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Competent logistics are the new meeting minimum

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Unfortunately, you wouldn’t know this from looking at meeting planning textbooks. The meeting industry has redefined novelty as creativity. A “creative” event design is one with a novel venue and/or decor and lighting and/or food and beverage. Most assume that a meeting planner is all they need.

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Five reasons NOT to use a Conferences That Work meeting design

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I’ve run the core Conferences That Work design in a day numerous times, and it’s always a rush. A day and a half is the minimum needed for a group to really benefit. So when should you use the Conferences That Work design? I thought you’d never ask.

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Anca Trifan interviews me about participation-rich meetings and event design

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We talk about all kinds of things, with a focus on my work and thinking about participant-driven and participation-rich meetings and event design. 06:00 On traveling to events, and my passion for what I do. 11:00 What participant-driven and participation-rich meeting design means, and the core components.

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Share information; don’t hoard it

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‘And the men [sic*] who had the same or similar problems to meet in the actual running of their employers’ businesses found that an exchange of views and ideas benefitted them without hurting their employers.'” This is a touching, century-old example of how communities of practice benefit from sharing information.

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Hub and spoke meetings

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Hybrid meeting : A meeting with in-person and online components as defined above, plus additional forms explored below. The benefits of hub and spoke. If you want maximum learning, interaction, and connection at a meeting, small meetings are better than large meetings. Convenience. Hub and spoke variants.

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How to implement participant-driven breakouts in Zoom

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In person meetings have vanished overnight. It’s time to implement what we’ve learned about great face-to-face meeting design and process into online meetings. Meetings will never be the same. So I won’t repeat myself here; read them for full details! Conclusion.

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Working with suppliers and practitioners at meetings

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How to maximize the benefits of meetings and sessions that include both suppliers and practitioners. Most meetings simply don’t address the conflicting wants and needs described above. First, you need to understand before the meeting what your practitioners and suppliers want, need, and expect. That’s a shame.

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