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I’m indebted to Martin Sirk for sharing remarkable information about an 1828 conferencedesigned by the German geographer, naturalist, and explorer Alexander von Humboldt. Read what follows to discover that Humboldt was also a meetingdesigner way ahead of his time! Martin Sirk Modern meetingdesign!
The function of such meetings is primarily top-down : effectively communicate management objectives, answer questions, and get employee buy-in. Much as I would like to tell you that participant-driven and participation-rich event formats are common these days, it just ain’t so. Valuable peer learning and connection takes time.
BizBash consistently uses the term “eventdesign” to mean “ visual design” As an example, consider the 2016 Design Issue. The cover proclaims “What’s Next in EventDesign?” Instead, let’s broaden our conceptions of what meetingdesign is.
The needs assessment trap Conferencedesign clients who “know what they want” have already decided on their “ why? Because most clients engage me after they are committed to programs and logistics that are not optimum for what they’re trying to accomplish! ” and “ who? ” and “ where?
I love my meetingdesign clients, but there is one mistake I see them making over and over again. Clients invariably ask me to help design their meeting after they’ve chosen a venue! Read the full article at Conferences That Work. Face The Fear—Then Change Your ConferenceDesign!
” —Jeff Jarvis At conferences, the “users” are primarily participants. For decades, I’ve championed responsible conferencedesigns that prioritize participants. My books and writing share these processes freely, allowing conference organizers to adapt them to their needs.
Traditional conferences focus on a hodgepodge of pre-determined sessions punctuated with socials, surrounded by short welcomes and closings. Such conferencedesigns treat openings and closings as perfunctory traditions, perhaps pumped up with a keynote or two, rather than key components of the conferencedesign.
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 conferencedesign, no matter how good it is, suffers. To conclude When designed and executed well, unconferences tend to endure.
These events made a profound impression on pretty much everyone who participated. Since 2016, I’ve been participating in the annual, invitation-only MeetingDesign Practicum conferences that have been held all over Europe. A rotating crew of two or three volunteers organize these wonderful events.
After I talked about my meetingdesign work with pioneer tester James Bach at the 2004 Amplifying Your Effectiveness conference, the testing community somehow adopted the term peer conference for their get-togethers. Can you see why software testers like Lisi think that peer conferences rock?!
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