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Case Study: Adrian Segar – “Conferences that work”

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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. Tip: The hardback version is expensive, the ebook is a quarter of the hardback cost.)

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Three better alternatives to the conference lecture

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first published in 1972 ! Image attribution: Marisha Aziz Read the full article at Conferences That Work Related posts: Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! Want to see my 6 minute 40 second Pecha Kucha presentation Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! How do I hate thee?

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Dear Adrian — How does group size impact process design?

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Another issue of an occasional series— Dear Adrian —in which I answer questions about event design, elementary particle physics , solar hot water systems, facilitation, and anything else I might conceivably know something about. Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! Sources for additional information.

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Becoming a writer

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Conferences That Work: Creating Events That People Love was published in 2009. It was recognized fairly quickly as an important book on meeting design. His enthusiasm for my conference design work was a huge boost. I found a wonderful editor, Anne Lezak , who was incredibly encouraging.

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Some models of change are better than others

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Traditional conference designs also adopt this model. The Satir model of change was developed by the founder of family systems therapy, Virginia Satir , and described in her book The Satir Model , published in 1991. Somehow, the inspiring keynote will instantly change attendees’ lives for the better.

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Event design is not just visuals and logistics

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The first time I met him—at the premier EventCamp in 2010 —he immediately purchased my just-published book, sight unseen. Related posts: What I learned about event professionals at EventCamp East Coast One of the reasons I love to facilitate Conferences That Work is that I get to learn interesting things about the culture of the participants.

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Doing peer conferences right

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Can you see why software testers like Lisi think that peer conferences rock?! Here’s another example from a software testing peer conference, TestBash Brighton 2018. The conference designers invented a way to create “highly engaging, interactive and fun” poster sessions. The Unexpo Experiment.