Conferences that Work

MARCH 18, 2019

“Experiential” is the new hot adjective used to describe events. “No more listening to speakers; you’re going to have experiences !” ” Sadly, many of these so-called experiential events are phony. Conferences That Work goes to Japan! The promoters slap a novel environment (e.g., Here are three.

Conference 198

Conference Speakers Events Event Design 198

Conferences that Work

APRIL 1, 2024

On Tuesday, March 26, 2024 , I sat down with Martin Duffy and Paul Nunesdea on LinkedIn Live for an hour’s deep dive conversation about peer conferences: the participant-driven, participation-rich events I’ve designed and facilitated for over thirty years. Peer Conferences Unveiled—The Transcript!

Conference 241

Conference Meetings Corporate Meetings Association Meetings 241

EventMB

APRIL 30, 2024

Skift Take: Logistics are important when planning conferences but often overshadow what most are in the room for, content. Andrea Doyle Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

Conference 197

Conference Meetings Speakers Event Design 197

Eventmobi

AUGUST 9, 2022

The Event Goal. For their annual ‘Spotlight on HR’ conference, the Meeting Expectations management team wanted to set a new record for member adoption and engagement on their Event App. Giving their Event App a distinctive but simple name made it easier to find in the app store. The Back Story.

Event Apps 363

Event Apps Meetings 2014 2015 363

EventMB

AUGUST 20, 2024

A conference focused on female founders would seem like an accepting place for babies, wouldn’t it? Elena Brandt, the founder of a market research startup called Besample , was excited to attend the Y Combinator Female Founders Conference 2024 , in August. The conference featured successful female speakers that I wanted to hear from.

Conference 139

Conference 2024 Trade Shows Meetings 139

Velvet Chainsaw

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Your conference-slip is showing! Well conference professionals, your conference-slip is showing. If conference hosts and meeting professionals don’t foster and protect specific beliefs about today’s society and business, they lack the intellectual framework for their event to transform lives. Hat tips Stephen J.

Conference 150

Conference Conference Planning Tech Speakers 150

Conferences that Work

JULY 12, 2021

. — Hack the peak-end rule to maximize conference impact , April 2013. So, clearly, we should ensure that events end with a “powerful finish”, so they’ll be especially memorable. What can we learn from professional speakers? Think about good professional speakers for a moment. Well, maybe not.

2013 272

2013 Speakers Conference Events 272

Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 3, 2018

And I’ve come to learn that I think a desire to learn makes doing something new just a little less scary.” ——Jony Ive, Apple designer Jony Ive explains how ‘teetering towards the absurd’ helped him make the iPhone At conferences we also learn better when we learn in community. Conferences That Work goes to Japan!

Conference 150

Conference Speakers Events Event Design 150

Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Speaker recruiting? The best and most engaging moderated event I’ve seen was a workshop on “visual thinking strategies” at Innovation Leader’s Impact conference, where the moderator of the discussion spent about 45 min having a group discussion about a Picasso painting. What are 1-2 of your online moderating pro tips?

Social Media 407

Social Media Speakers Conference Meetings 407

Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Simpler internal team meetings, VIP events, and client advisory boards will be among the most common types of meetings as we go forward. That doesn’t mean they don’t need all the things that larger meetings need, including speakers.” Here’s how you should proceed: Starting a new conference?

Meetings 211

Meetings 2024 Contracts Conference 211

PCMA Convene

AUGUST 8, 2017

Convene podcast host Ashley Milne-Tyte talks to Katie Orenstein, the founder and CEO of The Op-Ed Project, about why it can be a struggle to get diverse speakers and why it’s worth the effort. . Katie Orenstein at a conference. She understands everyone wants brilliant speakers at their events. That wasn’t discussed.

Speakers 89

Speakers Conference Negotiating 2015 89

Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The speakers didn’t model what they were preaching during their talk! Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post A class is a meeting appeared first on Conferences That Work. Talking about incorporating active learning, interaction, and participation into college classes is great. No related posts.

