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Event Statistics: 17 Current Planning Stats that Could Change Your Business Today

Social Tables

However, many proponents of modern meeting design recommend letting participants choose their seating to spur engagement and networking. Especially in a climate where venues have to win repeat business for success, the process of event proposals needs to evolve beyond a bidding war to one showing a different kind of value.

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Six reasons why unconferences aren’t more popular

Conferences that Work

An event that: Asks potential presenters to submit pre-event proposals for sessions isn’t an unconference. They also need more separate breakout spaces for participants to meet. Venue room capacity charts don’t include these designs. The solution to this is to design your unconference before choosing the venue.

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19 Event Trends That Will Shake Up Meetings & Group Business in 2019

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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. Meeting Design Trends.

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A terrific example of the value of client feedback—Part 1

Conferences that Work

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. You can draft your dream session by yourself. Find friends.

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Doing peer conferences right

Conferences that Work

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. The queues to briefly present the proposed topics were really long, and the emerging schedule looked amazing.

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Learn how to transform conferences with my meeting design workshop

Conferences that Work

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!