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How the Responsibilities of Conferences Mirror Those of Media Platforms

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Rereading a 2012 post by Jeff Jarvis , I was struck by the parallels between his take on news organizations’ responsibilities to their platforms and the responsibilities of conferences. ” —Jeff Jarvis At conferences, the “users” are primarily participants. A good platform is transparent.

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A calendar of peer conferences

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Why I do this work The incredible diversity of communities, organizations, and businesses that use participant-driven and participation-rich event formats is astounding. This calendar provides strong evidence that any group with something in common who wants to connect and learn can benefit from peer conference designs.

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Paying it forward!

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Forged ahead and wrote what eventually became a series of three books on conference design. Consequently became a valued resource on meeting design and facilitation for thousands of people and organizations. license Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post Paying it forward!

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Google Audio Overview tool in NotebookLM generates bogus output

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As you’d expect from LLMs these days, NotebookLM provided a good written summary of the post: “The sources compare the responsibilities of news organizations to the responsibilities of conferences, arguing that both should prioritize their users and be transparent, open, and reliable. This article makes a killer case.

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Six reasons why unconferences aren’t more popular

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Venue room capacity charts don’t include these designs. The result is that novice-organized unconferences rarely have the venue space they need to work well. The solution to this is to design your unconference before choosing the venue. But it is far from the only format that organizers can and should use.

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What ChatGPT doesn’t know about me

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ChatGPT: “Your diverse expertise and experiences—spanning particle physics, solar manufacturing, IT, conference design, singing, dancing, and meditation—suggest a distinct approach to creating shared human experiences. Yet, what ChatGPT doesn’t know about me remains vast.

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Alexander von Humboldt: A meeting designer way ahead of his time

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I’m indebted to Martin Sirk for sharing remarkable information about an 1828 conference designed by the German geographer, naturalist, and explorer Alexander von Humboldt. Read what follows to discover that Humboldt was also a meeting designer way ahead of his time! Martin Sirk Modern meeting design! Impressive!