Conferences that Work

AUGUST 16, 2021

And it made me think about meeting design. And, me being me, I thought about what Marcy had just said in the context of meeting design. And meetings are no exception. But when we are fully engaged in a meeting, we are just there , immersed in and responding to what is happening. The rehearsal.

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Gallus Events

MAY 2, 2017

Clients often ask me, what should they look for in a venue that will support a creative conference? Where possible I do my best to recommend a venue, and explain why I like it, but unfortunately even in our busy cities the number of ‘understanding’ venues are too few. Finding a creative venue and what to look for!

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Prestige Events Magazine

MAY 25, 2021

WFH and Zoom meetings have become the ‘norm’ over the last 14 months, but with the Government now easing restrictions around a return to the office and attending events, 65 Queen’s Gate in South Kensington has revamped its Kingfisher Room to gives businesses the option of a less formal atmosphere for meetings and get-togethers.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 11, 2021

From Abu Dhabi to San Francisco, abandoned warehouses and empty venues are being filled with projectors that bathe visitors in images from the Dutch master Vincent Van Gogh, sometimes with competing “immersive experiences” in the same city. What can meeting professionals learn from this popular pop-up social media craze?

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Gallus Events

APRIL 21, 2017

And you have meeting rooms with this view. If event planners want meetings to deliver value to their attendees, they have to stop using meeting rooms like this. If venues really want to run great meetings they have to give more thought to the spaces they create. Venue Fail. Really, what were you thinking?

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EventMB

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Skift Take: Meetings and events now play a pivotal role in reconnecting teams within a supportive, nurturing environment. Every element of meeting design needs to be carefully considered with delegate welfare in mind. Hilton Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings . Hilton Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 1, 2024

Paul Nunesdea : And hello, hello, dear viewers, this is a soft start of our third episode in 2024 of Talk to Your Meeting Doctors. Lovely to meet you, Adrian. And it’s mostly about meeting design and facilitation, but I write about all kinds of things. Or people who own sports venues in the United States.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Events and media consultant Julius Solaris shared at the Unforgettable Experience Design Summit that he was initially very enthusiastic about unconference format events. But Julius didn’t see them catch on and now focuses on other aspects of the meeting industry. Venue room capacity charts don’t include these designs.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 12, 2024

Religious meetings are a small, fascinating subset of the meeting industry. I learned about them when I presented at The Religious Conference Management Association annual conference in 2014, and I’ve written about what meeting designers can learn from religious services.

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Event Marketer

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Whether it’s a meeting designed to galvanize the salesforce or a beach retreat that rewards staffers for their achievements, companies are leaning on team-building events to support—and retain—employees. Projected flower designs on the domed ceiling mapped back to the event’s “Bloom” theme. Make it recreational.

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EventMB

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Find out which are the best seating layouts for different events and some ways to mix it up with more unusual layouts to increase engagement in meeting design. When planning an event or meeting, one of the hardest parts […]. The room layout can have a huge impact on the engagement and learning at your event.

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MeetingsNet

JUNE 6, 2022

A meeting designer used a carbon-dioxide meter in all the spaces he moved through while attending a recent conference. In late May, Adrian Segar attended a meeting-industry leadership summit in San Juan, Puerto Rico. With the meeting-room doors open, my meter typically showed readings between 500 and 600,” he noted.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Meetings don’t look how they used to. But when it comes to trends, where should meeting industry professionals put their focus? While the shifts are plentiful, there are five that stand out from the fold when it comes to modern event design. Here are five meeting industry trends that are changing the game.

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Gallus Events

MARCH 22, 2016

3 Use meeting design to create the framework for great content. With these first two steps covered: bringing together the content expert and the programme expert, the next step was to add some meeting design. We had round table sessions which took place in the informal areas of the venue. and in small groups.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Change is imminent — and in the meetings industry, it’s upon us. While the shifts are plentiful, there are five that stand out from the fold when it comes to modern event design. Here’s how the meetings industry is changing the game. With that, they’re also now the largest pool of potential meeting attendees.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 22, 2020

Virtual meetings require careful design to keep attendees engaged and deliver value for the hosts. But how do you translate the energy and insights from a face-to-face meeting through a computer screen? One of the main reasons for business events or meetings is to deliver some kind of information.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 19, 2021

Armies of cleaners have been deployed to disinfect surfaces at venues, yet the risk of surface transmission of COVID-19 is low. At the start of the pandemic, fears around the spread of COVID-19 spawned a cleaning frenzy among consumers and venues. Venue Ventilation. Seventyfour/Adobe Stock). Maridav/Adobe Stock). Adrian Segar.

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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. After COVID decimated the meeting industry, I focused on the design and facilitation of online meetings. He has stayed on top of new meeting trends and technologies for decades. In 2023, in-person is back!

