2011 Attendee Meeting Design 
Conferences that Work
MARCH 13, 2017
How do we get people to participate at meetings? We know that participants — people who are active learners — learn more, retain more, and retain more accurately than passive attendees. Seth Godin describes a desirable meeting mindset: What would happen… if we chose to: …Sit in the front row. Seth Godin, What Would Happen.
Endless Events
OCTOBER 19, 2018
Well, this influential event prof will share insights to help you incorporate mobile technology, augmented reality, facial recognition, chatbots and more for better events to engage your attendees. The Meeting Pool. The Meeting Pool is the place to be for event professionals who love to discuss technology. Plan Your Meetings.
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Conferences that Work
JULY 19, 2021
Ever since my first encounter with the hybrid hub and spoke meeting topology at Event Camp Twin Cities in 2011, I’ve been a big fan of the format. Yesterday [see below], I realized that hub and spoke is a great format for purely online meetings too. What’s a hub and spoke meeting? But first….
Social Tables
OCTOBER 6, 2018
Because of that, they’re also now the largest pool of potential meeting attendees. Since the meeting industry is shaped by attendee expectations, successful events have to cater to millennials. Attendees want more control over the meeting agenda. Meetings should be “purposeful” experiences.
Social Tables
OCTOBER 6, 2018
With that, they’re also now the largest pool of potential meeting attendees. In an industry shaped by attendee expectations, successful events have to cater to their wants and desires. Control over the meeting agenda is moving to attendees. Millennials are the decision makers now. labor force at 35%.
Conferences that Work
AUGUST 8, 2016
For over 25 years, I’ve been designing and facilitating Conferences That Work : successful, innovative, highly interactive, participant-driven events that leverage attendees’ expertise and experience to create just the conference that participants want and need. The attendees are still here talking to each other!
Conferences that Work
JUNE 13, 2016
As I’ve explained elsewhere , good covenants publicly clarify the freedoms that attendees have at an event, like the freedoms to speak one’s mind , ask questions , and share feelings. When such freedoms are agreed to individually and as a group at the start of a meeting, ambiguity about meeting behavior dissipates.
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