Meetings 296

Meetings 2022 Education Speakers 296

Conferences that Work

JANUARY 10, 2022

The event industry unduly focuses on large meetings. Our trade magazines mainly report on big events, the ones with big-name speakers and eye candy razzle-dazzle. How can we get our old, big events back? Some respond by increasing their event marketing. appeared first on Conferences That Work. What to do?

Meetings 361

Meetings Meeting Design 2020 Speakers 361

Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

In contrast, that’s way ahead of their second choice: Professional speakers delivering presentations (58%). I’ve been designing and facilitating workshop-style, participatory sessions since 1992, and participants love them ! Smart conference producers incorporate participatory sessions into their events.

Education 271

Education Meetings 2011 2012 271

Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

At a traditional meeting, however, perceived status roles rarely change significantly during the event. This leads to a number of problems, which I described in my first meeting design book: Conferences That Work. At many events, only high status people talk. The first agreement…. …is is about staying on time.

Meetings 352

Meetings Conference Negotiating Speakers 352

Event Industry News

OCTOBER 7, 2019

The second lecture in the University of Westminster’s autumn Event Design Lecture Series takes place on Monday 14th October. This includes designing the internationally acclaimed Zeitgeist event in the UK for the last 14 years. Brand Events. Conferences. Event Tech. Sporting Events.

Event Design 102

Event Design Telecommunications 2005 Banking 102

Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

So, unlike a speaker or presenter, I am comfortable being the center of inattention most of the time. Otherwise turn off individual computer speakers and all mikes except for the one in-person participant currently talking.). Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post Can you hear me now? No related posts.

Speakers 341

Speakers Hospitality Conference Meetings 341

EventMB

JUNE 30, 2022

These are the sorts of value-adds that attendees have come to expect after the pandemic-inspired metamorphosis of event tech. Intentional Event Design. The post Hot Tech Conference Collision Defies Odds, Draws 35,000 to Toronto appeared first on Skift Meetings.

Tech 150

Tech Conference 2019 Event Tech 150

Attendease

MARCH 10, 2022

However, when it comes to event registration, one size does not fit all. For example, registering for a webinar or an in-house educational seminar differs greatly from the registration process for a multi-day user conference. Communicating Your Event Registration. Consider The Entire Experience.

Speakers 387

Speakers Events Marketing Education 387

Conferences that Work

MARCH 16, 2020

As in face-to-face large meetings, this speaker-switching mechanism doesn’t work with a large group without central control over who, or how many, can speak at any moment. Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post The meeting industry coronavirus silver lining appeared first on Conferences That Work.

Meetings 363

Meetings Technology Financial Entertainment 363

Event Marketer

JANUARY 29, 2024

“Google wants to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible—that is the mission of the company—and I think if you follow that sentiment to its logical conclusion, accessibility and making things accessible to all of our users can only happen if we understand what our users need, and that goes for live events, as well.”

Event Design 121

Event Design 2009 Events Speakers 121

Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 17, 2018

. “Experiential” has become a buzzword to use to describe hip events. Instead of listening to speakers, you’re going to have — wait for it — experiences ! The problem is that most events touted as experiential simply add irrelevant novelty to a familiar event process.

2011 256

2011 Education Conference Speakers 256

Conferences that Work

APRIL 1, 2019

What led to writing the book, Conferences that Work ? 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. I asked people, “If this conference could be amazing for you, what would it be about?”

2014 259

2014 2019 Conference Meeting Design 259

Conferences that Work

AUGUST 30, 2021

All quotes are from the article “ Virtual Growing Pains: Initial Lessons Learned from Organizing Virtual Workshops, Summits, Conferences, and Networking Events during a Global Pandemic “ in the Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin. Conferences are an important learning and support resource for early career scientists.

Meetings 295

Meetings 2020 Conference Travel 295

Event Industry News

JANUARY 31, 2023

With just 4 weeks to go until The Green Events and Innovations Conference (GEI15) opens its doors, the foremost conference for sustainable events is delighted to announce a new batch Of Climate-Busting Sessions And Speakers Including Jane Healy (Glastonbury/Boomtown Festival), Artur Mendes (Boom Festival, Portugal), Abena Fairweather (Legacy Marketplace), (..)

