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3 Tips for Shifting to an Architectural Model for Meeting Design

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For the last 25 years, a former drama teacher from The Netherlands has been advocating for taking a similar approach to event planning. Real meetings are all about content,” he says. The power of meetings depends on the human dynamics they are capable of unleashing. Related : Design Inspo Brings Record Attendance to HD Expo 18.

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Good meeting design is cheaper than special effects

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Far too much money is spent on meeting glitz at the expense of good meeting design. “There’s no budget” I’ve noticed over the years that every meeting has a budget for F&B. If you ask about a budget for event design, stakeholders think you’re talking about decor and drama.

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

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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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What One Thing? From Order-Taker to Strategist: Navigating the World of Event Planning with Edward Perotti

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JT Long, vice president and content director of Smart Meetings, has an insightful conversation with Edward Perotti, an award-winning meeting designer and principle of EP Events and Experiences. From Order-Taker to Strategist: Navigating the World of Event Planning with Edward Perotti appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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How to Plan Better Medical Meetings by the Numbers

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Now that events are going back to in person, how can meeting professionals deliver the same level of detailed success metrics to the executive team about the range of value delivered on the investment? Two veteran meeting designers joined Smart Chat Live! Meet the Experts. Watch the entire webinar here.

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Community versus audience in journalism and meetings

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Many meetings still focus on creating audiences rather than community. And not just at meetings. Damon Kiesow , @dkiesow@social.kiesow.net, Mastodon toot on Nov 06, 2022, 10:37 Kiesow concisely sums up why the news business and the meeting industry concentrate on audience rather than community.

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Make the meeting bigger!

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Most of the event industry and our clients continue to assume that if you can make the meeting bigger it’s a good thing. The massive disruption of in-person events since March 2020 has shaken our industry to the core. Online and hybrid meetings have seen less drastic reductions. It ain’t necessarily so.

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