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. These ‘ POPWORKS ’ workshops are hosted across North America and Europe as well as online.)

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

workshop for Dutch professional moderators, I was interviewed by Otto Wijnen about speaker and presentation tips for making presentations more effective by incorporating active learning. Read the full article at Conferences That Work Related posts: Participate! Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design!

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 6, 2018

Image attribution: Marisha Aziz Read the full article at Conferences That Work Related posts: Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! Want to see my 6 minute 40 second Pecha Kucha presentation Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! given at EventCamp Twin Cities on September 9, 2010?

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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. And then the conference itself.

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Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 31, 2016

I love to use it at the start of an event or workshop, because we can’t really learn effectively from our peers (#4) until we : have learnt what they might have to offer (#1); feel safe sharing with them (#2); and. For example, next month I’m leading a two-hour, ~200 person, participation techniques workshop.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 29, 2016

Whoever they are—young developing leaders, Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! Want to see my 6 minute 40 second Pecha Kucha presentation Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! Save $100 on Adrian Segar’s first 1½ day participation techniques workshop! If so, download.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 18, 2016

To learn how to build sessions that build and support learning, connection, and engagement, sign up for one of my North American or European workshops. Read the full article at Conferences That Work. Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! Bruce Eric Kaplan cartoon displayed under license from The Cartoon Bank.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 2, 2017

Content created onsite, through thought-provoking and inspirational speakers on the main stage, and through interactive workshops and concurrent break-outs, is just as important, if not more important, than sessions planned months out. That kind of interaction can be serendipitous, but it can also be planned.

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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 WORKSHOPS.

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Tito Blog | An Event Blog for Organisers

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Part of the reason why I wanted to do the conference was because I wanted to grow a community and grow a movement around this in the United States. “I had been talking to a few people about starting a conference in the US many times, but always chickened out. I’m not trained in conference organisation or conference design.

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Tito Blog | An Event Blog for Organisers

AUGUST 23, 2019

When you first visit the website for FallUp , you might be wondering why I’ve sent you to a student conference when I’m supposed to be recommending events for business owners, so let’s look a little closer.

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Bizzabo

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Programs funded by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) are designed for equity. The Conference offers two session types from today’s leading education experts: large-scale lecture sessions and smaller workshop sessions focused on personal interactions among attendees and presenters. Developer Week.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 31, 2017

Over three days, Airbnb Open distinguished itself as a truly one-of-a-kind event, borrowing some lessons from traditional conference design while breaking with many others. A NEW SENSE OF BELONGING. As you might expect, Airbnb did not have a room block at a host hotel.

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Eventory

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Organizers prepared a multitude of lectures, workshops and networking sessions. Summit provides networking opportunities as well as workshops and highly substantive lectures, and sessions. It’s another large conference that, preceded by a workshop day, provides skills and information on Social Media matter.

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Bizzabo

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Dozens of sessions, presentations, workshops, and expert-led discussion panels will provide Los Angeles with the first ever event of this kind. Attend technical classes and workshops taught by Microsoft Certified Trainers, Microsoft engineers and Microsoft MVPs. Strata Data Conference: London. App Growth Summit LA 2019.

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Stova

MARCH 20, 2023

Offering a series of real-world, and in-depth training courses and workshops on Analytics, PPC, and SEO, BrightonSEO is the place to be to learn SEO and how to do your job a little bit better. HERO CONF April 13 - 14, 2023 – Austin, TX Hero Conf is no ordinary digital marketing conference!

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Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Such process is the focus of the peer conference designs and associated participation techniques that I’ve been developing and writing about here and in my books. Read the full article at Conferences That Work. Image attribution: Flickr user chiotsrun. Sources for additional information.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JANUARY 12, 2018

Consider a preconference workshop for foundational content. For STEM and healthcare conferences, encouraging students to present posters or oral abstracts is typically the only way that they’ll earn the chance to attend. It’s very rare to see a survey response that says “content was over my head.” Put The Kids In The (Poster) Show.

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Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 28, 2024

What makes this notable is that you might not only enjoy learning but also enjoy re-structuring information in a way that brings fresh insights to others—something evident in your emphasis on workshop design and participatory event structures.” ” I’ll admit that when ChatGPT spit this back at me, I was impressed.

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