Conferences that Work

JANUARY 10, 2022

The event industry unduly focuses on large meetings. Pandemic-induced smaller audiences engender hand-wringing. 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. What to do?

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 15, 2022

Now that events are going back to in person, how can meeting professionals deliver the same level of detailed success metrics to the executive team about the range of value delivered on the investment? Two veteran meeting designers joined Smart Chat Live! Read More: 6 Ways to Measure Event Success.

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Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 14, 2024

This blog is one of the most popular resources on meeting design, so I frequently receive interview requests. Meeting industry publications reach out after reading my posts or comments. Journalists often seek my insights on current issues, quoting me in their articles. Interviewers—let me help you!

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Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 21, 2024

“Although most organizers report that they consider market trends and audience needs when developing their most important events, only 27% of organizers report that dramatic audience-centric changes occur from one event to the next.” Sadly, three-quarters of you are not.

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Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

That gave content creators access to potentially much larger audiences — users shared 40 percent more content on the network in Spring 2023 than they did in the same period in 2021, according to LinkedIn. We are passionate about events and meetings. “I It brings the whole professional world together,” he said. “We

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 16, 2021

And it made me think about meeting design. Such free rehearsals give the casual audience an opportunity to hear world-class musicians play and learn together. And, me being me, I thought about what Marcy had just said in the context of meeting design. And meetings are no exception. The rehearsal.

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Stova

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

A virtual component offers the possibility of opening up to a much larger audience with new and/or geographically dispersed markets not easily available at a F2F event. As F2F events reemerge, meeting designers will face a dilemma: How do you organize an event with two radically different audiences?

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Traveler's Q

MARCH 28, 2024

Engaging the right sponsor acts as a force-multiplier, vastly extending your event’s influence to resonate with a paralleled target audience. Imagine cultivating a robust partnership where both brands emerge stronger, their qualities interwoven to astonish your audience.

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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. ” Jerry was right.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 21, 2022

Emcee and meeting designer Samme Allen says she founded the company in response to a growing need for experienced emcees, hosts, and moderators who “can be delivered cost effectively, flexibly, and in the most sustainable way.”. The company operates out of the U.K. and Spain, and Allen says she hopes to open an office in the U.S.

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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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Gavel International

AUGUST 26, 2024

Learning more about your target audience. Creating brand awareness for your target audience. You can also consider an in-person strategic meeting designed to hear input from key department leaders. It can also affect how your target audience views your organization.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 14, 2022

Even post-presentation Q&As rarely evolve into a conversation, which is always between the presenter and a succession of audience members. I have been doing this for 30 years, and it’s clear that meeting designs that integrate meaningful conversations into sessions have a transformational effect on almost all participants.

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Gavel International

MAY 20, 2024

Learning more about your target audience. Creating brand awareness for your target audience. You can also consider an in-person strategic meeting designed to hear feedback from crucial department leaders. It can also affect how your target audience views your organization.

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Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

We’re tapping the talent of PCMA’s staff so they can share the design thinking and process behind the innovative experiences they create for PCMA events. Most meeting designers know that beginnings and endings matter, but struggle to craft meaningful experiences that resonate with attendees.

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Endless Events

JULY 27, 2018

Help your audience mingle by guiding them, maybe through group activities. PS: If you need more event networking and audience engagement tips, why not. While both these strategies take more work, increasing your audience turnout would be a piece of cake. Today’s favorites are all about how to make event networking better.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 11, 2021

Audiences flocking to immersive shows are looking for something else—a story, an escape, a spectacle. While Van Gogh’s art was groundbreaking in his time, it has long entered the popular consciousness as a cultural touch stone.

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MeetingsNet

MAY 29, 2019

We're all quite familiar with the Q&A portion of a meeting session: The final few minutes where the audience has its chance to drill down a bit with the presenter. This means that, at best, three to five percent of the audience becomes actively engaged in that session. What about all the other participants? What Is C&I?

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Endless Events

JANUARY 12, 2018

PS: Create an engaging event this year by learning how to increase your audience engagement with our free webinar. Get Ready for the Top Meeting Trends in 2018. Meetings have always been more intimate affairs compared to events. Can we really cure audience inattention with cognitive enhancing drugs?

