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A free guide to creating peer conferences

Conferences that Work

I believe the software testing community adopted my term “peer conference” for their get-togethers after a conversation I had with pioneer software tester James Bach in 2004.

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Feedback Frames—a low-tech tool for anonymous voting

Conferences that Work

One graphic explains the tool: Although I tend to prefer public and semi-anonymous techniques for the participatory voting I use extensively in my facilitation practice, Jason’s approach is a refreshing alternative to the complex (and typically expensive) high-tech ARS methods routinely used for anonymous voting at meetings.

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Reduce and Reuse: Meeting Spaces Go Green

Smart Meetings

Smart Meetings spoke to event spaces within the United States that were ranked by WiseVoter as top recyclers in the country. of meeting space and also has a 19-year-old food compost program. Anaheim Convention Center: Happily Green Since 2004. for meetings and has been actively working on its green initiatives since 2004.

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Reduce and Reuse: Meeting Spaces Go Green

Smart Meetings

Smart Meetings spoke to event spaces within the United States that were ranked by WiseVoter as top recyclers in the country. of meeting space and also has a 19-year-old food compost program. Anaheim Convention Center: Happily Green Since 2004. for meetings and has been actively working on its green initiatives since 2004.

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Level Up Your Meetings in Arcade Bars

Smart Meetings

The first location, in New York, opened in 2004. The post Level Up Your Meetings in Arcade Bars appeared first on Smart Meetings. The self-proclaimed Original Arcade Bar currently has seven locations open along the East Coast—in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut. Barcade is an environmentally friendly place.

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The UnExpo Experiment

Conferences that Work

(Fun fact: the testing community often uses my term “peer conferences” for their get-togethers, due to a chat about meeting design I had with tester James Bach at the 2004 Amplifying Your Effectiveness conference.) Most meeting conveners concentrate on feedback about meeting content (“great speakers!”)

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The Meetings Industry Association appoints new vice chair

Event Industry News

The Meetings Industry Association (mia) has welcomed Nigel Collett, director of 1 Wimpole Street, to its board as vice chair. Nigel was officially voted into the position during the mia’s latest council meeting earlier this month. He was also named UK Catering Manager of the Year in 2004 by Cost Sector Magazine.

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