Conferences that Work

JUNE 4, 2018

As a consultant in various fields for 35 years, this is a familiar world: one where I have influence with a client but less authority than a janitor. When consulting, one of my biggest meeting design challenges is to get boss buy-in. ” — Harold Jarche , chaos and order This isn’t easy work.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Tahira Endean tweets about the intersection of experiential, immersive meeting design and technology. JeffHurt CEO of Velvet Chainsaw Consulting, Jeff’s focus is on rescuing and improving annual meetings and conferences. Ciara Feely is a hotel meeting and event space sales expert. TahiraCreates. Hospitality.

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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 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. But Julius didn’t see them catch on and now focuses on other aspects of the meeting industry. Why aren’t unconferences more popular?

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 29, 2021

People have written books about how to do this. And I know many great meeting professionals who strive to wear on their sleeve how they love being with people. Twenty years ago I was a successful, independent information technology consultant. And you need to be able to respond appropriately, in ways they can hear you.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 8, 2019

1984: I begin IT consulting for clients using personal computers. Organizations hear about these conferences and ask me to design and facilitate them. I decide to write a book about it, and in… 2009: I self-publish Conferences That Work: Creating Events That People Love. IBM introduced the PC in 1981.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 1, 2024

PSFG has a deep appreciation for the importance of meeting design. ” —Extract from an interview with Cath Thompson of Peace and Security Funders Group (PSFG) by Alec Saelens on January 25, 2024 Rachel contracted me in 2022 for design consultation on PSFG’s first online peer conference.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 16, 2018

During my 20+ years as an IT consultant and developer, I fell in with a delightful international crowd of software testers: those all-important people responsible for the impossible task of making sure that software works the way it’s supposed to.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

I first designed and convened what I called a “ peer conference ” in 1992 for a group of IT managers at small schools that eventually became known as edACCESS. Check out my post that describes this “excellent example of how to invent, explore, evaluate, and improve new meeting formats” 3.

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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. And that’s when I decided I would write my first book, Conferences That Work, Creating Events that People Love , to talk about the format, and make it available to anyone who wanted to use it. Adrian Segar: Okay.

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Motivation Excellence

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

The sector is supported by a wide variety of professionals, from corporate travel agents to employee performance consultants to sales verification software companies. Unveiling monthly rankings promotes friendly competitiveness while memorably debuting the new location is always a highlight at the annual meeting.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 13, 2024

Then the other day, I was flipping through Jerry Weinberg ‘s book “ Weinberg on Writing – The Fieldstone Method “ I remembered what Gabriele Rico , author of the best-selling “ Writing the Natural Way “, called “ One of the best lines of Weinberg on Writing, and one every writer should commit to memory.

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