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5 Ways to Build Community Loyalty

Smart Meetings

Here are a few examples: Allow attendees to select tracks to plan their time on site — from keynotes, and breakout sessions, to networking, food and beverage, and other engaging experiences and activities. Or leverage the event app pre-, on site, and post-event to allow attendees to connect with each other and keep the networking going.

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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 2024

Bizzaboo

Here is a brief breakdown of the types of events you’ll come across on this list: Conferences: These events will often times attract the most significant number of attendees. Conferences provide the best opportunity to network and build connections with other professionals passionate about diversity in tech.

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

Bizzaboo

Here is a brief breakdown of the types of events you’ll come across on this list: Conferences: These events will often times attract the most significant number of attendees. Conferences provide the best opportunity to network and build connections with other professionals passionate about diversity in tech. Start Date /.

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#FICP Just Pulled Off a Masterclass in Creating Meaningful Connections

Smart Meetings

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

Conferences that Work

The needs assessment trap Conference design clients who “know what they want” have already decided on their “ why? Conferences That Work goes to Japan! The first Conferences That Work peer conference held in Japan begins today! ” and “ who? “, have often fixed their “ when?