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Hub and spoke meetings

Conferences that Work

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….

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40 Outstanding Event Industry Blogs to Follow

Endless Events

Since 2011, influential event planner, Liz King, has been using Techsytalk as her platform to help event profs integrate technology into their events for even better attendee engagement. With a big tech focus, you’ll find plenty of reads on social media and apps, among more general event industry news. Techsytalk.

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Three ways to make it easier for attendees to participate

Conferences that Work

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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Designing conferences to solve participants’ problems

Conferences that Work

Here are my impressions of a session I attended in 2011.). The Solution Room creates a host of simultaneous small group problem-solving experiments, designed to support the solving of participants’ current challenges in a single session. These events made a profound impression on pretty much everyone who participated.

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Save $100 on Adrian Segar’s first 1½ day participation techniques workshop!

Conferences that Work

Now I’m bringing my expertise to Chicago for a 1½ day October 6 – 7 workshop, a unique opportunity for you to: Learn how to make your conferences and conference sessions far more engaging and effective ; Gain powerful meeting design insights ; Significantly increase participation and satisfaction at your sessions and events; and.

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5 Meeting Industry Trends That Are Changing the Face of Events

Social Tables

As a result of these efforts, Nashville saw a 38% increase in conventions between 2011 and 2016. The Visit Music City Bureau even commissioned a $300,000 documentary titled “For the Love of Music,” telling the city’s stories through its songwriters. In fact, these attendees represent 40% of all overnight visitors to the city.

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The Secrets Behind Conference Engagement

Conferences that Work

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. Sources for additional information.