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. Found the courage to share my weekly musings on a wide variety of topics publicly via my blog.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

As you’d expect from LLMs these days, NotebookLM provided a good written summary of the post: “The sources compare the responsibilities of news organizations to the responsibilities of conferences, arguing that both should prioritize their users and be transparent, open, and reliable. How do organizers make it happen?

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Can we overcome bias against truly creative event design? Though millions of meetings take place every year, thousands of meeting organizers know how to create truly create conference designs. The steady rise in popularity of participant-driven and participation-rich designs like Conferences That Work continues.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Venue room capacity charts don’t include these designs. The result is that novice-organized unconferences rarely have the venue space they need to work well. The solution to this is to design your unconference before choosing the venue. But it is far from the only format that organizers can and should use.

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Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

The Hole-in-the-floor model of change implies that a carefully designed, top-down, controlled process can create an instant change. This is a common model in organizations, where high-level executives meticulously plan a change “that will go into effect on January 1” Here’s Jerry’s drawing of how this supposedly works.

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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

MARCH 25, 2024

Because… • I suffered through a long period when writing a book seemed to be something I would never be able to do; and • So many well-known writers imply that all you need to do is figure out how to organize your writing routine, whereupon turning out hundreds of words a day becomes no big deal. This is not true for 99.99% of mortals.

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 11, 2021

Since 2016, I’ve been participating in the annual, invitation-only Meeting Design Practicum conferences that have been held all over Europe. A rotating crew of two or three volunteers organize these wonderful events.

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Bizzaboo

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Summit - Similar to conferences but usually smaller and features higher-level executives. If you are organizing an outstanding marketing event and would like us to add it to the Bizzabo Blog, click here to submit your event , and it will be reviewed shortly. 2019 Marketing Conferences. Content Marketing Conference.

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Bizzaboo

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

In other instances, summits function exactly like conferences. Seminars - You can think of seminars as mini conferences that are much smaller in scope and sometimes only last one day. 2019 Technology Conferences. January Conferences. Digital Strategy Innovation Summit. New York, NY. Lean Startup Summit Europe.

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Bizzaboo

JANUARY 2, 2023

Women in Data Science (WiDS) central conference is a technical conference featuring outstanding women discussing their exceptional work in data science and related fields, in a wide variety of domains. 9 to 11—The Women of Power Summit is a professional leadership conference designed especially for executive women of color.

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Bizzaboo

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The most authoritative list of 2021 virtual events and conferences on the internet. Virtual events are nothing new but—as we discuss in our comprehensive guide to coronavirus and events —we're seeing many organizers pivot from in-person to digital. 2) To help event organizers get the word out on their own upcoming virtual events. (

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Bizzaboo

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Summits : Similar to conferences but usually smaller and features higher-level executives. If you are organizing an outstanding marketing event and would like us to add it to the Bizzabo blog, click here to submit your event , and our team will review it to be added to this list. November 2022. B2B Online EU. Berlin, Germany.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Feeling safe is an important psychological requirement for people in any situation, and conferences are no exception ( 1 , 2 , 3 ). Lisi shares another participant’s experience: Step 1 before entering #SoCraTes2022 ✅ Organizers really do make everything to make everybody feel safe. pic.twitter.com/9V1S109OaO.

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Bizzaboo

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Convene is a multi-award-winning print magazine established in 1986 with a verified readership of 36,000 qualified meeting organizer subscribers. Draw inspiration from their premium educational posts on attendee engagement, speaker coaching, and conference design to get the most out of it. Read Now 18. What’s so special?

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Bizzaboo

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Women of Power Summit 2024 March 27-30, 2024 Las Vegas, NV The Women of Power Summit is a professional leadership conference designed especially for executive women of color. It also serves as a platform to address the unique challenges women face in leadership roles and explore strategies to overcome them.

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Stova

MARCH 20, 2023

But some areas and individuals aren’t quite prepared to return to a large-scale, fully in-person conference. Therefore, you’ll find that many of the conferences have been modified in order to reflect the needs of event organizers, attendees, and the cities in which the conferences are being held.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

When 50 first-time attendees showed up, the conference design team, chaired by Joe Scully, senior director of meeting and event management at John Hancock Financial Services, made sure they were given ribbons to alert others of their status. Provide Positive Initiation. More: 5 Ways Neuroscience Drives Engagement at Events.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

When 50 first-time attendees showed up, the conference design team, chaired by Joe Scully, senior director of meeting and event management at John Hancock Financial Services, made sure they were given ribbons to alert others of their status. Provide Positive Initiation. More: 5 Ways Neuroscience Drives Engagement at Events.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 24, 2017

After over thirty years working with organizations, I think that it’s possible to change organizational culture — but it’s far from easy. First, many organizations are in denial that there’s any kind of problem with their culture, and getting leadership to think otherwise is an uphill or hopeless battle.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 3, 2025

However, my peer conference designs go even further, embedding fluid attendee status that adapts moment-to-moment throughout the event. Traditional events benefit from innovations like those described by Priya, while peer conference designs bake flexible, dynamic attendee status into every aspect of the event.

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Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 28, 2024

ChatGPT: “Your diverse expertise and experiences—spanning particle physics, solar manufacturing, IT, conference design, singing, dancing, and meditation—suggest a distinct approach to creating shared human experiences.

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Bizzaboo

MARCH 31, 2025

Adobe MAX Source: Monotype What made it stand out Adobe MAX is a creativity conference, designed specifically for those at the forefront of technology and design. By mixing creative minds from different fields, it sparks innovation in ways that traditional conferences cant. Check out the full case study here.

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