Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 13, 2021

To learn in detail about the use and implementation of fishbowls and fishbowl sandwiches , see Chapters 29 and 30 of my book Event Crowdsourcing.) So when I heard about a free tool for online fishbowls — Stooa — I thought I’d take a look. Stooa is not the only tool for running online fishbowls. More about Stooa.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

“It’s so easy to criticize, especially online,” agrees Brandt. “And we’re just as guilty of it in the event industry as anybody like. When event people go to an event, they’re some of the most critical people that I know. Brandt’s Advice For Making The World A Better Place.

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Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

These days, wouldn’t it be great to run The Solution Room online? I’ve described in detail how to run The Solution Room at in-person meetings in my last two books: The Power of Participation & Event Crowdsourcing. The latter has the most up-to-date instructions, but either book should suffice.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 11, 2020

Webinar World, the event designed from webinerds to webinerds, has been in the hybrid game for years. The good folks at ON24 , the company behind the event, have long realized the importance webinars have in today’s marketing landscape. Why not rip off a page from their book? Apple Special Events.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

If you read our last piece on why collaborative learning is the future of event-networking , you are already familiar with e180 as the creator of Braindate , an online platform and an in-person experience that helps participants at events meet for topic-driven, knowledge-sharing conversations called braindates.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 18, 2022

Both are unique, as far as I know, in that the in-person and online participants are the same people ! The second is a design I’ll be using in a conference I’ve designed and will be facilitating in June 2022. 1—In-person attendees participate in an online session! The online portion felt eerie….

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Hargrove sets an example for planning events that go off without a hitch through their government shutdown contingency plan After the venue booking, event design, attendee lists, emails, emails and more emails, your event is all ready to go—finally! 29 to Oct 1.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 11, 2020

Now the covid-19 pandemic has forced meetings online. Unfortunately, most online events are still using a traditional webinar/broadcast-style approach: presenters speaking for long periods, interspersed with chat-mediated Q&A. Zoom has rapidly become the dominant platform for online meetings. Conclusion.

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Social Tables

MARCH 10, 2021

In addition to checking out our post on how to become a wedding planner , one of the first things we recommend doing is exploring some of the best online wedding planner courses the web has to offer. Explore 6 of the best online wedding planner courses: Wondering what type of course is best for a wedding planner?

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

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. 16:30 Online meetings benefit from these designs too. 17:30 Online has displaced the value of lectures at in-person meetings. Thank you, Anca! 24:30 Sponsor break.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 6, 2021

We’re in danger of repeating the failed approaches of education in an online setting…” — Seth Godin , The revolution in online learning. Seth is talking about the potential failure of online education, but his point that we need to practice, explore, and experience to learn is true for any kind of meeting.

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ADMEI

APRIL 10, 2024

Historically, Destination Management Companies (DMCs) adopted the practice of presenting highly personalized proposals to clients, showcasing unique event designs, vendors, and ideas. If you’re sending your proposal online, you can include an option to sign and pay electronically to secure you as their DMC partner.

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The MICE Blog

MARCH 1, 2022

I interviewed the event organiser, Dr. Carlos R. Wyss, Project Manager at Wasser-Agenda 21, who gave insights into the event design process. A total of 174 people took part in the event, including 54 online. Event format. Online event component. About the organiser: Wasser-Agenda 21.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 17, 2020

Since the rise of online , broadcast-format content can be delivered far more inexpensively, efficiently, and conveniently online than at in-person events. As I have explained repeatedly in my books and on this blog (e.g., New tools for online connection. In my judgment, yes! A depressing conclusion.

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Social Tables

JANUARY 12, 2023

As an event planner’s career grows, they are able to delegate more responsibility to coordinators and event staff, but not at first. Every event planner should be able to carry out the following functions: Design. Event design is one of the most crucial parts of the planning process. Build a portfolio.

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Social Tables

JANUARY 17, 2018

You can create your own checklist template in Microsoft® Word® or find a template from a book on professional event coordination. You can also use a free online app, such as Asana or Podio , that allows you to design your own process and work collaboratively with your event staff. Build your event budget.

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Travel Daily News

JUNE 1, 2022

Through the partnership, organisers booking The Hague for conferences will have access to Event Design training and support from Event Design Collective at the Postillion Hotel and Convention Centre Den Haag or online.

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Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

I greatly enjoy participating in EventTech Chat , “a weekly conversation about meeting and event technology, including software, hardware, and audiovisual for in-person and online events” hosted by pals Brandt Krueger and Glenn Thayer. Check out my books for complete details.) Did anyone learn anything?

