Conferences that Work

MARCH 28, 2022

When meeting planner textbooks gloss over the key ways that meetings can be made much more effective and useful for all stakeholders, planners remain ignorant, and traditional broadcast-style meetings continue to be the norm. Most assume that a meeting planner is all they need. Sadly, few clients know any better.

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 2, 2024

In response to our sacred cow question, meeting designer Adrian Segar posted on X that we should “get rid of expensive keynotes, predetermined schedules of lectures, large events that try to cover everything with no support for tribes to find each other.” How radical some of these ideas seem — and yet ripe for picking.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 2, 2018

It’s true that focusing on these details can help uncover what the client wants, and whether it’s realistic { “Hmm, I think we’d need a lot more than $10K to bring together 200 scientists to plan how to eradicate malaria in Southern Africa” }.

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 10, 2022

For too long, we’ve equated a meeting’s “success” with its size. ” But if we concentrate on increasing attendance, we overlook getting the meeting design right. Improving an event’s design makes the meeting better for all the stakeholders: meeting owners, sponsors, and participants.

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

When the attendees are the owners, meeting designs that build and support community are the obvious way to go. The largely silent battles being fought about the future of journalism and meeting design are strikingly similar. This brings us to a key question that is rarely openly discussed: Whom are conferences for?

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Presentation versus interaction at meetings. But our meeting designs, in large part, haven’t changed to reflect this shift in cultural awareness. Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post Presentation versus interaction at meetings appeared first on Conferences That Work. No related posts.

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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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Conferences that Work

MARCH 3, 2022

Here’s a rare opportunity to ask me anything about meeting design and facilitation at a unique, free, online workshop. Take this opportunity to ask Adrian anything about meeting design and facilitation. Enjoy time after the session in an online social environment that closely mimics meeting in-person socials.

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Well, here’s an alternative historical perspective from a completely different source, a 1926 article about the New York Club of Printing House Craftsmen, uncovered by Jeff Jarvis and described as “ …a lovely evocation on the value of sharing in our field, which we used to call printing. ” “Stop. No related posts.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 16, 2021

And it made me think about meeting design. And, me being me, I thought about what Marcy had just said in the context of meeting design. And meetings are no exception. The art and craft of the meeting designer. It’s a meeting designer’s job to create these contextual layers.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 25, 2022

Ask Adrian Anything: using a fishbowl sandwich to facilitate group discussion on meeting design and facilitation. Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post Free online Participate Lab — May 11, 2022 appeared first on Conferences That Work. Facilitating individual and community growth.

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 14, 2021

When the leading candidate for the Mayor of New York City has this take on how people learn, perhaps it’s not so surprising that we’re still sitting through endless broadcast-style sessions at meetings and conferences. Learning researchers and our best teachers and meeting designers have known this for a long time.

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

So, if you’re one of the thousands of people who have purchased my books or the hundreds of clients who have benefited from my meeting design and facilitation services, please don’t keep me a secret! Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post Don’t keep me a secret!

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Often, I adopt new ideas and share them with the broader meeting design community, fostering collaboration and growth. My books and writing share these processes freely, allowing conference organizers to adapt them to their needs.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 25, 2024

Since 2005, I’ve written three successful books on meeting design and facilitation and over 800 weekly blog posts on a wide range of topics. My books continue to sell, and this blog is the world’s most popular website on meeting design and facilitation. Outwardly, I’ve succeeded. “I am a writer!”

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Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The barrier to becoming an Innovator I don’t want to be too hard on the majority (56%) of event organizers who want to evolve their meeting designs but continue to hold static events. Sadly, three-quarters of you are not. This is a promising trend, but there’s still a long way to go.

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 28, 2021

We covered a lot in a short time, but there’s much more to learn about Powerful panels and good meeting design! Bonus: More ways to create panels designed as if the audience matters. If you liked this Powerful Panels interview, check out Kristin’s other Powerful Panels Podcast interviews !

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

07:45 Behind the scenes: How I got into designing and facilitating participant-driven and participation-rich meetings. 11:00 What participant-driven and participation-rich meeting design means, and the core components. 15:00 Why we need to have participant-driven and participation-rich meetings.

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Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

A case in point: During the years that Juraj Holub, a digital marketing and branding expert, worked as chief meeting designer for interactive meeting software tool Slido, he used LinkedIn to connect with the contacts he made at the conferences he attended all over the world. We are passionate about events and meetings.

