Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

1—Unconferences that aren’t According to Wikipedia, unconferences are participant-driven meetings where the agenda is created by the attendees at the beginning of the meeting. To conclude When designed and executed well, unconferences tend to endure. Here are my six reasons.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Let’s look at these three conclusions in the context of meeting design. Most meeting presenters still lecture. And most meeting session presenters resort to lecturing as their dominant session modality. “ Including highly paid keynote speakers at meetings is a meeting industry fixation.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Before an event, you can promote the use of the event hashtag by incorporating it into your tweets. One of the things we encourage people to do is to consider the impact of non-traditional designs on their program: multiple room sizes, innovative setups and out of breakout sessions, to name but a few. Radde, Ph.D.

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 26, 2017

You see this in the increasing number of industry articles about good meeting process, the rise of the term “meeting design” being applied to the group process we use in sessions as opposed to, say, F&B or production design.

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Motivation Excellence

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Since anticipation increases motivation, executives and managers should promote the program throughout the year and find small but meaningful ways to recognize potential earners. Unveiling monthly rankings promotes friendly competitiveness while memorably debuting the new location is always a highlight at the annual meeting.

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Brightspot Incentive Events

MARCH 18, 2021

To execute a successful virtual event, our team was tasked with developing a strategy that enhanced meeting design, optimized the attendee’s experience, and increased attendee engagement. Several promotional items for pre-conference gift boxes were sourced, vetted, ordered, and shipped to each attendee pre-event.

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 2, 2021

Another person’s job was to promote people to panelist when they needed to speak. So the NAR team could promote all three of them quickly and we could be ready to switch them into the program feed. We tried to simulate an in-person meeting as much as possible. We’re meeting designers in a hybrid experience.

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Gavel International

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Reading Time: 7 minutes The first installment of this two-part series began with details about harnessing the power of artificial intelligence (AI) and the critical demand of sustainability requirements in meeting planning. Meeting Design Consider the format that is most likely to achieve the goals of the meeting.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Eventbrite is a global platform provi ding online event registration solutions to event organizers, but their blog is jam-packed with fast-reads on the general subjects of event planning, promotion and tech. Check it out for how-tos and guides, but also some insights into the life of being an event planner.

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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. Meeting Design Trends.

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 19, 2024

Rhanee Palma Rising global temperatures impact not only the health and safety of participants, but meeting design and site-selection strategies, said Rhanee Palma, CDME, operations and events manager for the Davis, California–based UC Davis Air Quality Research Center (AQRC).

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 27, 2025

Instead, meeting designers have to understand the core values of their attendees. In fact, Gen Y (also known as Millennials because the oldest members became adults at the turn of the millennium) are sometimes called the Me Generation because self-realization and self-fulfillment were some of the aspirations they promoted.

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

For a clue, read this AT&T advertisement promoting telephones in the 1900’s! A 1909 AT&T advertisement that promotes the telephone as broadcast & messaging technology. Event planners often overlook the importance of attendee conversations. Why does this happen?

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