Conferences that Work

JUNE 14, 2021

Why are our meetings still full of lectures? With new technology of remote learning, you don’t need school children to be in a school building with a number of teachers. Learning researchers and our best teachers and meeting designers have known this for a long time. It’s just the opposite.

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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. Meeting Architecture: A Manifesto by Maarten Vanneste.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 19, 2021

If you want maximum learning, interaction, and connection at a meeting, small meetings are better than large meetings. Another might include medical personnel able to deliver the new technology or procedure. Increased learning, interaction, and connection. A hat tip to Martin Sirk for suggesting this example!].

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Conferences that Work

JULY 17, 2023

I am resigned to the fact that OpenAI ‘s Large Language Model ChatGPT has scraped every blog post I’ve written here (over 750 posts in the last 13 years—around half a million words) so it can parrot my thoughts about meeting design, facilitation, and other topics. This genie broke the bottle.

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The MICE Blog

JULY 27, 2022

I want to re-share this article that I wrote back in 2019 and was initially published on VDVO website , because the principles of event design remain the same, the human is in the centre of every experience that we want to design for our events and technology technology should enhance this experience, and not replace it.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 28, 2016

@tojulius Julian Solaris, Editor of The Event Manager Blog, always has the low-down on attendance-worthy events and the newest event technology. Tahira Endean tweets about the intersection of experiential, immersive meeting design and technology. Dahlia is an event technology evangelist, speaker and educator.

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Social Tables

APRIL 17, 2019

Both properties and planners need to create consistent systems that minimize communicative pain points, doing so through a mix of smart internal processes and innovative technologies that streamline them. 56% of event professionals believe health and wellness programs impact the overall success of meetings.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2018

As a demographic, they also value experiences over material goods, want to share those experiences (usually via social media), have higher technological literacy, and are 62% more likely to travel then their generation X counterparts. Technology is allowing planners to pull off more than ever before. So what’s a planner to do?

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2018

As a demographic, they also: Value experiences over material goods Want to share those experiences usually via social media Have higher technological literacy Are 62% more likely to travel than their generation X counterparts As the average screen time per day increases, millennials place more value on face-to-face meetings. .”

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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. Holy moly.).

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 19, 2024

Forged ahead and wrote what eventually became a series of three books on conference design. Consequently became a valued resource on meeting design and facilitation for thousands of people and organizations. Found the courage to share my weekly musings on a wide variety of topics publicly via my blog.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 20, 2024

1—It’s always a people problem I was a technology nerd when I got that first gig. Eventually, I realized I was more interested in working with people than technology. I’m so grateful to the hundreds of clients I’ve served over the last 40+ years. Here are five reasons why I’m grateful for my clients.

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

” “Attendees have a clear desire for immersive experiences, customization, and event-enhancing technology. So, if you’re one of the thousands of people who have purchased my books or the hundreds of clients who have benefited from my meeting design and facilitation services, please don’t keep me a secret!

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Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Corbin Ball, a leading event-technology consultant, deleted his 16-year-old Twitter account at the end of October, writing that Twitter, now X, has “gone off the rails” under owner Elon Musk’s leadership. We are passionate about events and meetings. It brings the whole professional world together,” he said. “We

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 3, 2019

At the time, I had no idea that what I instinctively put together for a gathering of people who barely knew each other would lead to: a global design and facilitation consulting practice; over 500 posts on this blog, which has now become, to the best of my knowledge, the most-visited website on meeting design and facilitation; three books (almost!)

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 11, 2021

In the meetings world, the most well known are the series of EventCamps that were held around the world between 2010 and 2014. These were volunteer-run, meeting experiments that explored a wide range of meeting and session formats and technologies. Many of the people I met remain friends today.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 25, 2024

Since 2005, I’ve written three successful books on meeting design and facilitation and over 800 weekly blog posts on a wide range of topics. My books continue to sell, and this blog is the world’s most popular website on meeting design and facilitation. Outwardly, I’ve succeeded. My 1977 Ph.D.

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 4, 2022

In a post on his Conferences that Work blog , conference designer Adrian Segar writes: “If you want maximum learning, interaction, and connection at a meeting, small meetings are better than large meetings. Michelle Russell is editor in chief at Convene.

