Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 24, 2018

Here’s my article “ Five Reasons to Change Conferences “ , published in the December 2018, NSA Speaker magazine. But our conference programs still focus on lectures, where a few experts broadcast their knowledge to passive listeners. Related posts: Conferences That Work goes to Japan!

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Velvet Chainsaw

JANUARY 14, 2020

Imagine how you might do your job differently if your performance and compensation were evaluated based on overall session attendance and industry presenter ratings at your annual conference. While this notion may seem a bit extreme, conference education systems need increased accountability, which in turn leads to a competitive advantage.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 10, 2017

In order to design relevant education and networking experiences at our conferences, we need to be focused to the point of obsession with our target audience. Over the past 18 months, we’ve carefully scrubbed and analyzed the attendance of 20 major conferences. Who has the professional development budget to attend every year?

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 22, 2018

Conference organizers still have a tremendous amount of work to do to involve adults in cognitive learning practices. The speaker is doing the majority of the thinking, sense-making and explaining — not the participant. The speaker does the step-by-step problem-solving and shares solutions. Participants then copy the solution.

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Velvet Chainsaw

AUGUST 22, 2017

There’s a place for sponsored content in conference programs, if you’re thoughtful in your approach. As more sponsors embrace content marketing or thought leadership as arguably the most powerful strategy for improving attitudes and perceptions of their brand, conference-speaking slots are increasing in value. Transparency.

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Velvet Chainsaw

APRIL 24, 2019

As the event-tech space continues to evolve with a number of mergers and acquisitions, I see four changes coming for larger annual conferences. #1. Conference organizers who jumped on the big-data bandwagon are drowning in so much information, they can’t make sense of what changes need to be made. Security is Expensive, but Critical.

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Velvet Chainsaw

APRIL 12, 2017

When Velvet Chainsaw Consulting conducted speaker research with 120 associations with research and consulting company Tagoras Inc. in 2013, we found that nearly 77 percent use a call for speakers/sessions process. About 62 percent close off submissions eight months or longer before the conference. Tighten the timeline.

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Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

April 2018, Meetings and Conventions Magazine Do you incorporate participatory sessions into your events? 80% of meeting professionals prefer f acilitated workshop-style, participatory sessions [ survey by M&C Research, April 2018 Meeting and Conventions magazine ]! Sources for additional information.

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GEVME

JUNE 13, 2018

The unique story of any conference should begin with the goal and then a detailed plan on how to reach this goal. In his article for Smashing magazine , the founder of HybridConf, Zach Inglis, states that the aim of every conference organiser should be to create experiences that reenergize people and fill them with new zeal for their work.

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Gallus Events

MAY 8, 2019

The Edinburgh International Magazine Festival has the potential to re-imagine an international festival by focusing on the communities built around that most accessible of print media: the magazine. . I’ve worked with PPA in the past but I stumbled upon the conference being promoted online last year.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JANUARY 17, 2019

As conference organizers this leads us to bad decisions when selecting speakers and programming where we promote sharing success stories over asking questions, verifying validity and understanding context. See Michael Shermer, editor in chief of Skeptic magazine, The Belief Module, Skeptic 5 , no. Wonderful Word Of Stories.

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 10, 2022

Our trade magazines mainly report on big events, the ones with big-name speakers and eye candy razzle-dazzle. “ Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post Make the meeting bigger! appeared first on Conferences That Work. What we shouldn’t do. The event industry unduly focuses on large meetings.

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Velvet Chainsaw

DECEMBER 7, 2022

While keynote speakers can still be a significant attendance driver, I think 2023 is the year to resurrect the industry panel. Conference organizer provides speaker coaching for effective TED talks. A skilled facilitator develops and delivers an audience engagement plan after each speaker. Differentiation.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JANUARY 26, 2017

Impact on Healthcare Conferences? Here are four questions (and tips) for your conference committee to consider as they navigate this changing landscape: 1. Tip: have each conference committee member reach out to five to ten key attendees to understand their pressing priorities. Session Mix. Submissions or curation?

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Velvet Chainsaw

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Some organizations spend as little as 2 percent and have a very healthy conference product, while others rack up spending in the 20- to 25-percent range and are on life support. Here are four insights we’ve learned from analyzing the marketing-spend category: Marketing spend for conferences with an expo is usually closer to 6 percent.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 1, 2019

This (slightly edited) interview by JT Long appeared in the March 2019 issue of Smart Meetings Magazine. 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.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 24, 2019

Most meeting organizers invest a significant amount of time creating the educational programming for their annual conference. Models vary, but most include a 15- to 20-person conference committee (slotters) and army of reviewers (graders). Help this group become even better by investing in speaker coaching/training.

