Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

During the early COVID years, online meetings became the norm, while in-person gatherings dropped dramatically. Smaller online meetings revealed that broadcast-style webinars were often disengaging, while interactive online meetings helped attendees make peer connections and stay engaged. You can then grow the event over time.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 16, 2022

I recently ran a workshop , hosted by the Manitoba Chapter of the Canadian Society of Association Professionals (CSAE), on the design of participation-rich events. Here are the lessons I learned from this online workshop. Note: This event was a workshop , not a presentation. Additional concerns when a workshop is online.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 25, 2022

Hosted by CSAE Manitoba , this free one-hour online Participate Lab will introduce you to the design of participation-rich events through the direct experience of participatory meeting techniques and formats. All are welcome to attend this event at no charge (both CSAE members and non-members). Where & When.

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Endless Events

MARCH 29, 2021

You bring that in and you let the people who are online use that as well. Having that voice in the room that is specific to the online audience, but you’re not adding double the tech staff.” ” The next step is thinking about hybrid event interactions and networking solutions. That was by design.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Now so many meetings are online, it’s easy to saddle remote workers with back-to-back meetings. But you can stay on time at online meetings when they’re your meetings — if you follow the guidance below! Before the online meeting starts. Tip: Here’s how to start online meetings on time.). Who isn’t?

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Conferences that Work

MAY 24, 2021

Are online meetings reducing our collective intelligence [CI] ? New research about online meetings. Translation: in the experimental setup used , the researchers found that online meeting participants were: better able to avoid interrupting each other; and. ” Artificial online meetings. I don’t think so.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 20, 2020

What’s the best way to hold a discussion online? Online group discussions bring a new set of challenges. We have all experienced poorly facilitated online meetings, where people unilaterally turn on their microphones and speak away, colliding aurally with others and monopolizing the conversation. No related posts.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 13, 2021

(To learn in detail about the use and implementation of fishbowls and fishbowl sandwiches , see Chapters 29 and 30 of my book Event Crowdsourcing.) So when I heard about a free tool for online fishbowls — Stooa — I thought I’d take a look. Stooa is not the only tool for running online fishbowls. How to start with Stooa.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 30, 2021

The Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) has published some useful lessons learned from organizing six online scientific meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic. Online meetings improve access and attendance. Online events make it easier for them to attend. Online platforms and tools used.

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Endless Events

MARCH 3, 2022

How To Promote Events Without Social Media? “Most promotion of events occurs online through social media ads, websites, and pages of certain websites used to market events. There’s no replacement for online advertising. “Niche is the ticket when it comes to event design.

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Endless Events

JULY 7, 2022

” Nick agrees: event technology companies are your partner and their product is a tool. But when event design is bad, the tool is useless.”If ”If you have a poor platform, it is difficult to have an engaging event,” adds Nick. Dustin adds that there are many types of online events.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

If events fell to the wayside over the past few years, now’s the time for you to get back on the horse. Whether online or in-person, events are a great way to drive brand awareness, generate leads, and connect with customers. 60% of business leaders and 80% of marketers believe that events are critical for success.

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Convene by PCMA

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

In the events industry, creating exciting virtual spaces for online events became a necessity as the pandemic wore on as no one could meet face to face. Event design firm Kenes Group worked with the European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care to create a virtual world for the group’s 2021 conference.

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Eventtia

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Online registration software is a cloud-based solution that allows organizers to manage the entire event registration process from start to finish. Professionals can use this solution to host a wide range of events, from retail workshops or fireside chats to large conferences and product launches.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 13, 2020

How can we entwine content and connection during an online conference? For the last two years, I have been pondering “why is there such a big separation between content and networking?” And exploring ways to blend education/learning/content with participation/networking/idea sharing/games so as to make our online learning more engaging.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

“It’s so easy to criticize, especially online,” agrees Brandt. “And we’re just as guilty of it in the event industry as anybody like. When event people go to an event, they’re some of the most critical people that I know. Brandt’s Advice For Making The World A Better Place.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

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.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 27, 2020

Face-to-face and online meetings have different signaling options, which I described in detail last week. ” and provide a signaling method: e.g., raise your hand, or use an online signaling option. Online, rather than splitting everyone into pairs, I recommend you create groups of four. Facilitator/leader goes first.