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Travel Daily Media

JULY 5, 2023

The post IHG Hotels & Resorts launch ‘Meet How You Meet,’ across SE Asia, Korea, Australasia and Japan appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily.

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 4, 2018

We have the science and technology to address most of the world’s problems. When consulting, one of my biggest meeting design challenges is to get boss buy-in. What we lack are structures that enable transparency and action on behalf of humankind, and not the vested interests of the rich and powerful.”

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 18, 2023

He has stayed on top of new meeting trends and technologies for decades. For this trip, the first time I’d been back to Europe since an Estonian meeting design conference in 2020, I decided to spend a week in Rome. I don’t know how he does it. Typical Participate! workshops last between ½ and 2 days. .”

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

One thing I’ve found invaluable in running large online meetings is a private channel for the event staff to communicate beforehand and in real-time during the event. Meeting planners have employed wireless technology solutions to do this for decades.) I like to use a private Slack channel for this.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 29, 2021

And I know many great meeting professionals who strive to wear on their sleeve how they love being with people. Twenty years ago I was a successful, independent information technology consultant. What has surprised me during this journey is meeting so many meeting professionals I like along the way. Yay for us!

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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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Conferences that Work

MARCH 4, 2019

” Using peer to peer learning techniques, innovative technology, and creative meeting design, The EVENT ‘s objectives are to: encourage participants to collaborate with industry peers; cultivate new ideas; and elevate the entire meeting industry.

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Gavel International

AUGUST 26, 2024

The technology can process and sort through an astounding amount of digital information. AI technology has many strengths and is becoming more advanced by the day, but for now, it relies entirely on the information fed to it. You can also consider an in-person strategic meeting designed to hear input from key department leaders.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 12, 2016

What you need to know about technology that you don’t. significantly increase owner and attendee satisfaction and participation at your sessions and events. Emotion versus thinking. The gifts of listening and capture. Maintaining attention. Effective short form formats. Using white space at events. Planning versus improv.

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Meeting Tomorrow

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

There are a number of meeting design elements that need to be accounted for, but the cost savings and expanded participation seem well worth it. About the author: Phil Hamstra is the VP of Strategic Initiatives at Meeting Tomorrow. Get event technology news, trends and tips delivered straight to your inbox every month.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 14, 2016

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. of The Thrival Institute studied the conundrum of meeting design and found that there isn’t a one size fits all set up.

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Convene by PCMA

MAY 19, 2023

Sessions throughout the event addressed challenges cities are facing regarding climate change, infrastructure, technology, migration, mental health, and more. For more information on hosting your next event in Amsterdam, email meetings@iamsterdam.com or visit iamsterdam.com/en/meetings. Europe, Africa, and Latin America.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 26, 2019

I embarked on a series of careers that increasingly integrated my technical background with working with people: owning and managing a solar energy business, teaching computer science at a liberal arts college, and consulting in information technology.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 1, 2024

And it’s mostly about meeting design and facilitation, but I write about all kinds of things. Adrian Segar: The subtlety of designing meetings is that you need people who I would call facilitators. I define myself as a meeting designer and facilitator. Adrian Segar: Okay.

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 2, 2021

NAR does two pre-BOD meetings — one, a week before, and one, a couple of days before. And this is for all of the 800 directors simply to come and test the technology. Those meetings are all about [talking] them through [the platform]. And I don’t think people really aware that we were designers in this process.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 30, 2018

The only technologies used are printed cards, paper-covered round tables, and colored pens. The desired outcomes are for each participant to gain useful and relevant professional insights, and to make significant new connections.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 9, 2023

For hoteliers, AI and other event productivity technology can help remove friction and pain points in booking and checking in, but the goal is to relieve employees of mundane tasks so they can focus more on human interactions, explained Ben Space, vice president and commercial director Americas managed with Hilton.

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

A 1909 AT&T advertisement that promotes the telephone as broadcast & messaging technology. “ Kevin Kelly , “ What Technology Wants ” (p. For a clue, read this AT&T advertisement promoting telephones in the 1900’s! The advertisers pitched the telephone as if it were a more convenient telegraph.

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