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How the Responsibilities of Conferences Mirror Those of Media Platforms

Conferences that Work

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. Users come first “A platform without users is nothing. Design in flexibility. Platforms collaborate “Platforms have APIs.

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Review of online social platform Rally

Conferences that Work

Adding to my reports on new platforms providing online incarnations of traditional conference socials , here’s a review of online social platform Rally. First, if you don’t know about online social platforms, check out the introduction included in my earlier reviews of Gatherly and Yotribe. Platform metaphor.

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Go Beyond Event Sponsorship Packages: Forge Long-Term Event Partnerships

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There are also more event-centric platforms like Hubilo, Eventzilla, 123Signup, Ovelt, and many more that not only cater to your specific event needs but also integrate with other tools like analytics and tech interfaces. Event marketing is both art and science, and the latter means there’s a lot of strategizing involved.

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Review of Butter, a smooth meeting platform for facilitators

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Companies bombard me with offers to check out online meeting platforms. But every once in a while I hear about a platform that intrigues me enough to schedule a demo. Butter is an online meeting platform that is designed to support the facilitation of great interactive meetings. Meeting design case.

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How to implement participant-driven breakouts in Zoom

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Unfortunately, most online events are still using a traditional webinar/broadcast-style approach: presenters speaking for long periods, interspersed with chat-mediated Q&A. Zoom has rapidly become the dominant platform for online meetings. has proved very reliable despite the platform’s meteoric growth.

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Make Event Networking Better For Your Attendees

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Facebook Finds a New Event Rival in Pinterest. Facebook has long been known as a major platform for planning and promoting events, but a new challenger now wants in on the action. Pinterest has just launched new tools that allow professionals to plan events on the platform. Get More People in Your Free Events.

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Facilitating an online participation-rich workshop in Gatherly

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I decided to facilitate an online workshop in Gatherly that took full advantage of the platform. This coming June will mark my 30th year of designing and facilitating participant-driven and participation-rich meetings. So I designed the workshop as an “ Ask Adrian Anything ” about meeting design and facilitation.

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