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2016 v 2006: What’s Changed Over the Last 10 Years in Event Management?

Eventbrite UK

The post 2016 v 2006: What’s Changed Over the Last 10 Years in Event Management? 9 experienced professionals from across the events industry tell us how event management has changed over the last 10 years. appeared first on Eventbrite UK Blog.

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Are We Creating The Wrong Type Of Conference Experiences?

Velvet Chainsaw

classrooms, they said, commonly focused on “high-interest activities” (games, puzzles, excursions, humor, dramatic presentations, and so on) to increase student engagement—but teachers rarely used these activities to “support the development of content ideas in ways that were coherent and challenging for students.”

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The Role of Events in the Sustainable Management of Historic Buildings

Event Industry News

After several years in the hospitality industry with operations such as Trust House Forte, Best Western and Holiday Inn (culminating in the position of Hotel Manager), Zoë Turner joined Trinity House in 2006. Over the subsequent 13 years she has managed or assisted in the management of numerous events.

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Someone to tell it to is one of the fundamental needs of human beings

Conferences that Work

In 2006, Cory Doctorow wrote: “Conversation is king. I have been doing this for 30 years, and it’s clear that meeting designs that integrate meaningful conversations into sessions have a transformational effect on almost all participants. Content is just something to talk about.

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Mastodon is the old Twitter

Conferences that Work

What Twitter is now Ever since Twitter’s creation in 2006, people have used it in different ways. Having been on Twitter (yes, I know it’s been renamed “X”, sue me) since 2009, I’d describe Mastodon as the old Twitter. What do I mean by that?

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Something is rotten in the state of meeting industry education

Conferences that Work

A recent thread on the MECO community (a great resource for meeting professionals since 2006) describes numerous recent basic logistical failings, and points to what I see as symptoms of fundamental problems with meeting industry associations at the national level.

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Podcast: Love at First Sight

Event Industry News

MD Richard Belcher joined First Sight Media in 2006 when the company was primarily focused on producing DVDs and VHS tapes of graduation ceremonies.

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