Conferences that Work

JULY 13, 2020

How can we entwine content and connection during an online conference? During a MeetingsCommunity (MeCo) discussion thread “ Networking at conferences ” last week, Sharon Fisher posted this. And to hear what you are doing in this online world to make your meetings more engaging. Sharon’s post.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 30, 2020

How can you support a community online during covid-19? Over the last few weeks I’ve run numerous online Zoom meetings for support groups and local, social, and professional communities. Breakout room functionality is essential for your online meeting platform. That’s what online breakout rooms are for.

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Endless Events

MARCH 29, 2021

You bring that in and you let the people who are online use that as well. Having that voice in the room that is specific to the online audience, but you’re not adding double the tech staff.” ” The next step is thinking about hybrid event interactions and networking solutions. That was by design.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 21, 2022

Earlier this month, the folks at Gatherly kindly invited me to host an event of my choosing for their clients and potential users. I decided to facilitate an online workshop in Gatherly that took full advantage of the platform. So I designed the workshop as an “ Ask Adrian Anything ” about meeting design and facilitation.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 11, 2020

The result are these five incredible hybrid event examples that have taken place or will do so in the near future. Each and every one of these conferences will help inspire your planning process and better understand what you can do to cook up a successful hybrid experience. Growth Marketing Conference. Apple Special Events.

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 22, 2020

If you can’t hang out with people in person, how can you best meet up with your tribe online? That’s the selling proposition for a host of new platforms that have sprung up over the last few months: creating a compelling online incarnation of the traditional conference socials we all know and love (or hate).

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Endless Events

MARCH 3, 2022

How To Promote Events Without Social Media? “Most promotion of events occurs online through social media ads, websites, and pages of certain websites used to market events. There’s no replacement for online advertising. “Niche is the ticket when it comes to event design.

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Endless Events

JULY 7, 2022

” Nick agrees: event technology companies are your partner and their product is a tool. But when event design is bad, the tool is useless.”If ”If you have a poor platform, it is difficult to have an engaging event,” adds Nick. “I was just recently at a conference,” says Thuy.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 30, 2021

The Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) has published some useful lessons learned from organizing six online scientific meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic. Online meetings improve access and attendance. Conferences are an important learning and support resource for early career scientists.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 25, 2022

Hosted by CSAE Manitoba , this free one-hour online Participate Lab will introduce you to the design of participation-rich events through the direct experience of participatory meeting techniques and formats. All are welcome to attend this event at no charge (both CSAE members and non-members). Where & When.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 17, 2018

Creating successful recurring events isn’t only good for brands but also for planners. Maintain your momentum by creating events that stick to your attendee’s minds. To do this, you need to make your conference memorable. Not planning conferences? These tips can apply to almost any event.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 31, 2020

Please stop treating adults like children at your conferences. 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. So, please stop treating adults like children at conferences. one exception.

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 11, 2021

What makes attending conferences worthwhile? As I described in Conferences That Work , the two most common reasons for attending conferences are to learn useful things and make useful connections. But there are numerous other ways that conferences provide value to stakeholders. Complicated problems.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 24, 2021

Are online meetings reducing our collective intelligence [CI] ? New research about online meetings. Translation: in the experimental setup used , the researchers found that online meeting participants were: better able to avoid interrupting each other; and. ” Artificial online meetings. I don’t think so.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 20, 2020

What’s the best way to hold a discussion online? Online group discussions bring a new set of challenges. We have all experienced poorly facilitated online meetings, where people unilaterally turn on their microphones and speak away, colliding aurally with others and monopolizing the conversation. No related posts.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 28, 2024

Beth Surmont, today a proud CMP Fellow, says that during the very first Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Women in Engineering International Leadership Conference, she witnessed the monumental impact events can have firsthand. “A Lots of online courses have practice tests to help you regain that muscle memory.”

