The MICE Blog

JULY 27, 2022

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. It should have an impact so that people want to do something about it.

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OCTOBER 11, 2021

All meeting design needs to recognize this reality. And the organizations we’ve constructed incarnate our culture. And simple workshops that support connection (which may be emotional) between participants around relevant content provide better learning experiences. Institutions. The things we do reflect our culture.

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

When the attendees are the owners, meeting designs that build and support community are the obvious way to go. Such owners, whether they be individuals or for-profit or non-profit entities, rarely have the same objectives for the event as the attendees. But, all too often, attendees are not the conference owners.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 11, 2020

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!

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

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. For decades, I’ve championed responsible conference designs that prioritize participants.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Compared to traditional conferences with the same number of participants, unconferences need larger general session rooms, because participants need to move about and meet in small groups, rather than sitting in fixed dense sets of tables and chairs. They also need more separate breakout spaces for participants to meet.

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JANUARY 11, 2021

Since 2016, I’ve been participating in the annual, invitation-only Meeting Design Practicum conferences that have been held all over Europe. A rotating crew of two or three volunteers organize these wonderful events. Many of the people I met remain friends today.

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AUGUST 12, 2024

Religious meetings are a small, fascinating subset of the meeting industry. I learned about them when I presented at The Religious Conference Management Association annual conference in 2014, and I’ve written about what meeting designers can learn from religious services.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2024

So, if you’re one of the thousands of people who have purchased my books or the hundreds of clients who have benefited from my meeting design and facilitation services, please don’t keep me a secret! For example: “Attendees want to connect with peers over shared challenges and specific topics.”

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MAY 20, 2024

” I became fascinated by the culture of organizations. 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. As an outsider, I marveled at the variety of dysfunctions I observed. industry education ).

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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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MAY 24, 2021

This occurred during the first Meeting Design Practicum in Utrecht, The Netherlands: more details here ). It remains to be seen whether our findings will generalize to teams that are ongoing or in which there is greater familiarity among members, as in the case of distributed teams in organizations.” ” Conclusion.

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JULY 1, 2024

PSFG has a deep appreciation for the importance of meeting design. We asked for share outs at various points in our agenda, but found that asking for share outs after the individual retrospectives was really helpful both for us as organizers and for the participants.

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APRIL 1, 2024

And it’s mostly about meeting design and facilitation, but I write about all kinds of things. Adrian Segar: So, even when I was doing particle physics, I started organizing conferences. Adrian Segar: The subtlety of designing meetings is that you need people who I would call facilitators. Adrian Segar: Okay.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Event organizers and attendees alike can use the event hashtag to find out who else will be in attendance and engage with one another beforehand. Just because the event is over doesn’t mean you can’t continue to engage with your attendees. Register now: #pcmaCL. Choose Chicago (@ChooseChicago) December 28, 2014.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 25, 2019

Though it’s clearly sensible to keep a conference running on schedule, we’ve all attended meetings where rambling presenters, avoidable “technical issues”, incompetent facilitation, and inadequate logistics have made a mockery of the published program. By which I mean, of course, don’t run late !) I can dream.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

After I talked about my meeting design work with pioneer tester James Bach at the 2004 Amplifying Your Effectiveness conference, the testing community somehow adopted the term peer conference for their get-togethers. Code of conduct, inclusive language, Conference Buddy,photo policy. pic.twitter.com/9V1S109OaO.

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JULY 30, 2018

Every process element is a strategic ingredient of the workshop design. Running these workshops helps me continually refine the design, stripping away components that distract focus from the desired outcomes. Many organizations focus on getting the “best” experts to speak at their meetings.

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DECEMBER 16, 2024

If you are serious about improving your conferences, my meeting design workshop can be the game-changer your organization needs. My meeting design workshops equip event professionals with the tools and techniques to create truly participatory and impactful experiences. Here’s a peek behind the curtain!

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OCTOBER 21, 2024

I’ve not always agreed with Freeman’s Reports , but, if you’re in the meeting industry, Freeman’s Trends Report Q4 2024 is a must-read. “We’ve calibrated our research and confirmed our hypothesis: many organizers are operating on outdated definitions of attendee and exhibitor value. The good news?

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MARCH 3, 2025

Peer conference event attendee status is real-time At peer conferences (and some traditional events), attendee status is dynamic , shifting from moment to moment. However, my peer conference designs go even further, embedding fluid attendee status that adapts moment-to-moment throughout the event.

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

So, perhaps it’s not surprising that many conference organizers today make a similar mistake by emphasizing broadcast content over attendee interactions. Just as advertisers missed the phone’s potential to connect people in real-time, many events fail to prioritize the natural value of attendee conversations.

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