Speakers 81

Speakers Conference Sustainability Events 81

Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

For over thirty years I’ve been making clients’ conferences significantly better, for about the cost of a conference coffee break. I make conferences better by dramatically increasing attendee satisfaction. I’d argue that hiring me is the most effective and cost-effective way to improve any event.

2024 235

2024 Conference Meeting Design Speakers 235

Attendease

MARCH 10, 2022

However, when it comes to event registration, one size does not fit all. For example, registering for a webinar or an in-house educational seminar differs greatly from the registration process for a multi-day user conference. Communicating Your Event Registration. Consider The Entire Experience.

Speakers 341

Speakers Events Marketing Education 341

Conferences that Work

JULY 8, 2024

Right after PSFG’s second peer conference in May 2024, I was delighted to receive detailed feedback from Rachel (in red ), which I shared in full in Part 1. Peer session development process Rachel made two great additions to the peer session development process we’d designed for her first peer conference.

Conference 241

Conference Speakers 2024 Meetings 241

Conferences that Work

APRIL 22, 2019

” 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.

2011 333

2011 2012 Education Conference 333

Planning Pod

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

Or you couldn’t hear the speaker or band because the PA loudspeakers were too far away or not positioned properly? All of these things are the result of flawed (or no) event floor layout design, and poor event layout design can be just as damaging to the success of your event as bad food or a no-show speaker or entertainer.

Event Design 100

Event Design Food and Beverage Venues Events 100

Conferences that Work

APRIL 15, 2024

. ‘Connect’ The importance of connection A survey I conducted of attendees while writing Conferences That Work confirmed (as do many other meeting surveys) that the two most important reasons people go to meetings are to connect (80%) and learn (75%). Nevertheless, many conferences are structured like this.

Conference 235

Conference Speakers Meetings Event Design 235

Conferences that Work

JULY 29, 2019

“You’ll love this…I went to a 4 hour morning workshop at this digital conference. The speaker said, this will be interactive because no one wants to listen to me talk for four hours. If a presenter (like me) is actually running a workshop, please don’t insist on calling them a speaker ! The notes at the.

B2C 184

B2C B2B 2011 Speakers 184

Conferences that Work

JULY 1, 2024

All the conferences I design and facilitate have a time and place for participants to share their experiences. But most clients don’t give me post-event feedback about my work or the event. I asked her to visualize and draw what PSFG wanted and needed the conference to achieve. And that’s okay.

2024 235

2024 Conference 2023 2022 235

Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Superstar lecturers and motivational speakers. “ Including highly paid keynote speakers at meetings is a meeting industry fixation. Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post Why switching to active learning is hard — and worth it appeared first on Conferences That Work.

2012 227

2012 Speakers Education 2019 227

Attendease

JULY 13, 2021

In a recent interview with Attendease , event expert Tahira Endean shared the example of how IBM set a new record for attendance at one of its major corporate events in 2020. Its IBM Think conference attracted over 100,000 attendees as opposed to a typical 30,000 attendees for its in-person event. . What’s the event goal?

Corporate Events 370

Corporate Events Event Management Management Tech 370

Conferences that Work

JULY 20, 2020

A nice feature of Zoom is that their picture will then jump to the top of Zoom’s speaker or gallery view. Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post The best way to hold a discussion online appeared first on Conferences That Work. When someone wants to speak, they turn on their camera and microphone.

Fashion 300

Fashion Speakers Conference Meetings 300

PCMA Convene

APRIL 4, 2018

How do you get more bang for your buck when hiring paid speakers and recruiting unpaid speakers? The investment is significant for both — paid or unpaid, speakers cost serious time, dollars, and resources. First of all, create an agreement with all of your breakout speakers. Flip the speaker calls. Be a greeter.

Speakers 85

Speakers Conference Marketing Event Design 85