into the attendee event experience The phrase “sense of belonging” is defined as the psychological feeling of connectedness to a social, spatial, cultural, professional or other type of group or community (Hurtado & Carter, 1997).

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Women-in-tech Conferences: The Best Events for 2024

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Ready for the most authoritative and comprehensive list of 2024 women-in-tech events? The number of women-in-tech events has been increasing yearly, further highlighting the importance of a more inclusive culture in tech. Don’t see your 2024 women-in-tech event on this page? Apply to have your event featured !

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Case Study: Adrian Segar – “Conferences that work”

Conferences that Work

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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Women-in-tech Conferences: The Best Events for 2023

Bizzaboo

Ready for the most authoritative list of 2023 women-in-tech events on the internet? Read on to find an event built for you. The number of women-in-tech events has been increasing year over year, further highlighting the importance of a more inclusive culture in tech. Don’t see your 2023 women-in-tech event on this page?

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#FICP Just Pulled Off a Masterclass in Creating Meaningful Connections

Smart Meetings

When more than 750 financial and insurance conference professionals converged at JW Marriott Orlando Grande Lakes the first week of November for FICP Annual Conference 2018, the message that event professionals need to move from simply managing logistics to helping people make meaningful connections was loud and clear in word and deed.

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Alexander von Humboldt: A meeting designer way ahead of his time

Conferences that Work

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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How to help meeting design clients figure out what they really want and need

Conferences that Work

Thirty minutes of discussion with three stakeholders revealed they hadn’t yet settled on the event’s specific purpose, scope, and format. The needs assessment trap Conference design clients who “know what they want” have already decided on their “ why? Conferences That Work goes to Japan!