Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

We talk about all kinds of things, with a focus on my work and thinking about participant-driven and participation-rich meetings and event design. 06:00 On traveling to events, and my passion for what I do. 11:00 What participant-driven and participation-rich meeting design means, and the core components.

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 10, 2022

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, in-person events that weren’t canceled have seen drastically reduced attendance compared to prior years. Online and hybrid meetings have seen less drastic reductions. One bright spot has been the normalization of online meetings for routine connection and collaboration.

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Endless Events

JUNE 15, 2018

Manage event contractors the right way. Use the right online tools that will get the most bang out of your event bucks. Also, it pays to know about event AV, since it’s one of the most pricey assets for your event but can have the biggest payoff. Online Tools to Make Registration a Breeze.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 11, 2020

Because participants love these meetings ! Now the covid-19 pandemic has forced meetings online. Unfortunately, most online events are still using a traditional webinar/broadcast-style approach: presenters speaking for long periods, interspersed with chat-mediated Q&A. Meetings will never be the same.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 19, 2021

Yesterday [see below], I realized that hub and spoke is a great format for purely online meetings too. What’s a hub and spoke meeting? 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. Online pods.

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Stova

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

A hybrid event is one that combines a face-to-face (F2F) event at a physical location with a “virtual” online component for remote attendees. A virtual component offers the possibility of opening up to a much larger audience with new and/or geographically dispersed markets not easily available at a F2F event.

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Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 11, 2021

All meeting design needs to recognize this reality. And the COVID-19 pandemic has vividly illustrated how technology has allowed us, almost overnight, to redefine what we have thought of as meetings for hundreds of years to a largely—at least for now—online experience. Institutions. The things we do reflect our culture.

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The MICE Blog

MARCH 11, 2021

Asked about the challenges in creating Momentum, Christel shared, ‘When bringing the hackathon online, everyone’s success depends on their ability to connect and collaborate with other people. However, collaboration remotely or online is highly fragmented. And we really wanted to bring that online.

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 7, 2021

Why am I writing about social learning on a blog that’s (mainly) about meeting design? Which means, to create the best meetings we need to maximize the social learning that takes place. ” — The revolution in online learning , Seth Godin. [Hint: We’re not more intelligent than other species.]

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Endless Events

JULY 27, 2018

Events are more fun when people are having a good time, learning and forming new bonds. There are several strategies you can use to promote event networking. For example, you can form an online community about your event.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

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. It’s a good time to invite guest presenters into your online classroom. One small silver lining of this disruption?

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 13, 2016

The Chinese government runs a massive online censorship program. Why mention this on an event design blog? Well, the most effective aspect of China’s online censorship regime illustrates what happens when you don’t incorporate covenants into your meetings. Photo attribution: Flickr user zedzap.

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 11, 2021

It may seem strange to run experiments at conferences, but I’ve participated in (and designed) a few conference experiments over the years, and have invariably found them to be some of the most interesting and illuminating meeting experiences I’ve ever had. Session-based experiments.

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Since 1992, I’ve designed and facilitated hundreds of conferences and thousands of meetings. From small, high-level, high-stakes get-togethers to association regional and national meetings of every size. In-person, online, and hybrid. You name it, I’ve probably done it. What do my clients think?

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Conferences that Work

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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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Companies bombard me with offers to check out online meeting platforms. Butter is an online meeting platform that is designed to support the facilitation of great interactive meetings. Like just about every recently introduced online platform, its developers are continually updating it. (In

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 25, 2021

Resources [flexible physical and/or online spaces, facilitators, and a schedule that can be developed, as needed, at the event]. Notice that providing these improvements over traditional meetings doesn’t mean that your meeting will turn out to be wildly different from what took place before.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 22, 2023

My books offer practical advice and best practices for designing and executing successful participant-driven and participation-rich meetings, whether they are virtual or in-person, and they are used by numerous meeting and hospitality education programs. appeared first on Conferences That Work.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 14, 2022

Personal meetings like these, whether brief or extended, between good friends or strangers, are fundamental. Conferences, whether in-person or online, are also potential arenas for conversations. Read any of my books to learn specific techniques and designs that create meaningful and valuable conversations during meeting sessions.).

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Conferences that Work

MAY 20, 2024

But last week I received a long email from a client whom I’d consulted a couple of times on the design of her organization’s online conferences. Getting thoughtful specific feedback This doesn’t happen very often. Feedback like this is a gift that helps me improve my craft. industry education ).

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Conferences that Work

JULY 1, 2024

PSFG has a deep appreciation for the importance of meeting design. ” —Extract from an interview with Cath Thompson of Peace and Security Funders Group (PSFG) by Alec Saelens on January 25, 2024 Rachel contracted me in 2022 for design consultation on PSFG’s first online peer conference. I get feedback!

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 18, 2018

Create Your Dream Conference Collectively On This Friday’s #Eventprofs Happy Hour Join me and my special guest Bernie DeKoven on Friday, November 20, 2015 from 4 – 6 pm EST for a unique online experience where we’ll collectively create our perfect.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 1, 2024

And it’s mostly about meeting design and facilitation, but I write about all kinds of things. Adrian Segar: The subtlety of designing meetings is that you need people who I would call facilitators. I define myself as a meeting designer and facilitator. How does that mechanically work in your events?

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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. The post Marina Bay Sands unveils industry’s first hybrid event broadcast studio appeared first on Travel Daily.

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Brightspot Incentive Events

MARCH 18, 2021

To execute a successful virtual event, our team was tasked with developing a strategy that enhanced meeting design, optimized the attendee’s experience, and increased attendee engagement. Virtual Event Platform and AV Partner. They executed over 65 virtual events in 2020! Another Successful Virtual Meeting.

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