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Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Because good event design is about how a conference works. Participant-driven and participation-rich meeting designs incorporate a braindate’s purpose — one-to-one or small group connection around relevant content — organically into every session. Instead make your entire conference a braindate! No related posts.

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Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 11, 2021

All meeting design needs to recognize this reality. Yes, humanity’s problem is a meeting problem. Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post Humanity’s problem is a meeting problem appeared first on Conferences That Work. Emotions run us; our rationality comes in a distant second. Institutions.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 16, 2019

If you had told me forty years ago, a freshly minted high-energy particle physics postdoc, that I’d go on to have four additional careers (owner of a solar manufacturing business, computer science professor, independent IT consultant, and meeting designer/facilitator) I wouldn’t have believed you. Hire curious people.

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 12, 2023

We are actors, impresarios, meeting designers, diplomats, teachers, musicians, creative directors, facilitators, management experts, sports team owners, fundraisers, journalists, experiential marketers, retreat leaders, event producers, philanthropists, coaches, and dealmakers!

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 14, 2022

Given the fundamental human need to tell, meeting stakeholders owe it to participants to create opportunities and environments for rich conversations in the sessions, rather than just the gaps between them. Let’s give attendees the priceless gift of someone to tell it to at our events. Verkuilen , licensed under (CC BY 2.0).

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Conferences that Work

MAY 20, 2024

Today, because consulting on meeting design and facilitation is a niche practice, marketing via sharing my website posts with subscribers and on social media has also become a significant source of new clients. Feedback like this is a gift that helps me improve my craft. industry education ). Thank you. I’m grateful for you.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 24, 2021

New research about online meetings. Can we conclude that turning off video increases collective intelligence during online meetings? Because the vast majority of online meetings provide a significantly different environment than the CMU researchers used. Do you think online meetings are reducing our collective intelligence?

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 18, 2022

I believe we’ve barely started to explore the capabilities of hybrid meeting designs. Have you experienced other novel hybrid meeting formats? Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post Two novel hybrid meeting formats appeared first on Conferences That Work. Share them in the comments below!

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Endless Events

JANUARY 12, 2018

But with recent trends focusing more towards personalization and customization, meetings are definitely getting a big tech upgrade this year. One thing did catch our eye from the article though: smart drugs. Read about the rest via the article up top. Catch more trends through the article we linked above.

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 7, 2021

Why am I writing about social learning on a blog that’s (mainly) about meeting design? Which means, to create the best meetings we need to maximize the social learning that takes place. [Hint: We’re not more intelligent than other species.] What are you waiting for? No related posts.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 15, 2021

Recently, I’ve been appearing as a guest at college event planning and hospitality courses to talk about meeting design. (I Rather than lecture for an hour, I’ve been using an Ask Me Anything (aka AMA ) meeting format. I love to do this. Teachers, please contact me , it’s free!)

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 1, 2019

I was an amateur in the meeting industry, and that led to some mistakes, but it also gave me a fresh perspective at a time when meeting design wasn’t really a “thing.” Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post Q&A with Adrian Segar on Crowdsourcing appeared first on Conferences That Work.

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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!)

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

A freewheeling Ask Me Anything about meeting design that delivers optimal learning, connection, engagement, and action outcomes? Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post A standing invitation for event and hospitality teachers appeared first on Conferences That Work. You get to choose. No related posts.

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 12, 2017

I love my meeting design clients, but there is one mistake I see them making over and over again. Clients invariably ask me to help design their meeting after they’ve chosen a venue! Read the full article at Conferences That Work. Here’s why they do it, and why it’s a mistake.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 17, 2023

I am resigned to the fact that OpenAI ‘s Large Language Model ChatGPT has scraped every blog post I’ve written here (over 750 posts in the last 13 years—around half a million words) so it can parrot my thoughts about meeting design, facilitation, and other topics.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 15, 2022

Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post Making event choices appeared first on Conferences That Work. All too often, clients planning an event don’t spend enough time making hard but important event choices. No related posts.

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The MICE Blog

JULY 27, 2022

I want to re-share this article that I wrote back in 2019 and was initially published on VDVO website , because the principles of event design remain the same, the human is in the centre of every experience that we want to design for our events and technology technology should enhance this experience, and not replace it.

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