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We are biased against truly creative event design

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A “creative” event design is one with a novel venue and/or decor and lighting and/or food and beverage. Consequently, planners restrict the entire focus of creative event design to novel visual and sensory elements. Truly creative event design We are biased against truly creative event design.

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Any questions? Rethinking traditional Q&A

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Related posts: Participation techniques you can use in conference sessions Here’s the summary handout for my workshop on participation techniques you can use in conference sessions that I’ll be leading at MPI’s World Education Congress 2011. The notes at the.

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The top educational meeting format

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In contrast, that’s way ahead of their second choice: Professional speakers delivering presentations (58%). I’ve been designing and facilitating workshop-style, participatory sessions since 1992, and participants love them ! Smart conference producers incorporate participatory sessions into their events.

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Many “experiential” events are just razzle-dazzle

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Beware of “experiential” events that are just razzle-dazzle. “Experiential” has become a buzzword to use to describe hip events. Instead of listening to speakers, you’re going to have — wait for it — experiences ! Sounds so much better, doesn’t it? The notes at the.

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The workshop that wasn’t

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The speaker said, this will be interactive because no one wants to listen to me talk for four hours. Speakers (and the folks that concoct conference programs) decide to jazz up the description of a broadcast-style session by calling it a workshop. Last week, my friend Traci Browne wrote to me about a workshop that wasn’t.

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Create memorable learning experiences and connections at simple workshops

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Such workshops routinely meet the outcomes they’re designed to achieve: creating useful and memorable learning experiences and connections. These workshops are not successful because of the: excellence of a speaker; beauty/novelty of the venue/F&B/entertainment; or extraordinary facilitation.

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5 Meeting Industry Trends That Are Changing the Face of Events

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While the shifts are plentiful, there are five that stand out from the fold when it comes to modern event design. All of the above is driving the generation’s expectations for meetings and events, ultimately redefining the meeting industry entirely. The Boston event, now in its fifth year, has countless moving parts.

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