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Conferences that Work
AUGUST 24, 2020
Here are five meeting design books I especially recommend. In an outrageous display of chutzpah , I wrote three of these books. [If Into the Heart of Meetings: Basic Principles of Meeting Design ( ebook or paperback ). Intentional Event Design ( ebook or paperback ).
Conferences that Work
DECEMBER 18, 2023
Even though I significantly improve meetings and conferences with better design and expert facilitation, it’s tempting for stressed clients to “just do what we did last year” So I designed and facilitated fewer in-person events this year, while my online business continues apace. 2023 book sale! (If
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Conferences that Work
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
When this doesn’t happen (sadly, most of the time in my experience) the conference design, no matter how good it is, suffers. 4—Non-existent or insufficient pre-unconference attendee preparation Unconferences are fundamentally different from broadcast-style meetings. This is not a big deal, but it needs to be done.
Conferences that Work
MARCH 21, 2022
This coming June will mark my 30th year of designing and facilitating participant-driven and participation-rich meetings. So I designed the workshop as an “ Ask Adrian Anything ” about meeting design and facilitation. Cut and paste each prepared prompt into the Event text chat at the appropriate time.
Conferences that Work
MARCH 29, 2021
People have written books about how to do this. If you had told me then that I’d leave that career (my fourth) to write a book about meeting design that would catapult me into the heart of the meeting industry, I’d have said you were crazy.
Conferences that Work
APRIL 9, 2018
In my case, the demand for the meeting design and facilitation services I provide has been exploding. (In In the first quarter of 2018, I’ve booked more business than all of 2017.) But their inclusion looks good on the promotional materials.
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.’. We used meeting design to do that, which already had some gamification elements to it. And we really wanted to bring that online.
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