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Endless Events

JULY 31, 2020

Some of these moments simply cannot be replicated online. Virtual components definitely have their time and place and can be super beneficial in the events community, but we can never disregard the importance of humans meetings together in-person. EIC has released a Meeting & Event Design Guide for the Covid-19 Era.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Additionally, in case you’re planning a global event , think about accepting payments in various currencies. Consider adding the following features to your payment options: deposit structure : attendees put down a deposit at online registration, discount codes : coupons or special offers. Onsite Event Registration Experience.

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Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

These days, wouldn’t it be great to run The Solution Room online? I’ve described in detail how to run The Solution Room at in-person meetings in my last two books: The Power of Participation & Event Crowdsourcing. Note that you won’t be able to do the dramatic before/after move comparisons online.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 20, 2020

Let’s explore strategies for who goes next, first for face-to-face meetings and then online meetings. Who goes next at an online meeting? Determining who goes next during an online meeting discussion poses additional challenges to those of a face-to-face meeting. One of those agreements involves determining who goes next.

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 22, 2020

If you can’t hang out with people in person, how can you best meet up with your tribe online? That’s the selling proposition for a host of new platforms that have sprung up over the last few months: creating a compelling online incarnation of the traditional conference socials we all know and love (or hate).

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 28, 2024

There are programs, online courses and boot camps that are designed to help you,” she says, strongly recommending Joanne Dennison, CMP, who has a master’s degree in education and is an educator in the meetings and events industry, whose company hosts CMP classes and networking opportunities for CMPs and future CMPs.

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ITA Group

MAY 24, 2022

Elevate Event Design by Embracing the Ripple Effect. To experience the power of the ripple effect in action, event designers need look no further than your favorite music festival. So many of the spectacles you see at play in the sea of concertgoers relate back to the elements of effective event design.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 10, 2023

Celebrating Excellence Winners of the PCMA Visionary Award were announced on Thursday, March 8 th and included: Jodi VanWoerkom, senior event manager, Association for Talent Development for Digital Experience Strategist of the Year; Tim Mathy, senior partner, SpeakInc. Read More: National Harbor Site Inspection.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 11, 2020

Webinar World, the event designed from webinerds to webinerds, has been in the hybrid game for years. The good folks at ON24 , the company behind the event, have long realized the importance webinars have in today’s marketing landscape. So get your pen and paper and start taking notes! Webinar World. That’s right!

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

What event designers are learning is that exposing participants to micro-stimulants can ease the process of reaching their ultimate satisfaction during the event by winning their attention over and over again. But how do you approach wellness and well-being in the area of online events?

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

When it came time to prepare for the exam itself, she began early utilizing a study group, the CMP Pocket Prep app , the CMP handbook and EIC’s industry glossary —available online for free. For these reasons, event design only grows more imaginative and experiential. Talk around sustainability is rising as well, she says.

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Social Tables

MARCH 10, 2021

In addition to checking out our post on how to become a wedding planner , one of the first things we recommend doing is exploring some of the best online wedding planner courses the web has to offer. Explore 6 of the best online wedding planner courses: Wondering what type of course is best for a wedding planner?

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Endless Events

APRIL 27, 2018

Online Event Marketing Techniques. While nothing impacts the image of brands more than face-to-face marketing, online searches also do a great deal of confirming or denying the impressions of potential customers about a brand. Click To Tweet. Traveling Abroad? Take Note of These Tips.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 18, 2022

Both are unique, as far as I know, in that the in-person and online participants are the same people ! The second is a design I’ll be using in a conference I’ve designed and will be facilitating in June 2022. 1—In-person attendees participate in an online session! The online portion felt eerie….

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

If you read our last piece on why collaborative learning is the future of event-networking , you are already familiar with e180 as the creator of Braindate , an online platform and an in-person experience that helps participants at events meet for topic-driven, knowledge-sharing conversations called braindates.

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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

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. 16:30 Online meetings benefit from these designs too. 17:30 Online has displaced the value of lectures at in-person meetings. Thank you, Anca! 24:30 Sponsor break.

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 29, 2020

First choice: Online. Let’s (continue) to call them Online meetings! I say “continue”, because currently, online is the most popular adjective used on the internet (~1.5 Everyone knows what online means: Zoom or Teams or BlueJeans or ON24 or …. So we hold in-person events in person. Conclusion.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 11, 2020

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. Zoom has rapidly become the dominant platform for online meetings. Conclusion.

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