Conferences that Work

JUNE 4, 2018

But the growth of the network era , where leaders and workers need to connect outside the workplace in order to stay up to date professionally and to be open to new and innovative ideas, is creating a shift away from traditional hierarchical power models. When consulting, one of my biggest meeting design challenges is to get boss buy-in.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

An entrepreneur since he was only 18 years old, Maarten has over 35 years of experience in meeting design. Ready to hear all about the ground-breaking magic of multi-hub meetings? In 2006, Marteen started the Meeting Design Institute. Multi-hub meetings also play a huge part in the quality of networking.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 2, 2018

The five day event is being held by Federation EIL, the worldwide network of The Experiment in International. Conferences That Work goes to Japan! The first Conferences That Work peer conference held in Japan begins today!

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Endless Events

JUNE 21, 2019

But on the matter of inclusion at events, our host Tahira Endean sat down with Maarten Vannest e of the Meeting Design Institute. More specifically, how often do you think about the acronyms that are part of the event industry? Well, probably not frequently enough – none of us do!

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Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

One of Skift’s “ 10 event trends for 2020 ” is networking. Because good event design is about how a conference works. Participant-driven and participation-rich meeting designs incorporate a braindate’s purpose — one-to-one or small group connection around relevant content — organically into every session.

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 2, 2024

In response to our sacred cow question, meeting designer Adrian Segar posted on X that we should “get rid of expensive keynotes, predetermined schedules of lectures, large events that try to cover everything with no support for tribes to find each other.”

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Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

That gave content creators access to potentially much larger audiences — users shared 40 percent more content on the network in Spring 2023 than they did in the same period in 2021, according to LinkedIn. We are passionate about events and meetings. Everybody understands that this is a professional network,” Holub said.

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Community versus audience I began my first book with the research finding (and common observation) that people go to conferences to network and learn. When the attendees are the owners, meeting designs that build and support community are the obvious way to go. Active learning occurs almost exclusively in community.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 19, 2021

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. Hub and spoke is an event network topology. In-person meeting : participants are physically together. The hub event and each pod may be either in-person or online.

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The MICE Blog

JULY 27, 2022

According to Felix, the term ‘participant experience design’ is a work in progress. It was established based on the theory of meeting design, a well-known ‘tool kit’ used by planners worldwide. These elements — curiosity, openness, flow and willingness to learn – can be planned with the methods of ‘meeting design.’

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 21, 2022

Emcee and meeting designer Samme Allen says she founded the company in response to a growing need for experienced emcees, hosts, and moderators who “can be delivered cost effectively, flexibly, and in the most sustainable way.”.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2018

” For these reasons, millennials value networking over almost any other aspect of events. Trapeze chairs, a speakeasy, smoothie shots at the revolving entrance, Cirque du Soleil performances… The laundry list of creative attractions at Montreal’s C2 conference sounds more like a festival than a networking event.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2018

” For these reasons, millennials value networking over almost any other aspect of events. But make no mistake, the networking is there: over 3,000 face-to-face meetings were scheduled at C2 2017 alone. Events became the professional development pipeline for that generation.”

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Social Tables

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Industry Performance Trends Attendee Experience Trends Meeting Destination Trends Event Technology Trends Meeting Design Trends. The unprecedented rise in demand for meetings and events will continue this year, with CWT Meetings & Travel predicting a robust 5-10% growth in demand. Industry Performance Trends.

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Convene by PCMA

APRIL 4, 2022

(Instructions for how organizations can add their events to the database are available on the Meet Safe website.). This year’s lineup of GMID events reflects not only the surge in 2022 in the number of events that have returned to an in-person format, but a range of meeting-design decisions.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 14, 2016

If Twitter doesn’t strike your social media fancy, Livewall lets you broadcast a variety of social networks live, allowing you to display photos, videos and even contests via their platform. Networking. Networking can also be a fairly stressful affair for attendees. Hint: creating an event-specific hashtag is a great idea).

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Social Tables

APRIL 17, 2019

Some seating issues we heard back about in our seating survey included participants having trouble understanding the layout, not being connected enough to the speaker, and needing more spatial/seating flexibility for networking. Traditionally, event teams have seated attendees based on elements such as relationships, titles, or industry.