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Conferences that Work

MAY 18, 2020

It’s described and explained in all three of my books. You can find the most detailed implementation in Chapter 18 of my 2019 book, Event Crowdsourcing. So the following barebones examples offer suggestions for online conferences with up to 100 attendees. Staffing an online Zoom peer conference.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 31, 2020

for Sessions , described in Chapter 26 of my book Event Crowdsourcing , is exactly what you’ll need for an in-person session. Or use this variant if you’re meeting online. Five minutes of Post It! So, please stop treating adults like children at conferences. one exception.

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The MICE Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

The insights from this event will be summarised in this post. Increasing audience engagement and online event attendee numbers during a pandemic. The National WIC Association applied these engagement strategies as part of the virtual event: used the contest tab on Hubilo to engage users and start conversations with them.

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Maritz Global Events

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

As time passes, event discoveries and connections start to fade away. Why Event Online Communities Matter – Especially in Today’s Busy World. The first is a new book: Get Together: how to build a community with your people. There’s lots more to this book, including stories that bring community-building strategies to life.

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Social Tables

APRIL 20, 2023

We’ve accumulated a list of some of the most common mistakes that event planners make and how they can be avoided. From online tools, resources, and event planning software options to tips from the experts—this list has it all! While planners want to meet the wishes of their clients, it is important not to book dates blindly.

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 7, 2021

The book presents a ton of evidence that — despite the torrent of bad news that daily floods our media — “humans are hardwired for kindness, geared towards cooperation rather than competition, and more inclined to trust rather than distrust one another.” ” — The revolution in online learning , Seth Godin.

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The MICE Blog

MARCH 11, 2021

A common example is booking websites. The gamification strategies on these websites endeavour to make us book as soon as possible. It’s not about fun but to make us book.’. However, collaboration remotely or online is highly fragmented. We used meeting design to do that, which already had some gamification elements to it.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Here’s an independent review of my conference design work, published as a case study in Chapter 25—Designing and Developing Content for Collaborative Business Events—of the book The Routledge Handbook of Business Events. 2023) ‘Designing and developing content for collaborative business events.’

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Endless Events

AUGUST 17, 2018

The secret is to make an impression with the venue design itself, even before they get to the keynote speakers. Have you considered hanging some art on the conference room walls, or setting up pieces that inspire conversation (both offline and online)? Tips for Growing Your Event Revenue.

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Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Previously, I’ve described three major trends that make traditional conference formats obsolete: No longer knowing in advance what attendees want to learn ; The rise of online ; and. Books and the industrial age fundamentally remade human society. The massive change in how we learn what we need to know to do our jobs.

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Eventtia

MAY 11, 2022

However, you can simply put a rough time frame for the event (i.e. Location: whether it’s an online/virtual or an offline event. If it’s an offline event, also decide whether the event will be local or will be hosted in different locations. Create a shortlist of venues and cities/countries for your event.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Last month, I staffed an online memorial service for E, a friend who died tragically, at age 42, of breast cancer. I, and many others, have been designing and facilitating such meeting environments for decades. Here are the books I recommend that explain what you need to know and how to implement. Something deeper.

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 8, 2020

for Programs , described in Chapter 22 of my book Event Crowdsourcing. Tools for online meetings. Two tools that provide the above functions for online meetings are Miro and Mural. All that remains is to prepare for and run your online peer conference, which I’ll cover in the final post of this series.

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Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Daniel Kahneman, winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize for Economics, wrote a long book about this. And the COVID-19 pandemic has vividly illustrated how technology has allowed us, almost overnight, to redefine what we have thought of as meetings for hundreds of years to a largely—at least for now—online experience.

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Bizzaboo

MARCH 15, 2023

Over the last three years, Skift Meetings has hosted more than 80,000 attendees at 26 webinars and events, published 27 reports, written more than 500 articles, and more. PCMA PCMA (Professional Convention Management Association) is a nonprofit organization serving the business events industry. Photo by Teemu Paananen on Unsplash 26.

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Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

I have a standing invitation for event and hospitality teachers to meet online with their class for free. To learn more about them, see Chapter 22 of my book, The Power of Participation. I was the guest at Professor Dan Cormany ‘s Convention Management class at Florida International University.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 20, 2024

Improving Conferences That Work I designed and facilitated my first peer conference in 1992. I ran them in my spare time for thirteen years before writing my first book. Conferences That Work: Creating Events That People Love took four years to write. Participants said, “Why don’t you do that this way?”

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 13, 2016

The Chinese government runs a massive online censorship program. Why mention this on an event design blog? Well, the most effective aspect of China’s online censorship regime illustrates what happens when you don’t incorporate covenants into your meetings.

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Cort

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Very Peri is designed to inspire creativity, which makes periwinkle a fine choice for event design, and even though Very Peri is a custom color, you can find similar shades of periwinkle that you’ll love. Check us out online or give us a call today. Periwinkle isn’t a delicate lavender, and it’s not a dark purple.

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