Conferences that Work

JUNE 4, 2018

But the growth of the network era , where leaders and workers need to connect outside the workplace in order to stay up to date professionally and to be open to new and innovative ideas, is creating a shift away from traditional hierarchical power models. When consulting, one of my biggest meeting design challenges is to get boss buy-in.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 2, 2018

Recently, a client asked for help designing a new conference. The needs assessment trap Conference design clients who “know what they want” have already decided on their “ why? It’s an honor to work on a classic Conferences That. Conferences That Work goes to Japan!

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The MICE Blog

JULY 27, 2022

I want to re-share this article that I wrote back in 2019 and was initially published on VDVO website , because the principles of event design remain the same, the human is in the centre of every experience that we want to design for our events and technology technology should enhance this experience, and not replace it.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 19, 2021

A hub and spoke meeting is one where there’s a central hub meeting or event that additional groups (aka “pods”) of people join remotely. Hub and spoke is an event network topology. In-person meeting : participants are physically together. The hub event and each pod may be either in-person or online.

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 2, 2024

Others brought up approaches to conferences — which have stood the test of time but are as flat as stale beer — that are within event organizers’ power to rework or at least to advocate for their re-imagination.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Meetings don’t look how they used to. Today, planners are racing to adapt to trends that make conferences and events more engaging and dynamic than ever before. But when it comes to trends, where should meeting industry professionals put their focus? Where you meet matters more than ever before.

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Community versus audience I began my first book with the research finding (and common observation) that people go to conferences to network and learn. Creating community at conferences around participant-driven content , therefore, creates a far more effective learning and connection-rich environment.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2018

” For these reasons, millennials value networking over almost any other aspect of events. By creating “journey maps” at a recent conference, the team was able to outline completely different experiences for attendees based on their personas. Where you meet matters more than ever before.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 21, 2022

A professional conference moderator can be the glue that brings an online or in-person event together. A company has launched to make it easier to find one no matter where you’re holding your meeting. A new service for sourcing conference emcees, moderators, and facilitators made its official launch January 17.

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Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

That gave content creators access to potentially much larger audiences — users shared 40 percent more content on the network in Spring 2023 than they did in the same period in 2021, according to LinkedIn. We are passionate about events and meetings. Everybody understands that this is a professional network,” Holub said.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 20, 2024

I was your guy if you had a problem with personal computers, flaky local area networks, or database systems. Improving Conferences That Work I designed and facilitated my first peer conference in 1992. Conferences That Work: Creating Events That People Love took four years to write. Here are a couple of examples.

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The MICE Blog

MARCH 11, 2021

We used meeting design to do that, which already had some gamification elements to it. Gamifying a conference – ShipCon case study. Anne Geelhoed, Vice-Chair at YoungShip Rotterdam, shared how they pivoted their bi-annual conference—ShipCon—into a virtual format. And we really wanted to bring that online.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 8, 2016

For over 25 years, I’ve been designing and facilitating Conferences That Work : successful, innovative, highly interactive, participant-driven events that leverage attendees’ expertise and experience to create just the conference that participants want and need. It was great networking too!” I’m excited!

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Conferences that Work

JULY 1, 2024

All the conferences I design and facilitate have a time and place for participants to share their experiences. PSFG has a deep appreciation for the importance of meeting design. In networks, the strength is in the collective wisdom of the participants. “Reporting back from another fantastic peer conference!

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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. I’ve shared the why? and the details of how I typically run this format here.

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Social Tables

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Industry Performance Trends Attendee Experience Trends Meeting Destination Trends Event Technology Trends Meeting Design Trends. The unprecedented rise in demand for meetings and events will continue this year, with CWT Meetings & Travel predicting a robust 5-10% growth in demand. Industry Performance Trends.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 14, 2016

If Twitter doesn’t strike your social media fancy, Livewall lets you broadcast a variety of social networks live, allowing you to display photos, videos and even contests via their platform. Networking. Networking can also be a fairly stressful affair for attendees. Hint: creating an event-specific hashtag is a great idea).

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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. Rally describes its current platform focus as follows: “Rally’s focus is on networking events. Two points before we start. Platform focus. No related posts.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 8, 2019

1992: I organize a conference where there are no expert speakers available (it’s a new field, there are no experts). Invent a way to make the conference successful based on the collective needs, wants, and experience of the attendees. The conference has run continually for the last 27 years.) This is something new.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 16, 2018

Fun fact: the testing community often uses my term “peer conferences” for their get-togethers, due to a chat about meeting design I had with tester James Bach at the 2004 Amplifying Your Effectiveness conference.) See the post for full details.)

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MeetingsNet

MAY 29, 2019

What's more, because networking is often the top reason why people go to conferences, the small-group conversations are natural opportunities to get to know several other people quickly. It is likely to improve the perceived quality of your event's presentations, and you will see that in attendees' post-meeting evaluations.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 12, 2016

I’ve been convening, designing, and facilitating conferences for over 35 years, concentrating on participant-driven and participation-rich event facilitation and design since 1992. It was great networking too!” — Kevin Priger. Read the full article at Conferences That Work. I am so ashamed! contact-form-7].

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Brightspot Incentive Events

MARCH 18, 2021

Face-to-face events, conferences, and meetings were postponed or cancelled for the near future. Due to the pandemic, subsequent quarantine, and travel restrictions, our company shifted our mindset and developed new product offerings for our clients in the form of virtual events and hybrid meetings.

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Convene by PCMA

MAY 19, 2023

This has become especially apparent in recent years, with Amsterdam solidifying its position as one of Europe’s most innovative conference destinations for sustainable meetings. Meeting planners can easily tap into this impressive network of industry leaders for collaboration.

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Motivation Excellence

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Incentive travel is an important subset of the Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions (MICE) industry. Generally, the vacation lasts from three to seven days and blends team-building activities, professional networking opportunities and free personal time to explore the destination. What is Incentive Travel?

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Travel Daily Media

AUGUST 16, 2020

Marina Bay Sands has launched a state-of-the-art hybrid event broadcast studio at Sands Expo and Convention Centre in a first for the industry, as the award-winning venue paves the way to redefine the future of meetings. Collaboration with PCMA.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Event professional turned full-time blogger Irina Graf has created an event industry networking and destination focused blog with an international view. Meetings & conferences. Smart Meetings. In fact, you’ll often see Smart Meetings articles featured in our Einsteins’ Favorites series. Conferences That Work.

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Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 21, 2024

But attendees place networking second , while organizers rank it fifth —behind keynotes/general sessions, education sessions, and special events. The barrier to becoming an Innovator I don’t want to be too hard on the majority (56%) of event organizers who want to evolve their meeting designs but continue to hold static events.

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