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Velvet Chainsaw

APRIL 12, 2023

Contingency plan, A, B & C: iStock Credit: Andrii Dodonov Last fall, two of our consulting clients were scheduled to have their annual conferences in Orlando. Fortunately, this association had already planned a digital version of the conference to be held four weeks after the in-person event. It served as a very successful plan B.

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Velvet Chainsaw

DECEMBER 11, 2019

If your conference is like most, sponsorship revenue is underperforming. There are two benchmarks we like to use to identify healthy conference revenue business models: Industry revenue — 30 percent or more of a conference’s total revenue should come from the combination of sponsor, exhibit and advertising revenue.

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Velvet Chainsaw

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

For most conference committees (and next-gen participants), they’re a snore. Elements of your conference should always put the participants and the profession ahead of the volunteer leaders. Speakers to facilitators-of-learning. Speakers should no longer be the sage on the stage, but rather the guide on the side.

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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! Here it is—enjoy!

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Brighton Music Conference (BMC), the UK’s foremost electronic music and networking event will still be going ahead on 1st and 2nd of October but as a virtual only event, streamed live and on-demand. Unfortunately, the physical conference can no longer take place as planned due to new Government restrictions.

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Velvet Chainsaw

APRIL 5, 2017

So the quality of our conversations — especially those participants have with others at conferences and meetings — has a direct chemical impact on them, those around them, and therefore on the organizations they belong to. You want to strive for Level 3 at your conferences: Level 1 conversations are transactional in nature.

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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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Exhibitor Magazine

AUGUST 14, 2024

BERLIN - IFA today announced keynote speakers and conference programs that combine history, culture, entertainment, business, product innovations and.

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Eventinterface

DECEMBER 20, 2016

We are joined today by Corbin Ball, an international speaker, consultant and writer helping clients worldwide use technology to save time and improve productivity. With 20 years of experience running international technology meetings, he now is a highly acclaimed speaker with the ability to make complex subjects understandable and fun.

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Prestige Events Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

IBTM has revealed human connection specialist and award-winning author, Simone Heng , will be a keynote speaker at its flagship IBTM World event. Simone is part of an electrifying line-up of speakers at the leading global trade show who will amplify the unparalleled power of events to offer personal experiences.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 1, 2016

I t wasn’t too long ago that becoming a professional speaker was the third step a thought leader took in his or her career. In the digital age, thought leaders establish a following by cultivating an online presence, thereby skipping a step on the path to becoming a qualified speaker. Look for authenticity plus charisma.

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GEVME

JUNE 15, 2020

Mastering the science of running digital conferences, Zoltan Tudnik, Co-Founder and Head of Business at Hipther agency, TEDx speaker and our guest speaker at the third episode of Digital Event Series , believes that the event industry will be back to normal with face-to-face meetings.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JULY 31, 2024

‘Distilling Excellence’ has been announced as the overarching theme for the upcoming Hotel Leadership Conference 2025, taking place 20-21 January 2025 at Hilton London Bankside. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the official Hotel Leadership Conference website.

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Prestige Events Magazine

AUGUST 21, 2024

More than 60 conference sessions have been confirmed for this year’s World Travel Market London , bringing together leading experts and ministers, helping WTM cement its reputation as the world’s most influential travel and tourism event. Every year WTM strives to make the conference programme indispensable.

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 29, 2018

Smart Meeting Northern California speaker Eileen McDargh says, “don’t settle for just a banner on the stage with your company’s name.” Consider sponsoring a professional speaker and get creative about partnering. Make sure the speaker is versed in your product or service. Use t he speaker for both a keynote and a break-out.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Registration is now open for the Green Events & Innovations Conference 2021, and this time it’s virtual. The 13th edition of the essential conference for sustainability in events will take place online on Tuesday 2 March 2021.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JULY 30, 2024

Over 350 DRPG team members from across the organisation’s global offices came together for its annual global summer conference last week at the Hilton Metropole, Birmingham. The DRPG team were introduced to renowned guest speakers Rebecca Mander and Nick Elston, who delivered keynotes focused on mental resilience in times of adversity.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JULY 17, 2024

The Hospitality Professionals Association has revealed early details of its 2024 HOSPACE event, which is set to bring together some of the industry’s leading minds at its annual conference this November.

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Eventinterface

MAY 17, 2017

As audiences have evolved, planners must now use a variety of communication and marketing techniques to successfully engage all generations of attendees at their conferences and events. They are used to searching hashtags to locate photos of themselves to share with their friends, and find conference content. Where are you coming from?

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Eventmobi

JUNE 4, 2018

The “She Means Business Conference” – a joint effort by the German magazine tw-tagungswirtschaft and IMEX’s Carina Bauer – set out to create an inspiring event for both men and women with a shared goal: celebrating the role of women in the meetings industry.

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