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AUGUST 24, 2020
Here are five meeting design books I especially recommend. Into the Heart of Meetings: Basic Principles of Meeting Design ( ebook or paperback ). Into the Heart of Meetings: Basic Principles of Meeting Design ( ebook or paperback ). Intentional Event Design ( ebook or paperback ).
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MAY 20, 2024
I got my first paid consulting job in 1983, solving IT problems for a lumber yard. I’ve been a consultant ever since. Because my clients allow me to try new things, I become a better consultant. Improving Conferences That Work I designed and facilitated my first peer conference in 1992. industry education ).
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FEBRUARY 17, 2020
But I’m a consultant who has long subscribed to Jerry Weinberg’s Seventh Law of Marketing : “Give away your best ideas” and Credit Rule : “You’ll never accomplish anything if you care who gets the credit”, from his invaluable book The Secrets of Consulting. Stop the presses.
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JULY 2, 2018
The needs assessment trap Conference design clients who “know what they want” have already decided on their “ why? “, and typically bring me in to consult at the “ how? hoping that in the process the event’s purpose and desired outcomes will become clearer. ” and “ who?
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JUNE 3, 2019
At the time, I had no idea that what I instinctively put together for a gathering of people who barely knew each other would lead to: a global design and facilitation consulting practice; over 500 posts on this blog, which has now become, to the best of my knowledge, the most-visited website on meeting design and facilitation; three books (almost!)
Social Tables
OCTOBER 6, 2018
While the shifts are plentiful, there are five that stand out from the fold when it comes to modern event design. Here’s how the meetings industry is changing the game. Christine Shimo Shimasaki, CDME, CMP, Consultant, President, 2Synergize Inc., It’s like designing the stage. labor force at 35%.
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APRIL 11, 2022
First, you need to understand before the meeting what your practitioners and suppliers want, need, and expect. As a meeting designer, if a meeting is going to include both practitioners and suppliers I always ask my clients about the relationship between these groups and their wants and needs.
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