Smart Meetings

JULY 7, 2022

The number of people killed in mass shootings has risen from 272 in 2014 to 692 in 2021. These include: Event type: Low energy events like business conferences or seminars aren’t likely to create risk. Gun violence in the United States is, unfortunately, a reality every event planner must confront.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 24, 2018

Here’s my article “ Five Reasons to Change Conferences “ , published in the December 2018, NSA Speaker magazine. But our conference programs still focus on lectures, where a few experts broadcast their knowledge to passive listeners. Related posts: Conferences That Work goes to Japan! Here are five reasons why.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

That is really what changed it for me in 2014” “In 2014, I hit rock bottom and ended up in the emergency room the night before”, she continues. “At that time, our biggest conference client, the night before that conference, I ended up in the hospital.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 2, 2022

The PCMA Convening Leaders conference this January offered something no other annual mega-gathering of the association has: virtual interpreters. Interprefy has essentially been a hybrid events service since the company’s genesis in 2014, long before the pandemic turned the industry upside down.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 14, 2018

Here are nine mythodologies about conferences. At least half the sessions programmed at traditional conferences are not what attendees want. Mythodology: A “ conference curator ” can improve the quality of your conference content. Reality : Sadly, conference curators don’t exist.

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Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 8, 2019

For an excellent summary of the work I do, check out this interview and podcast , Creating Conferences That Work by Celisa Steele of Leading Learning. Here’s an overview: Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post Creating Conferences That Work with Adrian Segar appeared first on Conferences That Work.

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 3, 2019

The first peer conference I convened and designed was held June 3 – 5, 1992 at Marlboro College, Vermont. So, as of today, the community of practice that eventually became edACCESS has enjoyed 27 years of peer conferences. Twenty-three people came to the inaugural conference. 27 years of peer conferences.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

I’ve been promoting the Conferences That Work meeting format for so long, that some people assume I think it’s the right choice for every meeting. two meeting types and three situations when you should NOT use a Conferences That Work design: — Most corporate events. Well, it’s not. Here are (drum roll!)

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Endless Events

JULY 5, 2018

That’s why we’re going to jump in and explore the potential virtual participation has for the event industry, from small conferences through to live sporting events. Much like with virtual speakers, creating a conference that allows participants to attend virtually means attendees don’t have the time and expense of travelling either.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 26, 2018

One of the most satisfying outcomes of the peer conferences I design and facilitate is how they bring people together who would never otherwise have met — and in doing so change the world. This is obviously important, but why do world-changing connections seldom occur at conventional conferences ?

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Travel Daily Media

JUNE 2, 2023

The post Prague Retained International Congresses and Conferences in 2022 appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Postponing the large association congresses and conferences has led to the fact that in 2022 Prague welcomed the most events of this type in the last five years. of events vs. 8.1% in 2019) and Asia (0.7%

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post Event Design is how it works appeared first on Conferences That Work. . “ —Steve Jobs, The Guts of a New Machine , 2003 New York Times interview If only we applied Steve’s insight to event design. The notes at the.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 8, 2019

Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post Squaring the circle: creating room sets for connection appeared first on Conferences That Work. The notes at the.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 25, 2019

January 2014. Kelso & Co. the private equity firm that owns PSAV announced a merger between PSAV and Swank Audio Visuals , at the time Swank was the preferred in-house AV provider for over 375 hotels and resorts in the US, Canada, and the Middle East. Olympus Partners, Goldman Sachs acquire PSAV . January 2015.

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Travel Daily Media

OCTOBER 29, 2014

The post ITB 2014 kicks off in Singapore appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. At the opening press conference, Dr Christian Goke, CEO of Messe Berlin, the organiser of ITB Asia, said; “This year’s ITB is more international than last year and has a better buyer-to-seller ration than ever before.

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Endless Events

DECEMBER 16, 2019

“I was at a conference and I was very excited to be there because I wanted to connect with new people”, Ashlee recalls. But I left that conference with not really making any new connections. The evening of that conference I was speaking to my mom about that experience. How do you get an app developed?

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Bizzaboo

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

This carefully curated conference directory features more than 100 tech conferences happening worldwide in 2024. Conferences: Both IRL and virtual conferences powered by virtual event software are the backbone of the tech events industry and can be both B2C and B2B events. We’ve done all the work for you!

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 14, 2019

Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post Handling a meeting question that isn’t appeared first on Conferences That Work. Sue, Conferences That Work goes to Japan! The first Conferences That Work peer conference held in Japan begins today!

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 1, 2019

What led to writing the book, Conferences that Work ? I invented the format by accident 26 years ago when there were no expert speakers to invite for a conference on administrative computing issues in small schools. I asked people, “If this conference could be amazing for you, what would it be about?”