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The MICE Blog

MARCH 11, 2021

We used meeting design to do that, which already had some gamification elements to it. a shorter attention span of the participants, how to ensure sufficient interaction and networking). Additionally, by forming teams, people will get to know each other—there’s the networking element.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 20, 2024

I was your guy if you had a problem with personal computers, flaky local area networks, or database systems. Today, because consulting on meeting design and facilitation is a niche practice, marketing via sharing my website posts with subscribers and on social media has also become a significant source of new clients.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 21, 2022

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. I’ve shared the why? and the details of how I typically run this format here.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 8, 2016

Now I’m bringing my expertise to Chicago for a 1½ day October 6 – 7 workshop, a unique opportunity for you to: Learn how to make your conferences and conference sessions far more engaging and effective ; Gain powerful meeting design insights ; Significantly increase participation and satisfaction at your sessions and events; and.

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MeetingsNet

MAY 29, 2019

What's more, because networking is often the top reason why people go to conferences, the small-group conversations are natural opportunities to get to know several other people quickly. It is likely to improve the perceived quality of your event's presentations, and you will see that in attendees' post-meeting evaluations.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Rally describes its current platform focus as follows: “Rally’s focus is on networking events. Our ideal markets are internal networking events or small to medium size events (10 to 1000 people); however we have been effective with 1000+ events as well. Currently you can try a one-room version of Rally for free.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 18, 2019

Time to rethink meeting environments, using spaces and room sets where people are best able to learn and network. What does this mean for meeting design, including the room layout, hosting events indoors versus outdoors, food, lights, and more. Refocusing from the stage to the audience.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 8, 2019

I quickly discover the size and interest of the meetings industry. Due to interest and demand, I become a meeting designer and facilitator of participant-driven and participation-rich meetings. The five day event is being held by Federation EIL, the worldwide network of The Experiment in International.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 16, 2018

Fun fact: the testing community often uses my term “peer conferences” for their get-togethers, due to a chat about meeting design I had with tester James Bach at the 2004 Amplifying Your Effectiveness conference.) The five day event is being held by Federation EIL, the worldwide network of The Experiment in International.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 1, 2024

PSFG has a deep appreciation for the importance of meeting design. So that, we see as the core of our work, is not just to design a whole bunch of programs, but to design them well, to bring the right people around the table together. …In In networks, the strength is in the collective wisdom of the participants.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 12, 2016

It was great networking too!” — Kevin Priger. significantly increase owner and attendee satisfaction and participation at your sessions and events. .” — Participant at Adrian’s 2012 EIBTM Participation Techniques Workshop. I am so ashamed! Just came back from @AffordableMTGS in Chicago.

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Travel Daily Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

With spaces that can accommodate meetings and events for up to 500 people, Renaissance Pattaya is well- suited for meetings and incentives in the region, offering something beyond the unexpected, R.E.N.

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Maritz Global Events

JANUARY 24, 2019

With attendees from all over the world, the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) uses a variety of strategies to create new and valuable meeting experiences. At AAO 2018 , more than 23,000 ophthalmologists, health professionals and industry personnel from across the globe met in Chicago to learn, network and grow in their careers.

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Convene by PCMA

MAY 19, 2023

Meeting planners can easily tap into this impressive network of industry leaders for collaboration. Whether it ’ s for organizations focused on energy transition or those gathering in the name of sustainable fashion, Amsterdam is the place to be for meetings designed to inspire and impact attendees, for good.

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Motivation Excellence

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Generally, the vacation lasts from three to seven days and blends team-building activities, professional networking opportunities and free personal time to explore the destination. Unveiling monthly rankings promotes friendly competitiveness while memorably debuting the new location is always a highlight at the annual meeting.

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Gavel International

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

12 ) Culture is not evenly distributed, but rests in pockets within the network. Meeting Design Consider the format that is most likely to achieve the goals of the meeting. Connection and network tracking. Certain behaviors are caught and taught, and employees shape each other’s experience.

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Brightspot Incentive Events

MARCH 18, 2021

The purpose of the conference is to bring the Enterprise sales associates together to network, announce new products, provide updates from leadership, provide sales training, and recognize those that achieve their goals. Another Successful Virtual Meeting. Virtual Event Platform and AV Partner.

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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. Collaboration with PCMA.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Event professional turned full-time blogger Irina Graf has created an event industry networking and destination focused blog with an international view. Conferences That Work is the creation of conference design and facilitation legend Adrian Segar. Plan Your Meetings. The MICE Blog. Velvet Chainsaw Consulting.

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Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 21, 2024

But attendees place networking second , while organizers rank it fifth —behind keynotes/general sessions, education sessions, and special events. The barrier to becoming an Innovator I don’t want to be too hard on the majority (56%) of event organizers who want to evolve their meeting designs but continue to hold static events.

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