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. Write a book? Outwardly, I’ve succeeded. So here’s my story.

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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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Conferences that Work

MAY 20, 2024

Improving Conferences That Work I designed and facilitated my first peer conference in 1992. I ran them in my spare time for thirteen years before writing my first book. Conferences That Work: Creating Events That People Love took four years to write. When it was published in 2009, my peer conference work exploded.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 18, 2020

I developed The Three Questions in 1995 as a fundamental opening process for peer conferences. It’s described and explained in all three of my books. You can find the most detailed implementation in Chapter 18 of my 2019 book, Event Crowdsourcing. Conferences That Work [2009] (Chapter 25, pages 260-265).

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Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Having a new lineup every year of speakers at conferences, or different decor and F&B at special events is not enough. The JKWeddingDance , invented in 2009, became a fun and novel format for Western weddings, but such innovations are rare. But conferences, where people come to learn and connect, are a different matter.

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 30, 2022

Animazement, a multi-day celebration of Japanese visual culture, including anime, manga (a style of Japanese comic books and graphic novels), video games, and more, hosted close to 11,000 fans at its 2022 convention — a far cry from its humble origins. Place: Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh, North Carolina. 2022 attendees: 10,812.

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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). Invent a way to make the conference successful based on the collective needs, wants, and experience of the attendees. The conference has run continually for the last 27 years.) This is something new.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 3, 2023

As you may know, I have been selling my ebooks at a fixed price of $11.00 since 2009. Furthermore, I have consistently produced high-quality books on meeting design that have received critical acclaim and have helped thousands of meeting professionals to significantly improve their conferences. on April 15, 2023. to $49.99.

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The MICE Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The city promotes public transport by offering free tickets to attendees who book their hotel stays through Stuttgart Marketing. Since its reopening in September 2009, the venue has expanded its facilities. Today, it has 14 conference rooms and 6 theme-based restaurants. Additionally, Stuttgart has efficient road networks.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 29, 2016

The first time I met him—at the premier EventCamp in 2010 —he immediately purchased my just-published book, sight unseen. In 2009, Jill and Kevin created the JKWeddingDance for their Big Day, and the traditional Western wedding was enriched forever. 3 — Conferences That Work. 3 — Conferences That Work. If so, download.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 31, 2021

Figuring out ways to make the fundamental human act of meeting better, motivated by nothing more than the pleasure it gave me, led me to write a book about what I had learned. To my surprise, when I published Conferences That Work: Creating Events That People Love in 2009, I found myself professionally involved in the meeting industry.

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Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Through lists…” —Umberto Eco, SPIEGEL Interview , 2009 Managing my life Are you blessed with a perfect memory? So I have a Brattleboro list (for things to do when I go into town), a Boston list (for when I am at our apartment there), a Book 3 list (for tasks remaining before I publish my next book) and lists for current client projects.

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Convene by PCMA

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

She also will continue to manage and strategize sales operations for future business booked into the Washington State Convention Center. Saling joined Visit Seattle in 2009 and most recently served as vice president of convention sales and services. Julius Solaris.

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Bizzaboo

JULY 25, 2023

If you book this spot you’ll also have access to a dedicated venue coordinator, catering and bar services, and both unique, interconnected event spaces. It is a former church that was converted into a performance space in 2009. Rent one or all three of their spacious ballrooms for your next wedding, conference, or gala.

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MeetingsNet

MAY 13, 2019

Top 5 reasons to book medical meetings in the heart of healthcare innovation, biomedical advancement. And, with a diverse portfolio of conference-friendly resorts and access to medical innovation campuses, Phoenix emerging as a cutting-edge destination for medical meetings. Hotels and resorts bask in near-perpetual sunshine.

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AltexSoft Travel

MARCH 20, 2020

However, over thirty years passed before the first composite commercial jet entered mass production: The Boeing 787 Dreamliner launched in 2009 comprised 80 percent of its volume and 50 percent of weight in carbon fiber. How soon will the current crisis end and people start to book tickets, tours, and hotel rooms again?

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Conferences that Work

MAY 13, 2024

If you’d told me back in 2009 that by 2024 I’d have written over a thousand blog posts for this website, I’d have told you you were crazy. (I’ve I’ve published 827; the rest are drafts, but still.) I’d have thought I would have run out of ideas years ago. Yes, I do have new ideas regularly! .”

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 30, 2018

Since the inception of these national and regional events in 2009, “I’m proud to say that over $500 million worth of business has been booked as a result of Smart Meetings,” Bright said. Do Ask, Do Tell. Daren Martin.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Although technology in the form of human tools has existed for over three million years and we’ve had books for over half a millennium, the first history of technology wasn’t written until 1954.” While the meeting industry is slowly realizing the importance of facilitating connection at events, traditional conferences still dominate.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 12, 2022

I joined Twitter in 2009 and have had ~8,600 followers for the last few years. This is not an exhaustive review (which would at this point need to be book-length). But its open network plus community ownership is a strong plus in my book. This is a huge plus in my book. And it’s biased toward platforms I like.

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Convene by PCMA

MARCH 20, 2025

The competition gives startups seeking to solve real-world problems the opportunity to pitch their companies as part of the Startups Track of the SXSW Conference each year. Since the Pitch program launched in 2009, finalists have raised more than $23 billion in funding.

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