Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Software testers do peer conferences right! They even call them a peer conference , rather than unconference , a term I don’t like.) As evidence of software tester conference awesomeness, I offer three examples below. a short history of the peer conference. The 2022 SoCraTes peer conference. But first…. …a

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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

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Events and media consultant Julius Solaris shared at the Unforgettable Experience Design Summit that he was initially very enthusiastic about unconference format events. He thought conferences would eventually adopt unconference models. The solution to this is to design your unconference before choosing the venue.

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Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

You can find more information and insights on these models in Jerry Weinberg ‘s excellent book: Becoming a Change Artist. Traditional conference designs also adopt this model. Steven Smith supplies a longer summary , and Jerry’s and Virginia’s books go into more detail.]. The Diffusion model of change.

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Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

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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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post Facilitating change: The power of sharing our experience appeared first on Conferences That Work. Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! Want to see my 6 minute 40 second Pecha Kucha presentation Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design!

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Conferences that Work

MAY 20, 2019

Just as good stories have a story arc , coherent events have a conference arc. In addition, every event participant creates their own story at an event, just as each reader or viewer individually absorbs and experiences a book or movie story. Related posts: Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design!

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 29, 2016

The first time I met him—at the premier EventCamp in 2010 —he immediately purchased my just-published book, sight unseen. Eric de Groot and Mike van der Vijver’s book “ Into the Heart of Meetings ” contains numerous examples of using Elementary Meeting metaphors to discover new congruent meeting forms.

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Stova

MARCH 20, 2023

The Ultimate List of Conferences to Attend in 2023 Are you struggling to find which conferences are worth investing your time and money in? We’ve put together a comprehensive list of 200+ top in-person, virtual and hybrid conferences that you should attend in 2023.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 3, 2025

Aside from my first book , I havent written much about the effects of attendee status attendees’ “relative rank in a hierarchy of prestige” at events. Their status is publicly proclaimed on the pre-conference program, giving attendees no say in the decision. For more on how this works, check out this 2014 post.

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Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 28, 2024

What ChatGPT doesn’t know about me could fill a book—or at least the extensive neural network of an LLM. You’re consistently curious about finding new connections between complex concepts—whether it’s contrasting the structure of conferences with media platforms, or exploring both traditional and contrarian ideas.

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Bizzaboo

MARCH 31, 2025

Google’s I/O Developer Conference Source: BizBash What made it stand out Google’s annual I/O Developer Conference is more than just a tech event its an immersive playground for developers. For more information about the 100-plus announcements Google made at its I/O conference, click here.

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Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 3, 2016

We don’t usually think about the learning models we employ during conference sessions, and I believe our events would be better if we did. Conventional conferences assume a ready supply of experts to whom we listen while they cover the learning that has been advertised at their sessions. Image attribution: Flickr user chiotsrun.

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