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Brand X’s Property in Somewhere, USA is a client of ours, and I am working on an influencer campaign to help promote Property Z’s event spaces as ideal venues for conferences and corporate meetings. Campaign components: One (1) post-stay blog post highlighting the Property Z as a venue for corporate conferences/meetings/events.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 16, 2023

He joined Will Rogers Memorial Center in 2014 as an entry-level service attendant. Elvira Velez and Rob DeCanter Elvira Velez (left) and Rob DeCanter (right) Velez is director of catering and conference services and DeCanter is senior director of group sales for Fairmont Dallas. Pete Beach, Florida.

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Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Training associations how to create powerful and effective participant-driven and participation-rich conferences is one of the most rewarding aspects of my work: I love facilitating the learning that occurs, and the organization is then equipped with the process tools needed to transform their events.

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Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

From my viewpoint, the platform’s popularity and usefulness reached a peak between 2014 – 2017. While my followers on Twitter have been stagnant since 2014, new people continue to find my content on Mastodon and follow me. Since then, Twitter began a slow decline. See the graph of my monthly website pageviews below.)

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Conferences that Work

JULY 25, 2016

I guarantee you will learn many new great ideas about conference panels from this Blab of my Thursday chat with the wonderful Kristin Arnold. With many thanks to Kristin and our viewers (especially Kiki L’Italien who contributed mightily) I now offer you the AMA About Conference Panels annotated time-line. 1:30] Using sli.do

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 27, 2018

This happens all the time As a facilitator of conferences and meetings, I meet and talk with hundreds of people every year. ” Memory flooded back, and I realized that I’d met Lisa on Anguilla 18 months ago when she and the familiar man, whose name I now remembered as Willy, had visited the island. I felt a little embarrassed.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 23, 2018

A conference or company meeting can remind employees how they feel about the company and re-connect them with the purpose and mission. Editor’s Note: This was originally published in February 21, 2014 and has been completely revamped and updated for accuracy and comprehensiveness.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 12, 2024

I learned about them when I presented at The Religious Conference Management Association annual conference in 2014, and I’ve written about what meeting designers can learn from religious services. Religious meetings are a small, fascinating subset of the meeting industry.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 17, 2018

The $241 million project was first proposed in 2011, designed in 2014, approved in December 2016 and finally broke ground July 19. In the meantime, conferences can continue to take place in Rupp Arena and most of the existing convention center. Expansion of Lexington Convention Center has been a long time coming. of pre-function space.

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 11, 2018

Sue, 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.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

How do we build conference programs that attendees actually want and need? Here’s what happened when I incorporated dot voting into a recent two-day association peer conference. Read the full article at Conferences That Work. It’s an honor to work on a classic Conferences That.

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Convene by PCMA

OCTOBER 13, 2021

A number of Velvet Chainsaw’s consulting clients have made social responsibility a cornerstone of their conference strategy — with the desire “to leave the host city better because we were there.” When you adopt a strategic objective like that for your conference, it leaves room for creativity in achieving that desired outcome.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

So January 2014, just two years later was the other kind of bombshell announcement when Goldman Sachs announced that they were going to acquire PSAV. Brandt Krueger: So that was 2014. 2014 so two years later. We were just talking with a bunch of those guys up in Edmonton for the Go West Conference. So it was 2012.

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 10, 2019

Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post Two free easy ways to create graphics for blog posts and presentations appeared first on Conferences That Work. It’s an honor to work on a classic Conferences That. If these sound like your needs too, read on!

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Endless Events

JUNE 11, 2018

Event goers can let you know if the venue temperature is an issue, whether lighting is adequate for note-taking at a conference and if they are dissatisfied with the cleanliness of amenities. If there are comments which indicate a speaker’s presentation is dragging you can address them swiftly. Want to know more?

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Conferences that Work

JULY 2, 2018

Recently, a client asked for help designing a new conference. The needs assessment trap Conference design clients who “know what they want” have already decided on their “ why? It’s an honor to work on a classic Conferences That. Conferences That Work goes to Japan! ” and “ who?

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DCI

MARCH 22, 2023

Since 2016, DCI’s annual Talent Wars research has become a sought-after study for organizations tasked with marketing their community to attract new residents and is the foundation of many campaigns.  Patience brings almost nine years of place-marketing experience to this new role.

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Convene by PCMA

OCTOBER 7, 2021

11, Seattle, Washington, will celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day — the Seattle City Council voted to rename Columbus Day in honor of Indigenous people in 2014, and the state of Washington voted to do the same in 2020. (David Newman photo). On Monday, Oct.

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