Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

I’ve been promoting the Conferences That Work meeting format for so long, that some people assume I think it’s the right choice for every meeting. two meeting types and three situations when you should NOT use a Conferences That Work design: — Most corporate events. Well, it’s not.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 19, 2021

Ever since my first encounter with the hybrid hub and spoke meeting topology at Event Camp Twin Cities in 2011, I’ve been a big fan of the format. Yesterday [see below], I realized that hub and spoke is a great format for purely online meetings too. What’s a hub and spoke meeting? But first…. A terminology reminder.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Meetings don’t look how they used to. But when it comes to trends, where should meeting industry professionals put their focus? While the shifts are plentiful, there are five that stand out from the fold when it comes to modern event design. Here are five meeting industry trends that are changing the game.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Change is imminent — and in the meetings industry, it’s upon us. While the shifts are plentiful, there are five that stand out from the fold when it comes to modern event design. Here’s how the meetings industry is changing the game. With that, they’re also now the largest pool of potential meeting attendees.

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Social Tables

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Meetings are growing and evolving rapidly, and each is an experiment in applying new methods to find a perfect formula. Industry Performance Trends Attendee Experience Trends Meeting Destination Trends Event Technology Trends Meeting Design Trends. Demand continues to outpace supply of meetings-eligible hotels.

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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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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Many meetings still focus on creating audiences rather than community. And not just at meetings. Damon Kiesow , @dkiesow@social.kiesow.net, Mastodon toot on Nov 06, 2022, 10:37 Kiesow concisely sums up why the news business and the meeting industry concentrate on audience rather than community.

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Endless Events

JUNE 21, 2019

To kick things off, Melissa begins by giving us some interesting facts: “With meeting planners, it’s predominantly… there are a lot more women than men in the industry. For an interesting chat about mentorship and sexual harassment, we welcomed Rhonda Brewer from BCD Meetings & Events.

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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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Convene by PCMA

APRIL 4, 2022

Travel Association provides graphics like the one above to promote Global Meetings Industry Day, April 7. Travel Association (USTA), which merged with the Meetings Mean Business coalition in 2021, reflecting USTA’s heightened focus on reviving business travel. featuring a deep dive into advocacy how-to’s.

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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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MeetingsNet

MAY 29, 2019

We're all quite familiar with the Q&A portion of a meeting session: The final few minutes where the audience has its chance to drill down a bit with the presenter. 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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The MICE Blog

JULY 27, 2022

One of the talks that impressed me the most was ‘Participant experience design – how do we create meetings which move people more deeply?’ According to Felix, the term ‘participant experience design’ is a work in progress. Transitioning to the new event world: What can a meeting look like?

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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

LinkedIn’s growth spurt is evident in the business events industry as well: When we asked meeting organizers what new social media channels they were using to promote events in Convene ’s 2023 Meetings Market Survey , the leading response — chosen by three out of five respondents — was LinkedIn. It’s a business networking platform.

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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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Social Tables

APRIL 17, 2019

56% of event professionals believe health and wellness programs impact the overall success of meetings. Sure, wellness programs don’t dictate the success of meetings, but they certainly enhance results. of event professionals believe venues need to invest more in event technology for groups and meetings.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 21, 2022

A company has launched to make it easier to find one no matter where you’re holding your meeting. 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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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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Social Tables

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Posts can range from takeaways from keynotes, photos of the event, or a heads up to your location in order to meet other event attendees. 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.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 18, 2019

Deepen engagement and increase retention at your meetings by embracing three fundamental shifts in the attendee experience. This fundamental shift changes the way we think about everything from our meeting spaces to our speaker content. Moving from static to active meetings. Rethinking “attendees” as “participants.”

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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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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. 12 ) Culture is not evenly distributed, but rests in pockets within the network. Encourage participation.

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Brightspot Incentive Events

MARCH 18, 2021

Transforming an In-Person Sales Kickoff into a Virtual Meeting. Face-to-face events, conferences, and meetings were postponed or cancelled for the near future. Also, since our client’s leaders live all over the country it was easier for everyone to fly into Hyatt Regency DFW as a central meeting point.

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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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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

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Another feature that could be useful when in stage presentation mode is that Rally allows the meeting host to randomly shuffle table occupants into tables of 2, 3, or 4 people. Rally describes its current platform focus as follows: “Rally’s focus is on networking events. Platform focus.

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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.) Most meeting conveners concentrate on feedback about meeting content (“great speakers!”)

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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

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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Motivation Excellence

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Incentive travel is an important subset of the Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions (MICE) industry. Although there is not a single standard for how incentive travel programs work, the basic structure involves employees meeting a pre-defined goal to qualify for a group trip. What is Incentive Travel? Collaboration.

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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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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 12, 2016

The POPWORKS format focuses on active learning through direct experience of a multitude of participatory meeting techniques. It was great networking too!” — Kevin Priger. significantly increase owner and attendee satisfaction and participation at your sessions and events. I am so ashamed!

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Convene by PCMA

MAY 19, 2023

This has become especially apparent in recent years, with Amsterdam solidifying its position as one of Europe’s most innovative conference destinations for sustainable meetings. Conscious meeting planners can rest assured that this focus on protecting the planet also extends to many of the 500-plus event venues available throughout Amsterdam.

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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. Connect are dedicated to providing content that helps you reimagine today’s meetings and look into the future. The Meeting Pool. MPI (Meeting Professionals International).

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Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 21, 2024

I’ve not always agreed with Freeman’s Reports , but, if you’re in the meeting industry, Freeman’s Trends Report Q4 2024 is a must-read. Informal meetings with SMEs are rated important by 24% of organizers , but 48% of attendees find them crucial. The language of connection : The words we use for meetings matter.

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