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Go Beyond Event Sponsorship Packages: Forge Long-Term Event Partnerships

Endless Events

Why not make life easier for your while delivering better value to sponsors? Meetings may cover the simplest of topics, but mixing things up to break the mold can go a long way. From uncommon games and giveaways to choose-your-own-adventures and unique conference breakout sessions , it’s possible to make any meeting interesting.

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How the Responsibilities of Conferences Mirror Those of Media Platforms

Conferences that Work

Rereading a 2012 post by Jeff Jarvis , I was struck by the parallels between his take on news organizations’ responsibilities to their platforms and the responsibilities of conferences. That is why [it] was wrong for Twitter to put a sponsor ahead of users. Design in flexibility. Screw your users, screw yourself.”

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Make the meeting bigger!

Conferences that Work

For too long, we’ve equated a meeting’s “success” with its size. ” But if we concentrate on increasing attendance, we overlook getting the meeting design right. Improving an event’s design makes the meeting better for all the stakeholders: meeting owners, sponsors, and participants.

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40 Outstanding Event Industry Blogs to Follow

Endless Events

What stands out is their focus on leadership and building relationships – whether with your audience or sponsors. Connect are dedicated to providing content that helps you reimagine today’s meetings and look into the future. Meetings & conferences. Smart Meetings. Conferences That Work.

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Working with suppliers and practitioners at meetings

Conferences that Work

By “suppliers” I mean vendors of products or services, and sponsors. By “practitioners” I mean the folks who do what the meeting is about; e.g., doctors at a medical event or scientists at a conservation conference. Doing this also allows regional suppliers to meet nearby practitioners.

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Humanity’s problem is a meeting problem

Conferences that Work

It’s why businesses sponsor meetings. It’s why we judge meeting experiences largely based on how they were perceived at their peak and at their end. All meeting design needs to recognize this reality. What we think of as modern business meetings and conferences are hundreds of years old.

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Peer Conferences Deep Dive—Meeting Doctors transcript and video

Conferences that Work

On Tuesday, March 26, 2024 , I sat down with Martin Duffy and Paul Nunesdea on LinkedIn Live for an hour’s deep dive conversation about peer conferences: the participant-driven, participation-rich events I’ve designed and facilitated for over thirty years. Peer Conferences Unveiled—The Transcript! Here it is—enjoy!