Conferences that Work

APRIL 1, 2019

This (slightly edited) interview by JT Long appeared in the March 2019 issue of Smart Meetings Magazine. 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. What led to writing the book, Conferences that Work ?

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

” “Substance, not celebrity… celebrity speakers will not boost registrations. So, if you’re one of the thousands of people who have purchased my books or the hundreds of clients who have benefited from my meeting design and facilitation services, please don’t keep me a secret! © Freeman 2024.

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Gallus Events

DECEMBER 11, 2018

I spoke at IBTM in Barcelona ( you can read the “review” here ) at the end of November on one of my favourite topics, Meeting Design or fresh formats for conferences. I then said the way to highlight these issues is to highlight the need for meeting design (or for the sake of this presentation “Fresh Formats”).

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 9, 2018

Also solicited/accepted are keynote/motivational speakers who get paid large fees and provide exciting presentations with, in my experience, little or no content of long-term value to the meeting attendees. In my case, the demand for the meeting design and facilitation services I provide has been exploding. (In

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Let’s look at these three conclusions in the context of meeting design. Most meeting presenters still lecture. And most meeting session presenters resort to lecturing as their dominant session modality. .” Superstar lecturers and motivational speakers.

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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. Speaking truth to power often involves questioning what a speaker has said.

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Gallus Events

MAY 11, 2020

As one of my speakers said during my last online event: “to get to the next level you will have to pay at the next level” Everyone is heading online……… So here they are: The five best online training courses for online events. The meeting design institute have been pioneering hybrid events for as long as I have.

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GEVME

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Same goes for meetings format. Most of the meetings today are still about people sitting down and listening to one or more speakers. And in this information age of declining attention span, it is not a surprise to see that 73% of people acknowledge doing other work during meetings. .

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Conferences that Work

JULY 31, 2017

Although I have good reasons to champion meeting designs where the participants get to choose what they want and need to discuss and learn rather than a program committee , there is invariably a place for some predetermined presentations at conferences. Read the full article at Conferences That Work.

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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. That’s Meeting Design. 4 Ask speakers to construct their content around key themes.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 21, 2022

This coming June will mark my 30th year of designing and facilitating participant-driven and participation-rich meetings. So I designed the workshop as an “ Ask Adrian Anything ” about meeting design and facilitation. I’ve shared the why? and the details of how I typically run this format here.

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Gallus Events

APRIL 21, 2017

Hilton Davos, your meeting rooms could have looked out onto the Swiss Alps! As any Conference Architect, Meeting Designer or experienced planner will tell you: put any meeting in a boring room and you will have a boring meeting. Venue Fail. And as every attendees will tell you, boring is bad.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 1, 2024

PSFG has a deep appreciation for the importance of meeting design. We also had them confirm any facilitators or speakers during this creating time, which made the voting/scheduling piece easier for us. Who here could you enlist as an ally or speaker or support person? I copied the details below. Full group share outs.

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Gallus Events

JULY 1, 2019

And the best way to get a grip of texturising content is to look at the principles of meeting design. I know that the idea of scaling the “meeting design” mountain can seem daunting. If you are designing a physical or an online event these simple tips will set you right.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 10, 2017

At times, we also remove speakers and volunteer leaders as they may justify their participation based more on those roles than their education and networking experience. Among those to exclude are expo only, staff, exhibitors, sponsors, press, guests, workshop-only, and students. (If

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 8, 2019

1992: I organize a conference where there are no expert speakers available (it’s a new field, there are no experts). I quickly discover the size and interest of the meetings industry. Due to interest and demand, I become a meeting designer and facilitator of participant-driven and participation-rich meetings.

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Gallus Events

MAY 18, 2017

This is something very different from the networking that we casually think about: you know, the random meetings over coffee or picking up the delegate pack. So first, a definition of structured networking at conferences: “Using the environment, meeting design or technology to ensure that the right conversations happen”. .

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Gallus Events

APRIL 18, 2017

Add some meeting design. This is where I would also place really good speakers! Meeting design. Ideally every session should have an introductory paragraph followed by some bullet points. We are a full 90 mins in before we introduced a less traditional format for a session. Please add you organisation.

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Plan Your Meetings

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

While this article is directed at speakers, meeting professionals can sneak a peek to better understand the preparation undertaken by effective speakers. From this, planners can learn to better ascertain the suitability of a specific speaker—and even do some advance prep to ensure things run smoothly. Who are they?

