Conferences that Work

APRIL 29, 2024

This calendar provides strong evidence that any group with something in common who wants to connect and learn can benefit from peer conference designs. Seeing how peer conference designs benefit these folks when they come together warms my heart. You can submit information about it here.

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Conference 2009 Healthcare Conference Design 245

Conferences that Work

JULY 2, 2018

The needs assessment trap Conference design clients who “know what they want” have already decided on their “ why? Because most clients engage me after they are committed to programs and logistics that are not optimum for what they’re trying to accomplish! ” and “ who? ” and “ where?

Meeting Design 192

Meeting Design 2012 2014 Meetings 192

Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Here’s an independent review of my conference design work, published as a case study in Chapter 25—Designing and Developing Content for Collaborative Business Events—of the book The Routledge Handbook of Business Events. Tip: The hardback version is expensive, the ebook is a quarter of the hardback cost.)

Conference 240

Conference 2009 Conference Design 2015 240

Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 10, 2018

.” —Sarah Kendzior, The View From Flyover Country: Dispatches from the Forgotten America The meeting industry is no exception. A “creative” event design is one with a novel venue and/or decor and lighting and/or food and beverage. The meeting industry has redefined novelty as creativity.

Event Design 267

Event Design Food and Beverage 2011 2012 267

Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 6, 2017

We roll the dice that what was submitted actually meets our core customers’ needs. We assume the more people involved in designing the program and choosing the experts and content, the more customers we’ll attract. As a conference organizer, you may even lose your soul to logistics, to-do lists and ever increasing detailed tasks.

Conference 295

Conference Trade Shows Conference Planning Contracts 295

Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 28, 2023

How emerging AI and other technology will boost event humanity by putting attendee needs at the center of conference design Attendees expect more from events today and emerging technology is helping to deliver on those demands. Read More : The Metaverse & Meeting Planning 3. It will also be interactive.

2024 277

2024 Event Technology Technology Social Media 277

Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 8, 2021

There’s never been a better time to experiment with new meeting elements or to say goodbye to some time-worn ones, Dave Lutz, managing director of Velvet Chainsaw Consulting, said in this recent VCC post. EDT for the Reston Herndon Meeting Planners, “Ready or Not, Here They Come: 5 Post-Pandemic Conference Design Changes.”.

Consulting 195

Consulting Conference Design Education Conference 195

Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Traditional conferences focus on a hodgepodge of pre-determined sessions punctuated with socials, surrounded by short welcomes and closings. Such conference designs treat openings and closings as perfunctory traditions, perhaps pumped up with a keynote or two, rather than key components of the conference design.

Conference 179

Conference Conference Design Meeting Design Education 179

Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

I’ve been promoting the Conferences That Work meeting format for so long, that some people assume I think it’s the right choice for every meeting. two meeting types and three situations when you should NOT use a Conferences That Work design: — Most corporate events. Well, it’s not.

Meeting Design 120

Meeting Design Conference Meetings Conference Design 120

Conferences that Work

AUGUST 19, 2024

Forged ahead and wrote what eventually became a series of three books on conference design. Consequently became a valued resource on meeting design and facilitation for thousands of people and organizations. Found the courage to share my weekly musings on a wide variety of topics publicly via my blog.

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Consulting Conference Design Meeting Design Conference 240

Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

” —Jeff Jarvis At conferences, the “users” are primarily participants. For decades, I’ve championed responsible conference designs that prioritize participants. ” —Jeff Jarvis In the same way, the processes of participant-driven conferences are open. Screw your users, screw yourself.”

Conference 240

Conference 2012 Conference Design Government 240

Conferences that Work

AUGUST 6, 2018

As an example I’ll use a three-day conference I’m currently designing. The participants are four hundred scientists who work all over the world and only get to meet en masse every few years. Want to see my 6 minute 40 second Pecha Kucha presentation Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design!

