Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

workshop and Solution Room I recently facilitated for the New York State Bar Association. Sue, 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.

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Eventmobi

MAY 23, 2024

A well-planned and executed conference will do wonders for your organization. A conference can help you achieve these things—if you host it correctly. To ensure your conference is a smashing success, invest in conference management. Keep reading this comprehensive guide to learn: What is a Conference?

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Velvet Chainsaw

JANUARY 4, 2019

Have you ever attended a conference education session because of the presenter and not the content? (I Have you ever been surprised when a full day workshop ended? Content And Conferences. Quick—name one word you hear the most regarding conference education sessions. We design our conference programming around content.

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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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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

My Dutch friend and expert moderator, Jan Jaap In der Maur , recently shared an innovative format for an in-conference pitch competition he devised for the Conventa Crossover Conference , in Ljubljana, Slovenia: “There were also the Conventa Crossover Awards. given at EventCamp Twin Cities on September 9, 2010? If so, download.

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Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The other day, a client booked an hour with me to discuss how to make their conference better. Thinking about our conversation afterward, I realized that all my recommendations involved six fundamental processes that, when implemented well and appropriately, will make any conference better.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Long ago, I participated in and later staffed a series of workshops that profoundly affected my life. The workshop where I created my contract for myself took a deeper perspective. The workshop where I created my contract for myself took a deeper perspective. There are plenty of resources available for writing such contracts.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JANUARY 16, 2020

The bread and butter of conferences is concurrent education sessions. Why do we often leave this most critical and valuable aspect of the conference experience in the hands of speakers who are not prepared to deliver an engaging learning experience? Embrace 21 st Century Learning Principles. Speaker Continuous Improvement Plan.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 14, 2018

Here are nine mythodologies about conferences. At least half the sessions programmed at traditional conferences are not what attendees want. Mythodology: A “ conference curator ” can improve the quality of your conference content. Reality : Sadly, conference curators don’t exist.

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Eventmobi

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

With so many moving parts to juggle, planning a conference can seem like a daunting task. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll walk you through how to plan a conference from A to Z. What Does It Take to Plan a Conference? But how long does it take to plan a conference? The first key to success is to start early!

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Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

80% of meeting professionals prefer f acilitated workshop-style, participatory sessions [ survey by M&C Research, April 2018 Meeting and Conventions magazine ]! I’ve been designing and facilitating workshop-style, participatory sessions since 1992, and participants love them ! Sources for additional information.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 6, 2018

Ah, the ubiquitous conference one-hour lecture. As an example I’ll use a three-day conference I’m currently designing. Here are three session formats we’re using for the middle of the conference arc. In my experience, each of them is far more effective than a traditional conference lecture.

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Event Farm

JULY 8, 2022

To ensure that your attendees return to your conference year after year delivering a memorable event experience is key. This is why “Reimagining the Conference” was the perfect topic for Part 4 of our virtual workshop series on Crafting the Event Experience. Missed Part 4 of our Crafting the Event Experience Workshop series?

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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.)

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IMG

MARCH 29, 2023

The 2023 WBENC National Conference included three amazing days full of networking, connections, and insights at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, TN. Collaboration is Key: The conference emphasizes the importance of collaboration and building strong relationships with clients, suppliers, and partners.

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Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

I enjoyed the improv exercises snuck into various experiential workshops, including some of the (no-longer held) annual Amplifying Your Effectiveness experiential workshops ( sample ). Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post He can only do Segar appeared first on Conferences That Work. No related posts.

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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

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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Conferences that Work

APRIL 25, 2022

The Conference Arc: Building connection while uncovering wants, needs, and resources. This workshop is limited to 100 attendees, so register now ! This workshop is limited to 100 attendees, so register now ! Human spectrograms: a simple tool for learning about other participants. Creating the right program.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 18, 2022

The second is a design I’ll be using in a conference I’ve designed and will be facilitating in June 2022. Collaborative Tools Workshop ” designed by Joel Backon at the 2010 annual edACCESS conference. Collaborative Tools Workshop ” designed by Joel Backon at the 2010 annual edACCESS conference.

