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Guaranteeing audience engagement at your events

Conferences that Work

So how can you get authentic audience engagement at your events? In a thoughtful article “ Audience Engagement – at the Heart of Meetings “, Pádraic Gilligan writes: “…We all want audience engagement so why doesn’t it take place?…While ” I disagree. ” I disagree. A different workshop.

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Any questions? Rethinking traditional Q&A

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Hands rise, and the presenter picks an audience member who asks a question. Related posts: Participation techniques you can use in conference sessions Here’s the summary handout for my workshop on participation techniques you can use in conference sessions that I’ll be leading at MPI’s World Education Congress 2011.

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Bedload Experts Meet in Interlaken for an International Symposium

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I interviewed the event organiser, Dr. Carlos R. Wyss, Project Manager at Wasser-Agenda 21, who gave insights into the event design process. In 2011, the Swiss Water Act was updated and under the new revision, all hydropower operators are obligated to refurbish their installations until 2030. Target audience.

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Panels as if the audience mattered

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Several weeks before the conference, I scheduled separate 30-minute interviews with the six panelists to educate myself about the issues surrounding the session topics and to discover what they could bring to the sessions that would likely be interesting and useful for their audience. So for the second session, I tried something different.

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Handling a meeting question that isn’t

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Here are ways to deal with audience questions that aren’t actually questions. Related posts: Participation techniques you can use in conference sessions Here’s the summary handout for my workshop on participation techniques you can use in conference sessions that I’ll be leading at MPI’s World Education Congress 2011.

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5 Meeting Industry Trends That Are Changing the Face of Events

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While the shifts are plentiful, there are five that stand out from the fold when it comes to modern event design. Forbes uses diagramming software to create industry-leading events. As a result of these efforts, Nashville saw a 38% increase in conventions between 2011 and 2016. Millennials are the decision makers now.

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5 Ways the Meetings Industry is Changing the Face of Events

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While the shifts are plentiful, there are five that stand out from the fold when it comes to modern event design. So much so that studies show using event technology can decrease costs by 20-30% , all the while increasing productivity by 27% and attendance by 20%. Event technology can increase productivity by 27%.

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