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Conference 2010 2011 Conference Design 252

Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 25, 2017

During your conference education sessions, are your participants stationary or free to move around the space to meet their needs? This means we must design and plan an entirely new learning experience. The Best And Biggest Question To Ask During Your Conference Planning Process. Help them embrace and adopt meta-cognition.

Conference 315

Conference Education Conference Planning Conference Design 315

Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 29, 2016

How your audience responds will have a direct impact on your conference’s brand image and credibility. From a conference design perspective, we believe the current best practice is to bookend your conference by opening with a strong-thought provoking speaker and closing with inspiration. What to Look For.

Speakers 278

Speakers Conference Food and Beverage Negotiating 278

Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Events and media consultant Julius Solaris shared at the Unforgettable Experience Design Summit that he was initially very enthusiastic about unconference format events. He thought conferences would eventually adopt unconference models. Closing sessions that meet personal and group wants and needs are often absent.

Conference 280

Conference Venues 2023 Consulting 280

Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 4, 2018

What type of experience do we want as we aim to meet our conference objectives? Then create a conference outcome based on designing a great planning process for you and your team. Ask the team: What are we as a conference design planning team passionate about? How do we want to experience this project?

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Conference Conference Planning Conference Design Meetings 271

Conferences that Work

JANUARY 11, 2021

How to help solve participants’ obvious, complicated, and complex problems at conferences. For each domain, I’ll include examples of meeting processes you can use to satisfy participants’ problem solving wants and needs. Here’s a little more detail on the obvious, complicated, and complex problem domains.

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Conference 2010 2011 2014 371

Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

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. Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design!

2010 166

2010 Conference Design Conference Education 166

Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Design communal spaces and activities like inviting networking lounges that offer more than the usual basic seating and charging stations. Spatial Design for the Subconscious Mind Cookie-cutter conference designs can be mundane and predictable to an attendee.

Food and Beverage 246

Food and Beverage Entertainment Sustainability Hotels 246

Conferences that Work

AUGUST 29, 2016

Whenever I’ve had the pleasure of meeting David (not often enough!) There is nothing in the 2016 BizBash Design Issue that explores the heart of event design: what will happen at the event? 2 — Elementary Meetings. 3 — Conferences That Work. that we don’t question their continued use. If so, download.

Event Design 136

Event Design 2010 2016 2009 136

Conferences that Work

MARCH 25, 2024

Since 2005, I’ve written three successful books on meeting design and facilitation and over 800 weekly blog posts on a wide range of topics. My books continue to sell, and this blog is the world’s most popular website on meeting design and facilitation. His enthusiasm for my conference design work was a huge boost.

2005 240

2005 2009 2007 Consulting 240

Event Marketer

MAY 24, 2023

The flagship experience, launched in 2018 as part of a portfolio consolidation, marked a new chapter this month as it reconvened May 9-11 in Orlando as a smaller, targeted in-person conference designed to serve up content and networking experiences “that matter most to you.” Emphasis on the you.

2023 246

2023 Conference Trade Shows Technology 246

Conferences that Work

JUNE 27, 2016

Next Tuesday, August 16, in Atlanta, I’ll be leading a three-hour workshop for the Georgia Meeting Professionals International Chapter (GaMPI) on participation techniques you can use to transform your conference sessions. Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! I’ll.

2015 192

2015 2012 2016 2010 192

Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

As you’d expect from LLMs these days, NotebookLM provided a good written summary of the post: “The sources compare the responsibilities of news organizations to the responsibilities of conferences, arguing that both should prioritize their users and be transparent, open, and reliable. ” So far, so good. Woman: Totally.

Conference 359

Conference Conference Design Technology Tech 359

PCMA Convene

APRIL 6, 2020

Several scientific and medical conferences are changing to meet the demand. has been to many conferences. After all of their time spent at conferences and congresses, Ngumbi and Lovett have come to a conclusion: Many of these events need to change. Scientific collaboration and innovation are needed now more than ever.

