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PCMA EduCon took place in Los Angeles in June 2019 and I was lucky enough to be asked to mentor the attendees of PCMA’s Homeless Hackathon and to present a session on online events. . Slides from my session at PCMA EduCon 2019. And the best way to get a grip of texturising content is to look at the principles of meetingdesign.
This (slightly edited) interview by JT Long appeared in the March 2019 issue of Smart Meetings Magazine. I invented the format by accident 26 years ago when there were no expert speakers to invite for a conference on administrative computing issues in small schools. What led to writing the book, Conferences that Work ?
A September 2019 research study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences clearly illustrates why switching to active learning is hard — and worth it! Let’s look at these three conclusions in the context of meetingdesign. Most meeting presenters still lecture.
And this is from 2019: Singapore FinTech Festival 2019. Same goes for meetings format. Most of the meetings today are still about people sitting down and listening to one or more speakers. Today, we see professionals from the UX & Design field apply design thinking to meetings to explore how to reinvent them.
Why have a keynote speaker at your event? This where you need keynote speakers at your event or conference. Often event planners find it difficult to find an easy reference list of keynote speakers or guest speakers for various industry segments. Keynote speakers in Marketing and Sales. Seth Godin Who is he?
Why have a keynote speaker at your event? This where you need keynote speakers at your event or conference. Often event planners find it difficult to find an easy reference list of keynote speakers or guest speakers for various industry segments. Keynote speakers in Marketing and Sales. Seth Godin Who is he?
The “reimagined” meeting now will take place entirely online, with a daylong agenda that includes keynote speaker Billie Jean King, multiple panels, and breakout sessions. This week, Bernstein Research analysts reported that Zoom has added more videoconferencing users so far this year than in all of 2019, thanks to COVID-19.).
“Slowly but surely, the meeting industry is learning that the old lecture-saturated conference model is increasingly inferior to meetingdesigns that incorporate the active learning, connections, engagement, and outcomes that attendees actually want and need.” ” — Corbin Ball , Founder at Corbin Ball & Co.
While speakers shared proven tips and tricks, best practices and trends in sustainability, design, DE&I, tech and more, one theme in particular wove throughout several sessions: the importance of building one-of-a-kind experiences.
They may be event tech enthusiasts, event planners , event speakers , but all of them are influencers for event enthusiasts and followers. With more than a decade of experience as a professional speaker, Dahlia founded The Meeting Pool , a great source of information for event professionals. Liz launched Liz King Events.
“Slowly but surely, the meeting industry is learning that the old lecture-saturated conference model is increasingly inferior to meetingdesigns that incorporate the active learning, connections, engagement, and outcomes that attendees actually want and need.” ” — Corbin Ball, Founder at Corbin Ball & Co.
All of the above is driving the generation’s expectations for meetings and events, ultimately redefining the meeting industry entirely. Attendees want more control over the meeting agenda. Gone are the days of static schedules, where speaker after speaker shuffle on stage while attendees remain seated.
in the early planning stages of an internal meeting, designed to bring together two teams – Digital and Information Technology for the first time – prior to their merger into one ‘Digital Technology’ team. Networking and collaboration were the primary objectives of this all-hands meeting, held in Germany in January 2019.
The goal of our one-day event in partnership with Convene was to show how a successful all-hands could look in 2019 and beyond by using interactive technology and meetingdesign thinking. As a part of that strategy, we asked two of our speakers to become virtual panelists at our event. Here are some of our key learnings.
Webinar live date: April 23, 2019 at 2pm ET / 11am PT. Webinar live date: April 23, 2019 at 2pm ET / 11am PT. Deepen engagement and increase retention at your meetings by embracing three fundamental shifts in the attendee experience. Moving from static to active meetings. Speaker: Roger Haskett.
“This won’t be news to anyone, but millennials don’t really care about material things,” said Amy Blackman, a strategy consultant for Fruition in Los Angeles, at a Convening Leaders 2019 session in Pittsburgh last month, where the research was released. More Meeting Trends. 5 Trends That are Changing MeetingDesign.
Supporting ‘the Next Generation’ of event professionals will be the central theme of HBAA initiatives in 2019. In her address to a packed hall at the Park Plaza Victoria London, at the association’s first Members Meeting of the year, new HBAA Chair Angie Mason unveiled this theme as the focus for the year ahead. Conventions Malta.
One of the presentations that highly inspired me to think differently about event design took place in 2019 at the MICE Forum at ITB Berlin (Organised by VDVO ). In 2019 the ITB MICE Forum theme was ‘The Human Factor’. According to Felix, the term ‘participant experience design’ is a work in progress.
“This won’t be news to anyone, but millennials don’t really care about material things,” said Amy Blackman, a strategy consultant for Fruition in Los Angeles, at a Convening Leaders 2019 session in Pittsburgh last month, where the research was released. More Meeting Trends. 5 Trends That are Changing MeetingDesign.
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The editors of Convene looked back over 2019, asking this question: What’s one meeting and event trend on my radar in 2020? Among the more intriguing events-industry developments of 2019 were bold moves made on the diversity and inclusion front. A conference rolled out plans for an all-women speaker lineup. Cristi Kempf.
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