Conferences that Work

JUNE 12, 2017

I love my meeting design clients, but there is one mistake I see them making over and over again. Clients invariably ask me to help design their meeting after they’ve chosen a venue! Related posts: Help Wanted—Venues for my participation techniques workshops! Read the full article at Conferences That Work.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 25, 2024

Since 2005, I’ve written three successful books on meeting design and facilitation and over 800 weekly blog posts on a wide range of topics. My books continue to sell, and this blog is the world’s most popular website on meeting design and facilitation. Jerry’s workshop was a life-saver for me.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 18, 2022

Back when hardly anyone used the term “hybrid” for a meeting, let alone participated in one, I had the good fortune to participate in a novel session “ Web 2.0 Collaborative Tools Workshop ” designed by Joel Backon at the 2010 annual edACCESS conference. Want to read my other posts on hybrid meetings?

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Gallus Events

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Workshops are a very popular format for getting people stuck into a topic. But not all workshops are created equally. I attended a workshop in Barcelona last week. What is a workshop. Back in 2015 (probably after attending workshops that weren’t workshops) I wrote a post: Definition of a Workshop.

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Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 11, 2021

And simple workshops that support connection (which may be emotional) between participants around relevant content provide better learning experiences. All meeting design needs to recognize this reality. Well, information dumps from an expert lecturer are one of the worst ways to learn anything important. Institutions.

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 7, 2021

Why am I writing about social learning on a blog that’s (mainly) about meeting design? Which means, to create the best meetings we need to maximize the social learning that takes place. [Hint: We’re not more intelligent than other species.] It’s not hard to unleash the power of social learning at your events!

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 18, 2023

3 • Rome, November: Workshop at Bea World – The International Festival of Events and Live Communication It was exciting to end 2023 with an opportunity to lead a workshop in Rome at the Best Event Awards International Festival. This gave me time to get over jet lag before the workshop—plus a few days as a tourist!

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 13, 2017

This is all very well, but it begs the question: what can meeting designers do to make it easier for attendees to participate more at meetings? Every time I find myself wishing for an external event, I realize that I’m way better off focusing on something I can control instead. Seth Godin, What Would Happen.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 25, 2019

A client asked me to facilitate a 90-minute workshop for 600 attendees. The session required extensive set up, so my crew and I worked solidly for three hours to get the room ready and rehearse our workshop tasks. Luckily, an organizer told me I could still use my full time for the workshop. That was a relief to hear.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 12, 2019

The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers declared war on boring lectures in July at the two-day leadership workshop, “Leadership Lessons From World War II.”. Battling PowerPoint. All Five Senses.

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

So here’s my review of Butter, a meeting platform for facilitators to shine. In this review of Butter, I’ll share a big picture overview, what I think is Butter’s finest feature, an example of how to implement a meeting design in Butter, and my closing thoughts. The usual caveats. I explain why below.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 9, 2018

In my case, the demand for the meeting design and facilitation services I provide has been exploding. (In My contributions to meeting education are Participate! workshops I design and lead which provide experiences that significantly improve how the participants design their meetings.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 10, 2017

Among those to exclude are expo only, staff, exhibitors, sponsors, press, guests, workshop-only, and students. (If Here are the steps involved: True Attendee Definition — Certain attendance categories should be removed from the core audience analysis to get to what we refer to as “true attendees.”

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EventMB

MAY 1, 2018

Meetings are a necessity in terms of everyday working life and also creating smaller gatherings or workshops as part of a larger business event can be fruitful if done right. The post 17 Meeting Ideas to Encourage Learning Retention by EventMB Team appeared first on [link].

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Conferences that Work

JULY 24, 2017

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. Sources for additional information.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 29, 2016

Prolonging the misconception, as BizBash implicitly does, that meeting design is principally about sensory design is slowing the adoption of fundamental and innovative process design improvements that can significantly improve our meetings. Instead, let’s broaden our conceptions of what meeting design is.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 1, 2024

PSFG has a deep appreciation for the importance of meeting design. We added more scaffolding/support to the peer session design process and got noticeably better (clearer, more well-defined) peer sessions. ” Its members include over fifty well-known international foundations, non-profits, and collectives.

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Event Marketer

MAY 17, 2023

Designed as the ultimate three-day conversation, EMS 2023 delivered senior-level perspectives on the current state of experiential marketing as the industry continues to find its footing in a post-pandemic climate.

