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Conferences that Work
APRIL 29, 2024
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.
Conferences that Work
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
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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Conferences that Work
DECEMBER 10, 2018
“In an article for Slate, Jessica Olien debunks the myth that originality and inventiveness are valued in US society: “This is the thing about creativity that is rarely acknowledged: Most people don’t actually like it.” Can we overcome bias against truly creative event design? We are biased against creativity.
Conferences that Work
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
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.
Conferences that Work
SEPTEMBER 26, 2016
Unfortunately, this convinces the organizers that few people are interested in these formats, reinforcing a return to a familiar predetermined program. A peer conference design such as Open Space doesn’t need so much time—a few hours can be useful—though it omits some of the features that make Conferences That Work so effective.
Conferences that Work
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
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.
Conferences that Work
AUGUST 19, 2024
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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