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Attendease

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

For instance, let’s say that you’re preparing to host a hybrid event , like a conference or networking session. Ensure they have clear roles tailored to their strengths and interests, whether checking guests in at a conference or collecting donated running shoes for a good cause. Promote wellness among your event team.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post Event Design is how it works appeared first on Conferences That Work. . “ —Steve Jobs, The Guts of a New Machine , 2003 New York Times interview If only we applied Steve’s insight to event design. The notes at the.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 8, 2019

Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post Squaring the circle: creating room sets for connection appeared first on Conferences That Work. The notes at the.

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Attendease

DECEMBER 9, 2019

The marketing and management strategy for a webinar differs, in some ways significantly, from the strategies for launching a multi-day user conference, for example. A corporate event marketer’s purview often includes a wide spectrum of events across the enterprise, with assorted attendee profiles, scale and objectives.

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Velvet Chainsaw

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

If you, as a conference organizer or meeting owner, think selling sponsorships at your event is just about those four to five days when thousands gather face-to-face, think again. The workshop took place at the LVCVA’s D.C. You are worth so much more than that. hosted by Velvet Chainsaw Consulting. “All Leverage is Key.

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GEVME

JANUARY 18, 2021

The Event Industry especially was hit the hardest but has sprung up to action with ideas as innovative as Virtual Conferences. . Being the norm of 2020, virtual conferences are now the staple form of delivering immediate content to one’s audience, while reaping immense benefits. WHY NOT PHYSICAL CONFERENCES? Schedule it right.

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GEVME

JANUARY 18, 2021

The Event Industry especially was hit the hardest but has sprung up to action with ideas as innovative as Virtual Conferences. . Being the norm of 2020, virtual conferences are now the staple form of delivering immediate content to one’s audience, while reaping immense benefits. WHY NOT PHYSICAL CONFERENCES? Schedule it right.

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GEVME

JANUARY 18, 2021

The Event Industry especially was hit the hardest but has sprung up to action with ideas as innovative as Virtual Conferences. . Being the norm of 2020, virtual conferences are now the staple form of delivering immediate content to one’s audience, while reaping immense benefits. WHY NOT PHYSICAL CONFERENCES? Schedule it right.

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Velvet Chainsaw

OCTOBER 31, 2019

It’s difficult to determine what to include — and not include — when collecting attendee data at the time of conference registration. Session Sign-up/Interests/Behaviors — Participants should register for extra-fee workshops or tours during the initial registration process, but not session sign-ups.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 25, 2024

And then in 2005, twenty-eight years later, I felt compelled to write a book about the new ways I’d developed to design and lead conferences that became what the participants wanted and needed. I would need every scrap of my conviction about the importance of peer conferences to persist in what followed. ” Jerry was right.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Before 2020, I was designing and facilitating around a dozen in-person meetings and conferences a year. The design I designed and facilitated a classic peer conference. 2 • Philadelphia, May: One-day association conference The majority of my clients are formal communities of practice, aka associations. Thank you, David!

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post Many “experiential” events are just razzle-dazzle appeared first on Conferences That Work. The problem is that most events touted as experiential simply add irrelevant novelty to a familiar event process. For example, the much-hyped C2 Montréal.

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 14, 2019

Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post Handling a meeting question that isn’t appeared first on Conferences That Work. Sue, Conferences That Work goes to Japan! The first Conferences That Work peer conference held in Japan begins today!

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EventMB

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Wonder is a virtual venue that enables event organizers to host online networking sessions, small conferences, and other virtual events. Wonder is a virtual event space where event planners can host virtual networking events, small-scale conferences, and workshops. Here is our review. Wonder: What Is It?

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Earlier this year, I designed and facilitated an online workshop that was marred by technical difficulties. The workshop was several hours long, and some (but not all) of the participants reported that my video feed froze at times. Shortly afterward, I talked to a client who had participated in the workshop. No related posts.

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 7, 2021

Because social (uncovered) learning is the best learning model for conference sessions. Simply implement the participant-driven and participation-rich processes I’ve described and taught in my books and workshops for over thirty years. We can make a strong case that humans’ true superpower is social learning.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

I created a new Notebook, uploaded the text of my recent blog post titled “ How the Responsibilities of Conferences Mirror Those of Media Platforms ,” and waited for the tool to generate its insights. Audio track [link] Transcript Woman: Ever feel like you’re stuck in a conference rut? ” So far, so good.

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