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 26, 2017

The meetings industry is far more aware of the importance of treating and supporting attendees as active participants rather than passive consumers of education. I also moderated the #eventprofs Twitter chats for several years, and until recently, ran the weekly #Eventprofs Happy Hour Hangout for meeting professionals. What’s Next.

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Gallus Events

MAY 9, 2017

Here’s the Bank of Scotland organising a “half day workshop” Again, I wonder, has the event been put together by an events professional? That half day digital workshop, will empower and add really value to every attendee and their business. Large Corporate Companies are using the power of live communications.

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Gallus Events

JUNE 17, 2016

An “insight” session: basically an introduction session to a workshop. They used Meeting Design. Event Strategy in Associations. Much of the day was set to addressing very useful but quite practical areas of events. So in this back up post to the event I’d like to talk strategy.

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Gallus Events

JUNE 17, 2016

An “insight” session: basically an introduction session to a workshop. They used Meeting Design. Event Strategy in Associations. Much of the day was set to addressing very useful but quite practical areas of events. So in this back up post to the event I’d like to talk strategy.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 4, 2019

As the building’s event coordinator, Ross works with clients to design events, including tours and hands-on experiences, ranging from turning wood on a lathe to screen-printing. More Meeting Trends. 5 Trends That are Changing Meeting Design. Download “The Future of Meetings and Events” report.

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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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Planning Pod

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Ideal for: dinners, luncheons, banquets, galas, fundraisers, weddings, presentations, entertainment, workshops, award or recognition ceremonies. Ideal for: classes or courses, seminars, workshops, training, smaller conferences or meetings, presentations, events with computer usage or note-taking. Banquet Setup. Classroom Setup.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 24, 2019

The preconference workshop will address the challenge, “How might the hospitality/tourism industries reduce or prevent unsheltered/homelessness?”. Jamie Murdock (left), vice president of sales at Experient, and consultant Donna Kastner lead a hackathon session at the 2018 Education Conference. The duo will be back at this year’s Educon.

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Slido

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Try something along these lines: What do you expect to get out of this event/training/workshop? At a recent full-day workshop, our facilitator Lukas Bakos prepared an ongoing quiz competition to keep us engaged from 9.00 Using one word, what themes do you want to hear about? What’s your level of understanding of the topic?

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 1, 2019

Where past generations of meeting-goers might have been content as spectators, attendees today are looking for more active participation and experiential learning — starting with the fact that much of what they used to travel for is now available digitally. EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING. All Hands On.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 28, 2018

For the past 134 years, florists have flocked to the Society of American Florists (SAF) Annual Convention , where organizers “work hard to come up with programming that is attractive to all segments of the industry,” said Laura Weaver, CMP, SAF’s director of meetings and conventions.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 1, 2017

Where past generations of meeting-goers might have been content as spectators, attendees today are looking for more active participation and experiential learning — starting with the fact that much of what they used to travel for is now available digitally.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 1, 2019

The European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) Congress had been held annually for more than three decades when the organization reached out in 2015 to Maarten Vanneste, president of the Meeting Design Institute, based in Turnhout, Belgium. That is what we need in meetings.”. That is magic. C&I in Action.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 15, 2019

The past It’s been a long journey becoming brave. Fifty years ago, I was a teenager who, after a single embarrassing moment, gave up dancing in public. For forty years. Twenty-five years ago I was a college professor who spent hours preparing classes, fearful that students would ask me a question I couldn’t answer.

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Together they co-produce strategic sales series workshops at Stanford University. He also speaks at industry and private corporate events, gives training for data scientists and conduct strategy workshops for executives. Bo Krüger is a speaker, facilitator and meeting designer. Where to Find him? What is he known for?

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 25, 2019

As the building’s event coordinator, Ross works with clients to design events, including tours and hands-on experiences, ranging from turning wood on a lathe to screen-printing. More Meeting Trends. 5 Trends That are Changing Meeting Design. Download “The Future of Meetings and Events” report.

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Together they co-produce strategic sales series workshops at Stanford University. He also speaks at industry and private corporate events, gives training for data scientists and conduct strategy workshops for executives. Bo Krüger is a speaker, facilitator and meeting designer. Where to Find him? What is he known for?

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 13, 2016

Bonus insight on another relationship between censorship and meeting design: How you may be treating your meeting evaluations like a Chinese censor. Photo attribution: Flickr user zedzap. Read the full article at Conferences That Work.

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