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Two novel hybrid meeting formats

Conferences that Work

I’ve been writing about hybrid meetings for a long time; my first post was in February 2010. The COVID19 pandemic created an explosion of interest in hybrid meetings, and the marketplace and event professionals are still defining what “hybrid” means. (No, Sounds crazy, yes, but stay with me!

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Event design is not just visuals and logistics

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The first time I met him—at the premier EventCamp in 2010 —he immediately purchased my just-published book, sight unseen. The following year, David was kind enough to honor me in his flagship publication BizBash as one of the most innovative event professionals. The cover proclaims “What’s Next in Event Design?”

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Designing conferences to solve participants’ problems

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Peer conferences reduce problem solving limitations in the obvious domain, by allowing participants to influence the content and scope of meeting sessions in real time during the event. Evaluate event production company abilities for a game-changing event I’m planning? Complicated problems. Complex problems.

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Control versus freedom at meetings

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How can we design the optimum balance between control versus freedom at meetings? As I wrote in 2010: The reality is that you never had control to begin with, just the myth of control. Unless your constituency is bound to your event via a requirement to earn CEUs, members can withhold their attendance or avoid sessions at will. —

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An innovative conference competition format

Conferences that Work

So this is what we did: Read the full article at Conferences That Work Related posts: Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! Want to see my 6 minute 40 second Pecha Kucha presentation Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! given at EventCamp Twin Cities on September 9, 2010? If so, download.

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Next-Gen FOMO: Why Actual Face Time Beats Screen Time for Gen Z

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Skift Take: Stop planning meetings like it’s 2010. Gen Z doesn’t have the same values as Boomers, and planners who don’t evolve may find themselves out of step. Miguel Neves Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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Event Design for live…

Event Industry News

A self-confessed ‘tech nerd’ at heart, Anthony Vade worked in AV and event production Down Under before moving to Canada in 2010, initially for more of the same.