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Hub and spoke meetings

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Ever since my first encounter with the hybrid hub and spoke meeting topology at Event Camp Twin Cities in 2011, I’ve been a big fan of the format. Yesterday [see below], I realized that hub and spoke is a great format for purely online meetings too. What’s a hub and spoke meeting? But first….

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Three ways to make it easier for attendees to participate

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This is all very well, but it begs the question: what can meeting designers do to make it easier for attendees to participate more at meetings? Every time I find myself wishing for an external event, I realize that I’m way better off focusing on something I can control instead. Seth Godin, What Would Happen.

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Designing conferences to solve participants’ problems

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Here are my impressions of a session I attended in 2011.). The Solution Room creates a host of simultaneous small group problem-solving experiments, designed to support the solving of participants’ current challenges in a single session. These events made a profound impression on pretty much everyone who participated.

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The Secrets Behind Conference Engagement

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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. Sources for additional information.

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Reduce Chinese-style self-censorship at your meetings

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The next time you run a meeting, introduce covenants at the start (Chapter 18 of The Power of Participation: Creating Conferences That Deliver Learning, Connection, Engagement, and Action has full details) and discover the power of covenants for yourself and your attendees! Photo attribution: Flickr user zedzap.

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Save $100 on Adrian Segar’s first 1½ day participation techniques workshop!

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Now I’m bringing my expertise to Chicago for a 1½ day October 6 – 7 workshop, a unique opportunity for you to: Learn how to make your conferences and conference sessions far more engaging and effective ; Gain powerful meeting design insights ; Significantly increase participation and satisfaction at your sessions and events; and.

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Create memorable learning experiences and connections at simple workshops

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Read the full article at Conferences That Work 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. Sources for additional information.

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