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Competent logistics are the new meeting minimum

Conferences that Work

Unfortunately, you wouldn’t know this from looking at meeting planning textbooks. But when you’re spending all your time on these issues it’s easy to forget that they are not what meetings are about. Today, competent logistics are the new meeting minimum. The deficiencies of meeting planning textbooks and education.

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Participant experience design — moving from the old to new event world

The MICE Blog

One of the presentations that highly inspired me to think differently about event design took place in 2019 at the MICE Forum at ITB Berlin (Organised by VDVO ). According to Felix, the term ‘participant experience design’ is a work in progress.

Events 147
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Hub and spoke meetings

Conferences that Work

If you want maximum learning, interaction, and connection at a meeting, small meetings are better than large meetings. My recent experience of being in an online pod viewing an online hub event made me realize that online pods can be used to great effect with either in-person or online hub events.

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A standing invitation for event and hospitality teachers

Conferences that Work

? ? Here’s a standing invitation for event and hospitality teachers. I will meet online with your class for free. During the COVID-19 pandemic, much education has moved online. A freewheeling Ask Me Anything about meeting design that delivers optimal learning, connection, engagement, and action outcomes?

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How to implement participant-driven breakouts in Zoom

Conferences that Work

In person meetings have vanished overnight. It’s time to implement what we’ve learned about great face-to-face meeting design and process into online meetings. Meetings will never be the same. So I won’t repeat myself here; read them for full details! It is one.

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Three ways to make it easier for attendees to participate

Conferences that Work

Every time I find myself wishing for an external event, I realize that I’m way better off focusing on something I can control instead. This is all very well, but it begs the question: what can meeting designers do to make it easier for attendees to participate more at meetings? Seth Godin, What Would Happen.

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5 Meeting Industry Trends That Are Changing the Face of Events

Social Tables

But when it comes to trends, where should meeting industry professionals put their focus? While the shifts are plentiful, there are five that stand out from the fold when it comes to modern event design. Here are five meeting industry trends that are changing the game. Millennials are the decision makers now.

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