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

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We’ve established a comprehensive directory of the most prominent women-in-tech conferences happening in 2024. These events focus on empowering women through conferences that help attendees learn new skills, make valuable connections, discuss innovative trends, promote intersectionality, and access motivational leaders.

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Doing peer conferences right

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Software testers do peer conferences right! They even call them a peer conference , rather than unconference , a term I don’t like.) As evidence of software tester conference awesomeness, I offer three examples below. a short history of the peer conference. The 2022 SoCraTes peer conference. But first…. …a

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Becoming a writer

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thesis After a postdoctoral year at Tufts, I went on to manage a solar manufacturing company, teach college computer science, and develop a successful information technology consulting practice. I would need every scrap of my conviction about the importance of peer conferences to persist in what followed. My 1977 Ph.D. and the how?

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Six reasons why unconferences aren’t more popular

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

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Recently, a client asked for help designing a new conference. 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? Conferences That Work goes to Japan!

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Panels as if the audience mattered

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I’m in San Antonio, Texas, having just run two 90-minute “panels” at a national association leadership conference. 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. Panelist time!

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