What's most important about an event? Focus on the event's gift (its purpose) rather than the wrapping (the logistics) and budget accordingly!
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I am looking for your help to hold workshops that I believe significantly improve the quality of meetings.
To improve the learning at your events, ensure your meeting messages are received. That's what I learned from the improv exercise "You".
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2016/10/meeting-messages-received
At BizBash Live DC, David Adler and I discuss the best formats for live experiences in front of an invited crowd of meeting professionals.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/interviews/2019/11/best-formats-for-live-experiences
The fifth in my series of posts on how to implement participant-driven breakouts in Zoom. Here's how to run your peer conference using Zoom breakout rooms.
Setting good explicit ground rules at the start of a conference may be the most transformative change you can make to improve your event
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2010/08/explicit-ground-rules
An article in Wired Magazine argues that "Science Conferences Are Stuck in the Dark Ages." I agree — but there's some light in the darkness!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2020/01/science-conferences-stuck
More meeting annoyances. People that seem to only attend meetings so they can show how clever they are by putting memes in the chat incessantly . Yes I just turned off notifications. #meetings
RIP, Conference Curator! The fantasy of the conference curator is dead. Instead, let conference attendees choose conference content.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2014/11/rip-conference-curator
Why don't meeting conferences pay speakers? Here's why so many industry conferences budget for everything — except their presenters!
How does group size impact process design? It affects the tension between intimacy (going deep) and discovery (uncovering possibilities).
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Wake up to the many gifts you are receiving every day! Yet another Lesson From Improv: Giving Appreciations at Conferences.
There shouldn't be privacy issues in meeting apps. Developers: let us opt out of access to our social media accounts when we use your apps!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2014/04/privacy-issues-in-meeting-apps
Event marketing isn't something you can do all by yourself. Instead get help from stakeholders: presenters, sponsors, and, yes, attendees.
It's smart to make first-time attendees feel as welcome as possible. Here's an easy way to welcome conference newbies.
Crowdsourcing events is hot! Here's my take on three articles about meeting and session crowdsourcing.
Would you like to create breakthrough meeting designs? Here's how Elementary Meetings suggest environments for participation at events.
When things don't go according to plan at your events, the improv and gratitude practice of "seeing the gifts" can transform your response.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/learning/2018/07/seeing-the-gifts
