2009 Conference Events 
Velvet Chainsaw
APRIL 30, 2020
If you’re inbox is anything like mine, you could spend a good portion of our day consuming webinars, virtual events and networking in Zoom or Facebook Messenger Happy Hours. The dynamics that we’re seeing impact conferences and their business models are very similar to the Freemium movement we experienced way back in 2009.
Conferences that Work
APRIL 29, 2024
Since 2009 I’ve maintained an informal calendar of peer conferences (aka unconferences) on this site. It’s informal because I only list events I hear about, a minuscule fraction of the unconferences people hold every day. Even so, the calendar lists hundreds of events. Who holds peer conferences?
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Velvet Chainsaw
APRIL 13, 2020
This is the third in a series of blogs posts, written collaboratively by our team, which uncover lessons learned in advising dozens of our clients on their events in the time of COVID-19. The previous low for occupancy was during the financial crisis in 2009 when occupancy was 55 percent. Conference Go/No-Go Decisions in a Pandemic.
Conferences that Work
DECEMBER 25, 2023
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.)
Conferences that Work
APRIL 30, 2018
Here’s a powerful tool you can use to generate creative event designs. You can use this tool for every aspect of event design. Stylists working on the look and feel of an event often use it to stimulate fresh thinking about the venue, the décor, the lighting, the food and beverage, entertainment, and so on.
Conferences that Work
OCTOBER 11, 2021
In 2009, the biologist E.O. 9 September 2009. 9 September 2009. What we think of as modern business meetings and conferences are hundreds of years old. The traditional top-down formats of meetings and conferences reflect the top-down structure of the institutions that still largely dominate our world. Technology.
Event Marketer
JULY 11, 2024
Still, Sundance isn’t the only festival (possibly) on the move; it joins a growing list of big events and conferences that are set to relocate or expand to new cities. Cargill Philanthropies. This news follows last year’s successful showing in the Asia-Pacific region for the weeklong, inaugural SXSW Sydney , returning Oct.
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