Conferences that Work

AUGUST 9, 2021

There’s often a budget for a dramatic big-name speaker or two. If you ask about a budget for event design, stakeholders think you’re talking about decor and drama. But “there’s no budget” for core event design, which is actually about designing great meeting process.

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JULY 13, 2020

How can we entwine content and connection during an online conference? During a MeetingsCommunity (MeCo) discussion thread “ Networking at conferences ” last week, Sharon Fisher posted this. As it happened, I’d just completed facilitating an online conference that I think did entwine content and connection.

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Velvet Chainsaw

AUGUST 9, 2023

For complex conference programs, this insight means that you can increase satisfaction — and reduce attendee anxiety — by providing them with several targeted choices. For conferences that develop education sessions that appeal to a broad audience, applying the principles in this study can improve the attendee experience.

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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.

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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!

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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.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 19, 2024

How can planners help their attendees to feel a sense of genuine belonging through their event design? Whats the business case for having consistent wellness programming in events? The health and wellness stories of 2024 have the answers. The post Best of 2024: Health and Wellness appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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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

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The Green Events and Innovations Conference (GEI17) will once again bring together global innovators and sector leaders to share, network, and accelerate environmental and social actions to make impactful changes in all kinds of events.

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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.

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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.

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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!

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Financial & Insurance Conference Professionals (FICP) brought 700 thought leaders together at JW Marriott Marco Island Beach Resort in Florida to prepare meeting professionals for whatever comes next with a call to reflect, discover and recharge. FICP 2024 Annual Conference will be Nov. How fun is that?

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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.

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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.

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EventMB

MAY 29, 2024

Skift Take: Skift's CEO Rafat Ali and Head of Events Programming Brian Quinn dissect why thoughtful programming and engaging content are the true game-changers for successful conferences. Andrea Doyle Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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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.

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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?”

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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), (..)

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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.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 23, 2021

Dasher, in addition to Nathan Chin, senior product manager for Cvent ; and Phil Saims, vice president of sales for Federal Conference , led the latest Smart Meetings webinar, “Designing Your Event Program for Diversity & Inclusion,” where they tackled the not-always-straightforward topic of DEI. Of meeting planners, 68.3

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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