Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

And yes, I admit it, during the second day of my vacation while enjoying the harmonies I hear, I’m jolted to think about religious meeting design…. Religious services are thought to be around 300,000 years old — by far the oldest form of organized meeting that humans have created. Provide an emotional experience.

Meeting Design 66

Meeting Design Meeting Speakers Conference 66

Conferences that Work

APRIL 1, 2019

This (slightly edited) interview by JT Long appeared in the March 2019 issue of Smart Meetings Magazine. What led to writing the book, Conferences that Work ? I discovered that people love the format, and that led to writing the book 10 years ago.

Booking 103

Booking Conference Speakers Meeting Design 103

Conferences that Work

JANUARY 11, 2021

For more information on how to do this, see my book Event Crowdsourcing: Creating Meetings People Actually Want and Need.). In the meetings world, the most well known are the series of EventCamps that were held around the world between 2010 and 2014. Complex problems. Here are some examples.

Conference 148

Conference Human Resources Production Meeting 148

Conferences that Work

JUNE 3, 2019

At the time, I had no idea that what I instinctively put together for a gathering of people who barely knew each other would lead to: a global design and facilitation consulting practice; over 500 posts on this blog, which has now become, to the best of my knowledge, the most-visited website on meeting design and facilitation; three books (almost!)

Conference 75

Conference Consulting Meeting Design Website 75

Social Tables

OCTOBER 14, 2016

You have all your ducks in a row: awesome venue booked, killer catering secured and tickets to your event are sold out. Choose Chicago (@ChooseChicago) December 28, 2014. casesmc pic.twitter.com/o3A6ZcPJ7E — Christine Tempesta (@ctempesta) November 7, 2014. BizBash Live (@BizBashLive) October 28, 2014. Who’s with me?

Audience 68

Audience Social Media B2C Networking 68

Conferences that Work

MARCH 3, 2025

Aside from my first book , I havent written much about the effects of attendee status attendees’ “relative rank in a hierarchy of prestige” at events. It’s time to revisit this important topic because you can improve your meetings by making attendee status a real-time construct. Improve all your meetings!

Attendee 62

Attendee Meeting Conference Design Fashion 62