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Which meeting design books should I buy?

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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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All my ebooks are now available on VitalSource!

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Hey everyone, especially educators who teach courses on meetings and hospitality. My ebooks are now available on VitalSource , the largest global supplier of digital course materials to higher education! And, of course, if you or your students prefer, my ebooks are still available for purchase directly from this website.

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Important announcement: Price increase for my ebooks on April 15th – Buy now before it’s too late!

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TLDR There will be a significant price increase for my ebooks on April 15th. Buy my ebooks before April 15th and save a lot of money. Stock up on my ebooks before the price increases on April 15th! Dear Readers, I’m writing to share some important news regarding my ebooks. on April 15, 2023. on April 15, 2023.

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2023 in review—and a book sale!

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And , dear reader, get 20% off my ebooks until the end of the year! Before 2020, I was designing and facilitating around a dozen in-person meetings and conferences a year. After COVID decimated the meeting industry, I focused on the design and facilitation of online meetings. I’m looking back on 2023.

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How OpenAI Has Misappropriated My Copyright: ChatGPT’s Land Grab

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I am resigned to the fact that OpenAI ‘s Large Language Model ChatGPT has scraped every blog post I’ve written here (over 750 posts in the last 13 years—around half a million words) so it can parrot my thoughts about meeting design, facilitation, and other topics.

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Event Statistics: 17 Current Planning Stats that Could Change Your Business Today

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However, many proponents of modern meeting design recommend letting participants choose their seating to spur engagement and networking. The unfortunate realities of our modern world have made event security an imperative in contemporary meeting design and planning.

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3 Ways to Engage Your Audience at Your Event

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One of the things we encourage people to do is to consider the impact of non-traditional designs on their program: multiple room sizes, innovative setups and out of breakout sessions, to name but a few. of The Thrival Institute studied the conundrum of meeting design and found that there isn’t a one size fits all set up.