Conferences that Work

JUNE 6, 2016

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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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 6, 2018

As an example I’ll use a three-day conference I’m currently designing. The participants are four hundred scientists who work all over the world and only get to meet en masse every few years. Want to see my 6 minute 40 second Pecha Kucha presentation Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! If so, download.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 17, 2017

” Michelle Obama ’s 2010 “Let’s Move” initiative works to increase movement and healthy eating in schools. Short bursts in physical activity are positively linked to increased levels of attention and performance. Watch Mike Kuczala’s TEDx talk “ The Kinesthetic Classroom: Teaching and Learning through Movement.”

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 27, 2016

In this two-part article I’ll share a little of my experience and takeaways, followed by their relevance to event design ( red ). After we have grasped the basics of event design, mindful practice is how we improve: better at noticing what happens and learning from it, more focused on the present, and less distracted by our ego.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Planning a meeting in December can be stressful. As the days grow shorter, draw inspiration from the season to design events that everyone will want to attend, and to help keep them engaged long after. Tina Hirshberg Novelo is a program manager and event producer, and has been with Taste since 2010.

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The research set out to understand the motivations and expectations of Generation Alpha (those born in 2010 onwards) who will reach the workplace in […] The Big Re-Think is the culmination of quantitative research carried out in autumn 2023 in partnership with micebook.

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2010 2023 Meetings Events 69

SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

The meetings industry is not so simple anymore. Today’s intense focus on key performance indicators, event-tech stacks and designing brilliant experiences has made the need for advanced education—from a university, association or DIY commitment—almost a requisite for getting hired…and for thriving. Certified Meetings Experts.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

When we invited event professionals to participate in this Annual Meetings Market Survey in November, the U.S. Similarly, the chief indicators of the business-events industry continued to reflect a healthy economic environment, with mostly positive increases. Thinking ahead — The average booking window for large meetings is 2.2

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Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Another issue of an occasional series— Dear Adrian —in which I answer questions about event design, elementary particle physics , solar hot water systems, facilitation, and anything else I might conceivably know something about. Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! Let’s explore this in more detail.

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Event Leadership Institute

JANUARY 13, 2021

Pandemic On-Site Protocol Training is designed to provide all front and back of the house on-site event staff – including volunteers, vendors, suppliers, and production crews – with the tactical knowledge necessary to personally stay safe, identify and suppress risks, and handle, mitigate and de-escalate non-compliance issues should they arise.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

In 2010, they published their “Country Brand Report,” which became the basis for the tourist board’s theme. But a number of research studies suggest that intentionally incorporating blocks of silence during conference programs could help reinforce what participants are learning and enhance their overall experience.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 18, 2016

Each session was designed to discover and meet wants and needs of the executive officers and volunteers of the association’s regional chapters’ members in an area of special interest. Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! given at EventCamp Twin Cities on September 9, 2010? Session goals.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 14, 2018

Each year, along with the numbers we collect for the annual Meetings Market Survey , we ask respondents open-ended questions, including this one: What’s the biggest challenge facing the meetings industry?”. A lot of associations rely on events as an income stream and their viability is affected by the increase of events in the market.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

In addition to penning What’s Mine Is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption , a 2010 book that explores how consumption patterns are changing as technology evolves, she is a founding partner in the Collaborative Fund, an organization that has made seed-capital investments in sharing-economy startups such as Lyft and TaskRabbit.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

In addition to penning What’s Mine Is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption , a 2010 book that explores how consumption patterns are changing as technology evolves, she is a founding partner in the Collaborative Fund, an organization that has made seed-capital investments in sharing-economy startups such as Lyft and TaskRabbit.

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2010 Banking Meetings 2017 40

Event Industry News

AUGUST 20, 2018

Initially the “ILEC Project” started during the summer 2010 with an investment of £0.5M Following the rebranding of the property, a large market research project was conducted to give the latest insight of the event industry. into the banqueting kitchen facilities.

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Event Leadership Institute

MARCH 17, 2021

It took a 100-year event like COVID—slamming the brakes on all in-person events—to finally get people to pay attention to virtual. On April 13, 2010, I moderated a panel discussion on virtual events for the International Association for Exhibitions & Events. Much less progress, however, was made with content.

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Bizzabo

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

This event invites the best and brightest hackers in the ever-expanding Swift community to explore new horizons. DGI has military, civilian and industry geospatial intelligence leaders at this year's meeting in London to discuss new policy developments and the latest in technology. East Meets West. San Francisco, CA.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

Those questions are fueling research projects, articles, meetings, and, increasingly, corporate social responsibility efforts. The company’s interest in bees can be traced back to 2010, when a handful of employees in its Paris office took beekeeping classes, bought three hives with 90,000 bees, and established a colony on the office roof.

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Event Leadership Institute

MARCH 7, 2018

The drive to provide a distinctive role for superior personalized service in the event planning industry inspired Annette to launch her own event design company in 2010. Based in New York, Annette is now producing and creating upscale, seamless events worldwide.

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

If you’re interested in scheduling Bob to speak at your company meeting, conference or convention, please contact Kathy Tagenel at (775) 220-6995 or click here to email her. Demis Hassabis co-founded DeepMind in 2010 after successful careers in academia and computer game development. Where to find him? Brian Tracy Who is he?

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

If you’re interested in scheduling Bob to speak at your company meeting, conference or convention, please contact Kathy Tagenel at (775) 220-6995 or click here to email her. Demis Hassabis co-founded DeepMind in 2010 after successful careers in academia and computer game development. Where to find him? Brian Tracy Who is he?

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Plan Your Meetings

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Throughout this year, Andy Johnston, president of the Atlanta-based Idea Group, has published an informative series of posts regarding event emergencies. Until recently, he says, the topic of guns at meetings and events simply hasn’t received much attention. The problem was, they appeared to be the only attendees with weapons.

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Decibel Management

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

” At the time, we were reviewing the New Year’s Eve stampede in Shanghai, and the Germany Love Parade disaster of 2010 to learn how best to plan for and avoid these types of tragedies at events. We are seeing this in the air and at restaurants, at businesses and at town hall and PTA meetings.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 2, 2017

By 2009, the meeting — held at the Vancouver Convention Centre for more than 25 years now — had outgrown its home base. “We The 2010 Paci c Dental Conference was the first event to activate the entire West Building. Photo Credit: Adobe Stock. Where was it congested? “A

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