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B-to-B Dream Team 2025: Meet Valerie Strehle

Event Marketer

That event, in particular, has grown from fewer than 500 attendees in 2012 to more than 2,500 participants across two regions (Americas and EMEA) in 2024. In fact, the first Amplify took place six months after she joined the organization. “We often talk about whats really driving people to events, Strehle says.

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My Presentation Is Fine—It’s The Audience That Doesn’t Get It!

Velvet Chainsaw

So, why should speakers change how they present at your conference? Especially since it’s the most dominant form of conference education. One Conference Improvement Challenge: Lectures Beget Lectures. Here is one of the primary challenges with improving conference education. These speakers direct learning.

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Any questions? Rethinking traditional Q&A

Conferences that Work

” at the end of a conference session? Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post Any questions? Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post Any questions? Rethinking traditional Q&A appeared first on Conferences That Work. The presenter answers the question and picks another questioner.

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The top educational meeting format

Conferences that Work

In contrast, that’s way ahead of their second choice: Professional speakers delivering presentations (58%). Smart conference producers incorporate participatory sessions into their events. Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post The top educational meeting format appeared first on Conferences That Work.

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We are biased against truly creative event design

Conferences that Work

Truly creative event design questions, for example, whether we need to have a keynote speaker , relegate significant participant discussions to breaks and socials, or supply entertainment during meals. Though millions of meetings take place every year, thousands of meeting organizers know how to create truly create conference designs.

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Back to the Future: Revisiting Event Planner Predictions From 2012

PCMA Convene

One event planner predicted in 2012 that that keynote speakers would give their presentation from the new orbiting space station in 2022. In July 2022, NASA flight engineers Jessica Watkins (left) and Kjell Lindgren addressed International Space Station Research and Development conference attendees from aboard the space station.

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Create Powerful Meetings Instead of Power-over Meetings

Conferences that Work

Traditional conferences unconsciously promote and sustain power imbalances between the “speakers” at the front of the room and the audience. Read the full article at Conferences That Work. All meetings incorporate power relationships that fundamentally affect their dynamics and potential. It is one.

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