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Case Study: Adrian Segar – “Conferences that work”

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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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Becoming a writer

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Conferences That Work: Creating Events That People Love was published in 2009. It was recognized fairly quickly as an important book on meeting design. His enthusiasm for my conference design work was a huge boost. I found a wonderful editor, Anne Lezak , who was incredibly encouraging.

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

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22-23, 2024 Bangkok, Thailand The Future of Women 2024 unites diverse researches, stories, and case studies from all over the world, in parallel sessions while offering many networking and publishing opportunities. Discover the latest trends and challenges in the field at this leading conference. The Future of Women 2024 Feb.

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

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23 to 24—We hope the Future of Women 2023 unites diverse researches, stories and case studies from all over the world, in parallel sessions while offering many networking and publishing opportunities. Discover the latest trends and challenges in the field at this leading conference and enjoy everything the hybrid platform has to offer.

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Three better alternatives to the conference lecture

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first published in 1972 ! 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! How do I hate thee?

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Some models of change are better than others

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Traditional conference designs also adopt this model. The Satir model of change was developed by the founder of family systems therapy, Virginia Satir , and described in her book The Satir Model , published in 1991. Somehow, the inspiring keynote will instantly change attendees’ lives for the better.

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Doing peer conferences right

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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.