Conferences that Work

AUGUST 29, 2016

While its article “ 8 Fresh Faces of Event Design 2016 ” says it is about “ industry newbies who dream up and create an event’s visuals as opposed to those that handle the logistics like a planner” , this really misses the point. Event process design determines the logistics and visuals we use.

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Logistics Event Design Conference Design Conference 54

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

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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Insurance Financial Services Conference Attendee 243

Conferences that Work

JULY 2, 2018

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

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Meeting Design Logistics Conference Design Consulting 76

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

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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Insurance Financial Services Conference Attendee 127

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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Innovatx

JANUARY 22, 2019

If it feels like events are happening more frequently and require more complicated logistics than ever before – you would be right! The events often need skilled event planners to help navigate city license requirements and logistics to ensure everything moves seamlessly once in motion.

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Trends Trade Show Events Consulting 40

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. About hiring processes.

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