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Are We Creating The Wrong Type Of Conference Experiences?

Velvet Chainsaw

It’s as if Joe Pine and Jim Gilmore’s Experience Economy is just now hitting its stride—for conferences at least. The word is out: we’ve got to create conference experiences, not just conferences that feel like a patchwork quilt of our great grandmother’s dresses. A Disturbing Conference Trend. Read on…). Wrong hook!).

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

Conferences that Work

Someone to tell it to at conferences. Conferences, whether in-person or online, are also potential arenas for conversations. But some conferences offer better opportunities than others. In 2006, Cory Doctorow wrote: “Conversation is king. Otherwise, people wouldn’t journal and practice self-affirmations.).

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Something is rotten in the state of meeting industry education

Conferences that Work

Over the last five years I’ve heard increasing concern from the meeting professionals community about the deterioration of the quality of our national industry conferences. Our industry conferences are the obvious places to provide this education. The key to successful 21st century conferences Attend Participate!,

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2023 in review—and a book sale!

Conferences that Work

Before 2020, I was designing and facilitating around a dozen in-person meetings and conferences a year. The design I designed and facilitated a classic peer conference. 2 • Philadelphia, May: One-day association conference The majority of my clients are formal communities of practice, aka associations. Thank you, David!

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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. Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post Mastodon is the old Twitter appeared first on Conferences That Work. What do I mean by that? The old Twitter is gone. Long live Mastodon, the old Twitter!

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4 Lessons from Pokémon Go To Make Your Conferences More Engaging

Eventinterface

Nintendo have been very clever by creating an entire engaging experience for Pokémon Go gamers, and this is what conference attendees desire. Giving away goodie-bags or promotional gifts at conferences can create positive brand association – people are more likely to try your services and invest in other products in the future.

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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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