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 16, 2018

Fun fact: the testing community often uses my term “peer conferences” for their get-togethers, due to a chat about meeting design I had with tester James Bach at the 2004 Amplifying Your Effectiveness conference.) Most meeting conveners concentrate on feedback about meeting content (“great speakers!”)

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Expo Pass

MARCH 31, 2021

One of the biggest takeaways from all our speakers is that they are ready to keep hybrid events safe, and meet all regional guidelines for meeting in-person. Montegrano pointed out there are even new, and relatively inexpensive gadgets, such as cameras that will focus on the speakers in the room automatically.

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Gallus Events

APRIL 24, 2017

Perhaps it’s your KEYNOTE / best speaker wrapping up the day. The key is to fully embraced an experiential approach, and use meeting design to run a less traditional style conference. The traditional approach would be to do one, or more of the following things: 1. Incentivise (can I say “bribe”?)

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

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. Both attendees and speakers have cameras, “so that the sound is connected in all directions, and the video is connected in all directions,” he said.

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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? When designing an online event, content must be both engaging and relevant —and rightsized, not too much. Make a Profit.

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Gallus Events

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

IBTM session was all about Meeting Design and the venue is about 5 miles from my office, so attending that one was much easier! Chances that the organiser will pay for the time the speakers have put into preparing, traveling and delivering that content will be low. However, none of these events offered to pay a speaker fee.

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Gallus Events

AUGUST 7, 2017

And new areas such as meeting design, seem to spring up from nowhere. And every speaker should be delivering the best possible session, with the event organisers full support. The possibilities of event technology seem to change almost every day. Venues come on line almost by the hour. So how can we cope? Be an event creative.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 16, 2018

When FRESH18 — which bills itself as the first annual conference focused exclusively on meeting design — gets underway Feb. 27-28, it will be showcasing its own solution to a common event-design problem: getting the audience to participate. The speaker is encouraged to remain on hand to join discussions and answer questions.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 1, 2022

Designed by an event planner, this company curates fun virtual experiences in addition to their signature gift boxes. Give speakers, committee leaders, or your team a feel good moment by purchasing a bracelet with a favorite animal to track in the wild. A great engagement gift for influencers too! Cheers In A Box.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

The speaker icon next to the “All Tables” caption allows you to choose the “background chatter volume” Like an in-person social, you can set this so you can hear some of the conversation at other tables. .” Rally has an interesting twist on the sound you hear during an online social.

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Gallus Events

MAY 11, 2020

As one of my speakers said during my last online event: “to get to the next level you will have to pay at the next level” Everyone is heading online……… So here they are: The five best online training courses for online events. The meeting design institute have been pioneering hybrid events for as long as I have.

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Gallus Events

JUNE 17, 2016

They used Meeting Design. They had a gender balanced speaker programme. I would like to commend the organisers in their desire to do things differently: doing things differently is so much harder than following the crowd. They structured the day around peer to peer learning and sharing.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 13, 2024

JT Long interviews keynote speaker, luxury expert and author Neen James to explore how planners can improve profitability, productivity and accountability by paying attention to detail. What One Thing? Elevating Event Experiences with Neen James How can extraordinary attention to detail improve your portability and productivity?

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Gallus Events

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

A creative space brings out the best in attendees and speakers. Rather than being speaker led, a great facilitator is able to bring out the knowledge from all of the attendees. But as they say, a picture says a thousand words! Turn your audience into participants. How can we use all that hidden knowledge?

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 4, 2019

For Matter, Fuson selected a 114-year-old venue that was originally built as a chapel and served as the hub of a residential neighborhood for many years, as well as a meeting place for both the women’s suffrage and civil rights movements. More Meeting Trends. 5 Trends That are Changing Meeting Design. Test Time.

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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. If you focus on getting quality content and the right speakers,” Yang said. “I Some panelists suggested that the digital side of a hybrid event offers even more value. “If

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Event Leadership Institute

APRIL 30, 2021

Other sessions will address positioning your company for post-COVID growth and how the work-from-home culture and decrease in business travel will affect in-person meetings. Look for more announcements to come with additional speakers, the full agenda, and more surprises. Register now for the Business, Design & Strategy Summit.

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 11, 2021

For example, a company may be concerned with how teamwork is affected by inclusion, meeting design or event experiences that simulate common issues and illustrate solutions. Before the conference, create a control group so you can monitor how learning is used post-meeting.

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