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Endless Events

JUNE 21, 2019

But on the matter of inclusion at events, our host Tahira Endean sat down with Maarten Vannest e of the Meeting Design Institute. More specifically, how often do you think about the acronyms that are part of the event industry? Well, probably not frequently enough – none of us do!

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 18, 2019

Time to rethink meeting environments, using spaces and room sets where people are best able to learn and network. Refocusing from the stage to the audience. What does this mean for meeting design, including the room layout, hosting events indoors versus outdoors, food, lights, and more.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

An entrepreneur since he was only 18 years old, Maarten has over 35 years of experience in meeting design. Ready to hear all about the ground-breaking magic of multi-hub meetings? In 2006, Marteen started the Meeting Design Institute. Meeting Architecture: A Manifesto by Maarten Vanneste.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 18, 2023

For this trip, the first time I’d been back to Europe since an Estonian meeting design conference in 2020, I decided to spend a week in Rome. Because this blog has a global audience and differing distribution requirements, I can’t offer the same deal in every market. Typical Participate! 2023 book sale! (If

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 1, 2024

And it’s mostly about meeting design and facilitation, but I write about all kinds of things. Adrian Segar: I’m in the audience. We’ve identified a target audience. Adrian Segar: The subtlety of designing meetings is that you need people who I would call facilitators. Adrian Segar: Okay.

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Endless Events

JUNE 15, 2018

Making Emails Target Specific Audiences. Open a whole new dimension of opportunities in building lasting relationships with your audience. Various types of events such as roadshows, dinners, conferences, and exhibits fit seamlessly into this framework. Here’s How to Manage Event Contractors.

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Brightspot Incentive Events

MARCH 18, 2021

To execute a successful virtual event, our team was tasked with developing a strategy that enhanced meeting design, optimized the attendee’s experience, and increased attendee engagement. It took time and resources to complete demos with the top platforms to learn the best tools for audience engagement and user experience.

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The MICE Blog

MARCH 11, 2021

They chose the gaming environment to first create interaction with their core audience (students) and immerse future and current students in campus life and for them to engage with each other. We used meeting design to do that, which already had some gamification elements to it. The first speaker, Farshida Zafar, L.L.M.,

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Travel Daily Media

AUGUST 16, 2020

Marina Bay Sands has launched a state-of-the-art hybrid event broadcast studio at Sands Expo and Convention Centre in a first for the industry, as the award-winning venue paves the way to redefine the future of meetings.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Anyone speaking on stage will be heard by everyone in the room, and presenters can hear audience response at a reduced level, rather like as if they were speaking at a live event. However, the room size limit to the number of people who can listen to folks on stage currently limits Rally to a presentation tool for small audiences.

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 25, 2021

To “elicit freedom and release creativity”, we need to recognize that participants are stakeholders in the event, rather than “just” an audience. Creating events that truly meet participants’ wants and needs. —@DeeWHock. Why are they event owners? ” —Adrian Segar, Who owns your event?

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 2, 2021

Now, do we have any questions or objections from the audience?” Faulder: I think though, building up your point, Alicia, is that poking holes is such an important part in design. And I don’t think people really aware that we were designers in this process. We’re meeting designers in a hybrid experience.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 15, 2019

And when I started convening and speaking at conferences I was scared of being “on stage”, even in front of small audiences. Twenty-five years ago I was a college professor who spent hours preparing classes, fearful that students would ask me a question I couldn’t answer. No related posts.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

But I reluctantly felt it necessary to focus on the majority of the target audience. It’s scheduled to be optimum for North American participants (6:00 — 9:00+ pm EDT). This timing is not great for potential European attendees. We’ll use two online platforms for the wake.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 24, 2017

How are you going to get your audience tuned in and engaged? So you’re holding a conference. Read the full article at Conferences That Work.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2018

In fact, studies show using event technology can: Decrease costs by up to 30% Increase planners’ productivity by 27% Increase attendance by 20% These technologies help event teams to market better, manage guests more efficiently, map out their events in detail, engage with the audience in real-time, track ROI, and more.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2018

These technologies empower event teams to market better, manage guests more efficiently, map out their events in detail, engage with the audience in real-time, track ROI, and more. So much so that studies show using event technology can decrease costs by 20-30% , all the while increasing productivity by 27% and attendance by 20%.

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