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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!

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Becoming a writer

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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. Write a book? So here’s my story.

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How the Responsibilities of Conferences Mirror Those of Media Platforms

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” —Jeff Jarvis At conferences, the “users” are primarily participants. For decades, I’ve championed responsible conference designs that prioritize participants. ” —Jeff Jarvis In the same way, the processes of participant-driven conferences are open. Screw your users, screw yourself.”

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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. Thanks to my mentors, I: Set my professional fees at the right level when I began consulting in 1982.

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Six reasons why unconferences aren’t more popular

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The solution to this is to design your unconference before choosing the venue. When this doesn’t happen (sadly, most of the time in my experience) the conference design, no matter how good it is, suffers. I’ve written about this in my books; here’s a short critique of Open Space.

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Designing conferences to solve participants’ problems

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For more information on how to do this, see my book Event Crowdsourcing: Creating Meetings People Actually Want and Need.). Since 2016, I’ve been participating in the annual, invitation-only Meeting Design Practicum conferences that have been held all over Europe. Complex problems. Here are some examples.

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Event design is not just visuals and logistics

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The first time I met him—at the premier EventCamp in 2010 —he immediately purchased my just-published book, sight unseen. Whenever I’ve had the pleasure of meeting David (not often enough!) 2 — Elementary Meetings. 3 — Conferences That Work. Instead, let’s broaden our conceptions of what meeting design is.