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Rally provides a venue with multiple rooms , and each room can have a variable number of tables. Venue owners can make other attendees co-hosts. Venue owners can make other attendees co-hosts. Rally can provide hosts with a custom URL for their venue. The company says they are exploring increasing room size to 50.

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SpotMe Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Strategic meetings management is a concept that’s over 20 years old but has recently taken on a new form. Gone are the days of simply executing logistical tasks and coordinating venues and catering. The time for strategic meetings management is now. What Is Strategic Meetings Management?

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The meetings, events and incentives community will come together this week to make valuable business connections, learn and network as The Meetings Show returns. Here are some of the highlights of The Meetings Show 2021: Inspiring exhibitors. Quality hosted buyers. Education, education, education.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 5, 2016

From books that take an irreverent approach to meeting planning to comprehensive guides on everything from meeting design to green events , this reading list has everything the modern meeting planner needs for a relaxing day of poolside reading. Into the Heart of Meetings: Basic Principles of Meeting Design.

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Prestige Events Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2022

Award-winning events and meetings space provider, Warwick Conferences , has announced the appointment of Christine Jones as Business Development Manager. In her new role, Christine will be using her extensive experience to manage client relationships to ensure events are designed to meet wider business objectives.

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Social Tables

APRIL 17, 2019

Each week, we email a short survey to a mix of over 23,000 planners, venues, and hotels. Meanwhile, venue respondents reported that important pieces get lost in endless email chains and cross-functional work can get confusing due to a lack of alignment on priorities across departments.

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Unique Venues

JANUARY 7, 2020

Productivity is highest when business meetings are held at venues that can accommodate technology needs and provide the right resources and environment to get down to business. We’ve compiled our list for Top Pick venues that will foster productivity and help you get the job done. FHI360 Conference Center.

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Expo Pass

MARCH 31, 2021

Venues are reopening, the virtual world is blending with the in-person world, and hybrid events are definitely the future. Virtual is too accessible and convenient to give up, but at the same time, people can’t wait to meet in person again. From the venue, to virtual elements, everything can be tailored to an organizer’s exact needs.

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Gallus Events

APRIL 6, 2016

What does your choice of venue say about your brand? . We’ve done our best to stay away from traditional meeting rooms. Although it’s not possible all the time it’s a great idea to book a funky venue, if you want to reflect an innovative brand. How is your brand reflected outside of the meeting?

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Stova

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Hybrids will likely see widespread adoption as F2F meetings reemerge from the pandemic for a number of reasons: Some attendees may not wish to travel to the event for fear of contagion or other health and safety concerns. There will likely be reduced travel funds available for event attendance due to economic downturns.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 4, 2019

The appetite for experiential tours among those who come to Portland for meetings and conventions has grown noticeably in the last two years, Morgan said. They might see what were rundown buildings finding new life as pop-up dinner spaces or music venues or art galleries. “At We talk about ‘community not competition’ a lot here.

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Gallus Events

APRIL 24, 2017

Remove distractions by holding your event at a slightly remote venue. So perhaps, a venue just round the corner from Oxford Street isn’t the best idea! The key is to fully embraced an experiential approach, and use meeting design to run a less traditional style conference. Don’t hold your event on a Friday.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 22, 2020

The panel members — a corporate planner, two association planners, a meeting-design expert, and a hotel executive — discussed the viability of hybrid events. The July 2 event at the World Forum in The Hague welcomed 65 attendees in the venue and more than 160 online viewers. Holland Park Media).

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The multi-hub format, with multiple connected venues like this meeting with 18 hubs in Spain, combines the benefits of both. The “reimagined” meeting now will take place entirely online, with a daylong agenda that includes keynote speaker Billie Jean King, multiple panels, and breakout sessions. The Multi-Hub Meeting.

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Gallus Events

MARCH 22, 2016

3 Use meeting design to create the framework for great content. With these first two steps covered: bringing together the content expert and the programme expert, the next step was to add some meeting design. We had round table sessions which took place in the informal areas of the venue. and in small groups.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

When looking for sites for hybrid meetings, more than one-third of respondents to Convene’ s Recovery Dashboard surveys conducted in late summer and fall were looking for venues with broadcasting facilities — and convention centers around the world have worked quickly to meet the demand. As they do, we’re noticing a trend.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Care to join us for some stimulating conversation about multi-hub meetings? Everyone who works in the event industry knows the power of meetings. And who says we have to stop at single-hub meetings? An entrepreneur since he was only 18 years old, Maarten has over 35 years of experience in meeting design.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 30, 2018

Afterwards, we saw many people swapping business cards and making arrangements to meet up again. Such workshops routinely meet the outcomes they’re designed to achieve: creating useful and memorable learning experiences and connections. Help Wanted—Venues for my participation techniques workshops! It is one.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Now you have been tapped to plan an offsite for the executive team, a quarterly all-staff meeting or a new product activation. We asked some of the people creating meeting magic today alongside the massive influx of new meeting designers that have come to the industry since Covid for tips on what to ask your partners and when to get started.

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