Meetings 76

Meetings Conference Conference Design 2019 76

Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Traditional conference designs also adopt this model. Team members don’t show up at meetings or answer messages. Somehow, the inspiring keynote will instantly change attendees’ lives for the better. Obviously we can make plans to initiate change. Your company’s old reliable product starts developing problems.

Consulting 257

Consulting Conference Design Conference Management 257

Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

After I talked about my meeting design work with pioneer tester James Bach at the 2004 Amplifying Your Effectiveness conference, the testing community somehow adopted the term peer conference for their get-togethers. Here’s another example from a software testing peer conference, TestBash Brighton 2018.

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Conference 2022 2004 Meeting Design 156

Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Steve, I like your question because it highlights a key tension inherent in group process design: the tension between intimacy (going deep with a few) and discovery (uncovering the possibilities of the many). When people are meeting for a shared purpose, some of the potentially valuable outcomes include: Learning about each other.

2010 120

2010 2011 Conference Design Conference 120

PCMA Convene

AUGUST 4, 2022

In addition, the multi-hub approach has been a particularly effective way of navigating the pandemic by bringing small groups together — 20-30 people in each small meeting room — instead of hosting a mass gathering, she said, and having the program delivered at hotels afforded better access than at hospitals during COVID. “I Adrian Segar.

Conference Design 98

Conference Design Hotels Conference Hospitality 98

Conferences that Work

JULY 18, 2016

Each session was designed to discover and meet wants and needs of the executive officers and volunteers of the association’s regional chapters’ members in an area of special interest. Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! Session goals. other issues related to the session topic.

Consulting 120

Consulting Sponsorships 2010 2011 120

PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

To set the stage for collaboration and the exchange of high-level ideas, Melcher found that he had to think about reinventing not just storytelling but conference design. “We We really had to blow up the conference model,” Melcher said in an interview with Convene. This is not your ordinary conference. THE COMMUNITY. ‘On

Meetings 63

Meetings Speakers 2016 2015 63

The Modern Event

MARCH 30, 2016

Blogs are becoming key resources for meeting and event professionals in terms of trends, event planning, emerging technologies, inspiration, and connecting with fellow professionals. Adrian Segar’s blog is for the corporate meeting professional; creating “relevant, memorable conferences.” ConferencesThatWork.com.

Technology 40

Technology Meetings Tech Trade Shows 40

Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 2, 2017

Imagine designing your next conference or annual meeting from scratch around content instead of picking up the template you’ve been using for years and tweaking it. A good way to create content is to understand why people go to live meetings. Imagine the content isn’t yours. Imagine your audience owns the content.

Conference 150

Conference Education Speakers Meetings 150

Event Industry News

JULY 13, 2020

Every single day counts, and we now need bigger and bolder action to save our industry, get back to making meetings matter, creating terrific tradeshows, engaging audiences with experiences and delivering brilliant live content at conferences designed to help the UK bounce back safely and securely.”.

Government 95

Government Trade Shows B2B Sustainability 95

PCMA Convene

JUNE 1, 2016

How your audience responds to a keynote speaker has a direct connection to your conference’s brand image and credibility, so choose wisely. From a conference-design perspective, it’s a smart practice to bookend your event by opening with a strong thought-provoking speaker and closing with an inspirational one.

Speakers 73

Speakers Social Media Sponsorships Consulting 73

PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

It is a truth universally acknowledged that the meetings and conventions industry is built on relationships — one on one, face to face, rooted in competence and trust. Meetings bring people together, you see, and that applies to the back of the house just as much as it does among attendees. Our readers did not disappoint.

2016 76

2016 2015 Hotels Management 76

Slido

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Here are some of our favorite blogs that bring the best from our industry, as well as some amazing companies that have inspired us on our journey toward better meetings. MPI Blog The Meeting Professionals International (MPI) website is THE destination to find out what the industry is talking about. Event trends, news and inspiration 1.

Social Media 75

Social Media Consulting Conference Education 75