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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! The online portion.

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Control versus freedom at meetings

Conferences that Work

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. Note that I’m not suggesting meeting professionals give up any attempt to control what happens at their events. The myth of control.

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Design your meeting BEFORE choosing the venue!

Conferences that Work

I love my meeting design clients, but there is one mistake I see them making over and over again. Clients invariably ask me to help design their meeting after they’ve chosen a venue! given at EventCamp Twin Cities on September 9, 2010? Here’s why they do it, and why it’s a mistake. If so, download.

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Designing conferences to solve participants’ problems

Conferences that Work

For each domain, I’ll include examples of meeting processes you can use to satisfy participants’ problem solving wants and needs. 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.

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An innovative conference competition format

Conferences that Work

given at EventCamp Twin Cities on September 9, 2010? The Solution Room—a powerful conference session There’s been a lot of interest in The Solution Room, a session that I co-facilitated last July at Meeting Professionals International World Education Congress in Orlando, Florida. If so, download. It is one.

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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. Miguel Neves Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings Gen Z doesn’t have the same values as Boomers, and planners who don’t evolve may find themselves out of step.

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Unraveling the Confusion about Thinking and Feeling

Conferences that Work

As I wrote in 2010: “…when I was growing up my education emphasized thinking…However, the educational agenda allocated no time for understanding or expressing my feelings…All of us in school had feelings, of course, and they greatly affected how and what we did. Especially for men. Yours may be different.

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