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Conferences that Work

MAY 16, 2022

I recently ran a workshop , hosted by the Manitoba Chapter of the Canadian Society of Association Professionals (CSAE), on the design of participation-rich events. Here are the lessons I learned from this online workshop. Note: This event was a workshop , not a presentation. Additional concerns when a workshop is online.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Now so many meetings are online, it’s easy to saddle remote workers with back-to-back meetings. But you can stay on time at online meetings when they’re your meetings — if you follow the guidance below! Before the online meeting starts. Tip: Here’s how to start online meetings on time.). Who isn’t?

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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. How to start with Stooa.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

What event designers are learning is that exposing participants to micro-stimulants can ease the process of reaching their ultimate satisfaction during the event by winning their attention over and over again. Adding early morning running, yoga sessions or Tai Chi classes into conference agendas is becoming the norm.

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Convene by PCMA

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

In the events industry, creating exciting virtual spaces for online events became a necessity as the pandemic wore on as no one could meet face to face. Event design firm Kenes Group worked with the European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care to create a virtual world for the group’s 2021 conference.

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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. Source: SOCAP.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

If events fell to the wayside over the past few years, now’s the time for you to get back on the horse. Whether online or in-person, events are a great way to drive brand awareness, generate leads, and connect with customers. 60% of business leaders and 80% of marketers believe that events are critical for success.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Adding to my reports on new platforms providing online incarnations of traditional conference socials , here’s a review of online social platform Rally. First, if you don’t know about online social platforms, check out the introduction included in my earlier reviews of Gatherly and Yotribe.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 27, 2020

Face-to-face and online meetings have different signaling options, which I described in detail last week. ” and provide a signaling method: e.g., raise your hand, or use an online signaling option. Online, rather than splitting everyone into pairs, I recommend you create groups of four. Facilitator/leader goes first.

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Bizzaboo

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The most authoritative 2019 tech conferences directory on the web. Searching for top technology events to attend in 2019? Or looking to wrap up 2018 with an exceptional conference? Scouring the internet for event information could be an overwhelming task. In other instances, summits function exactly like conferences.

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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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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. Note that you won’t be able to do the dramatic before/after move comparisons online.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 11, 2020

I’ve been designing and facilitating participant-driven and participation-rich in person meetings — aka peer conferences — for almost thirty years. Now the covid-19 pandemic has forced meetings online. Zoom has rapidly become the dominant platform for online meetings. Because participants love these meetings !

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 20, 2020

Let’s explore strategies for who goes next, first for face-to-face meetings and then online meetings. Who goes next at an online meeting? Determining who goes next during an online meeting discussion poses additional challenges to those of a face-to-face meeting. One of those agreements involves determining who goes next.

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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. Peer conferences, therefore, are what we need to prepare workers for the continuing and accelerating transformation of the work marketplace.

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Eventtia

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Online registration software is a cloud-based solution that allows organizers to manage the entire event registration process from start to finish. Professionals can use this solution to host a wide range of events, from retail workshops or fireside chats to large conferences and product launches. The short answer is “No.”

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 10, 2023

Celebrating Excellence Winners of the PCMA Visionary Award were announced on Thursday, March 8 th and included: Jodi VanWoerkom, senior event manager, Association for Talent Development for Digital Experience Strategist of the Year; Tim Mathy, senior partner, SpeakInc. Read More: National Harbor Site Inspection.

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Endless Events

APRIL 27, 2018

Q&A sessions at conferences are a great way to keep your audience engaged. This guide will walk you through everything you need to know to organize successful Q&A sessions at your next conference. Online Event Marketing Techniques. Create Well Planned Q&A Sessions . That is if they are done well!

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Endless Events

JUNE 15, 2018

Manage event contractors the right way. Use the right online tools that will get the most bang out of your event bucks. Also, it pays to know about event AV, since it’s one of the most pricey assets for your event but can have the biggest payoff. Online Tools to Make Registration a Breeze.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Where She Is Now Dolecki now serves as director of conferences and events for The Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME). It is a non-profit that organizes practitioner-based events and workshops and brings together companies to explore enterprise improvement methods, exchange best practices and network.

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

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