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Humanity’s problem is a meeting problem

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In 2009, the biologist E.O. I think it’s also a meeting problem: “The real problem of humanity is the following: we have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and god-like technology.” 9 September 2009. 9 September 2009. And so it goes with meetings. The things we do reflect our culture.

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5 Reasons I’m Grateful for My Clients After 40+ Years of Consulting

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” I became fascinated by the culture of organizations. When it was published in 2009, my peer conference work exploded. Today, because consulting on meeting design and facilitation is a niche practice, marketing via sharing my website posts with subscribers and on social media has also become a significant source of new clients.

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5 Meeting Industry Trends That Are Changing the Face of Events

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As you can tell, planners are expected to design more complex, innovative experiences than ever before. Meanwhile, according to the AMEX Global Meetings Forecast , the numbers of meetings annually has only grown 5.4% since 2009, but the total number of attendees at these meetings has grown by 22.7%.

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5 Ways the Meetings Industry is Changing the Face of Events

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Meanwhile, according to the AMEX Global Meetings Forecast , the total numbers of meetings annually has only grown 5.4% since 2009, but the total number of attendees at these meetings has grown 22.7%. Put simply, meetings aren’t just more complex concept-wise, they’re also just plain bigger.

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Event design is not just visuals and logistics

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These forms are essentially invisible to us and previous generations because they have been at the heart of social and professional culture for so long. In 2009, Jill and Kevin created the JKWeddingDance for their Big Day, and the traditional Western wedding was enriched forever. 2 — Elementary Meetings.

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Peer Conferences Deep Dive—Meeting Doctors transcript and video

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And it’s mostly about meeting design and facilitation, but I write about all kinds of things. That book came out in 2009, and suddenly I was in the meeting industry. Adrian Segar: The subtlety of designing meetings is that you need people who I would call facilitators. Adrian Segar: Okay.