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Reflections on how the decades-old motto of an association encapsulates the power and empowerment of a peer conference to change lives

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/associations-2/2019/09/i-am-crazy-but-im-not-alone

#meetings #EventDesign #PeerConference #community #edACCESS #eventprofs

not crazy not alone: a photograph of two edACCESS participants walking away from the camera outside in a field. They are both wearing tee shirts that say "I am crazy…but I'm not alone!"

Software testers do peer conferences (aka unconferences) right! Here are three examples of software tester conference awesomeness.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2022/09/doing-peer-conferences-right

#meetings #unconference #SoCraTes #PeerConference #SoftwareTesting #eventprofs #assnchat

Participants gather at the 2022 SoCraTes peer conference

The Future Of Conferences Is Unconferences. That's the published conclusion of social and computer scholars in a 2023 #ACM paper.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2023/10/the-future-of-conferences-is-unconferences

#meetings #EventDesign #unconference #PeerConference #events #eventprofs

Header of academic paper: The Future Of Conferences Is Unconferences: Exploring a Decentralized Network of Regional Meetups FORUM | MEANINGFUL DESIGN PROCESSES This forum is dedicated to exploring the notion of meaningfulness in design processes, taking the perspectives of community groups, nongovernmental organizations, and those who are marginalized in society as starting points. Authors will reflect conceptually and methodologically on practical engagements. — Rosanna Bellini and Angelika Strohmayer, Editors Soya Park, MIT, Eun-Jeong Kang, Cornell University, Karen Joy, Rutgers University, Rosanna Bellini, Cornell University, Jérémie Lumbroso, University of Pennsylvania, Danaé Metaxa, University of Pennsylvania, Andrés Monroy-Hernandez, Princeton University

How to use sticky notes to crowdsource sessions and level of interest dot voting to choose the sessions your attendees need & want

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2017/09/dot-voting

#meetings #EventDesign #GroupWork #crowdsourcing #SessionSelection #DotVoting #PeerConference #unconference #eventprofs

A photograph of a smiling conference participant who, with others, is dot voting on session topics written on large sticky notes posted on a wall

A false assumption: Supporting meaningful connections with other attendees is not the conference organizers’ job.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/uncategorized/2009/12/unquestioned-traditional-conference-assumption-3-supporting-meaningful-connections-with-other-attendees-is-not-the-conference-organizers-job

#meetings #EventDesign #PeerConference #connections #FaceBook #eventprofs

supporting meaningful connections: Adrian Segar's face book entry

Today's meetings need to give meeting-goers many options, not just a few. But not by filling the program with every conceivable session topic…

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2019/12/give-meeting-goers-many-options

#meetings #EventDesign #choices #EventCrowdsourcing #SessionCrowdsourcing #PeerConference #eventprofs

give meeting-goers many options: an illustration displaying fifteen different control icons

Skeptical that a peer conference can build an optimum program for your conference? Attend or organize one yourself and see!

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/uncategorized/2009/11/ride-that-you-must-be-joking

#meetings #EventDesign #PeerConference #unconference #BestProgram #events #eventprofs

build an optimum program: photograph of a woman having a hard time riding a bike. Image attribution: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bike/ / CC BY-SA 2.0

How do you market a new peer conference? Here's an example of marketing language you can use to address potential attendee concerns.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/dear-adrian/2013/09/market-new-peer-conference

#meetings #EventDesign #marketing #PeerConference #ideas #eventprofs

Photograph of Adrian Segar holding his granddaughter in an indoor playhouse. She is waving at the camera.

The Association for Software Testing issued a free guide to creating peer conferences. I contributed suggestions and it's well worth a look!

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2020/01/free-peer-conference-guide

#meetings #EventDesign #PeerConference #unconference #free #guide #AssociationForSoftwareTesting #eventprofs

free guide to creating peer conferences: Photograph of conference attendees having fun. Attribution: 2018 "QA or the Highway" software testing conference.

Here are four tools for creating, supporting, and enriching communities of practice: peer conferences, listservs, Slack, and Zoom

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/learning/2017/10/four-tools-for-communities-of-practice

#community #CommunityOfPractice #tools #PeerConference #listserv #Slack #Zoom #assnchat

Four tools for communities of practice. Diagram by Harold Jarche showing three kinds of social groups: External Social Networks, Communities of Practice, and Work teams, plotted on a two-dimension graph with X-axis goal-oriented & collaborative opportunity-driven & cooperative and Y-axis informal & networked structured & hierarchical

My second post on implementing participant-driven breakouts in Zoom. Here, I explain how to prepare to run "The Three Questions" online.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2020/05/participant-driven-breakouts-zoom-2

#meetings #EventDesign #OnlineMeeting #PeerConference #TheThreeQuestions #Zoom #eventprofs

participant-driven breakouts in Zoom: a screenshot of the well-known Zoom dialog box that's used to determine how many breakout rooms to assign and how participants will be assigned to them

Most meeting planners think that conference session topics must be preplanned. Instead, build a program that reflects actual wants and needs.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/uncategorized/2009/12/unquestioned-traditional-conference-assumption-1-conference-session-topics-must-be-chosen-and-scheduled-in-advance

#meetings #EventDesign #predetermined #MeetingProgram #unconference #PeerConference #eventprofs #assnchat

Image of a massive printed program full of many conference session topics

A spotlight on the 2013 Community Jam Northern California Harvesting/Gleaning Conference that used the Conferences That Work conference format

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/conference-spotlight/2013/06/conferences-that-work-spotlight-community-jam-northern-california-harvestinggleaning-conference

#meetings #PeerConference #CommunityJam #events #eventprofs

photograph of participants at the 2013 Community Jam peer conference

A detailed and candid account of the development and testing of a meeting format used by The Ministry of Testing: The UnExpo experiment

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2018/04/the-unexpo-experiment

#EventDesign #SoftwareTesting #PeerConference #eventprofs

Photograph of participants reviewing posters at The UnExpo Experiment. Photo attribution: Samantha Cooper

Linda attends two different kinds of conferences and experiences the big difference that good process can have on the learning environment.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2014/12/tradconf-or-partconf

#meetings #EventDesign #learning #PeerConference #eventprofs

good process learning environment: a photograph of a fork in a forest path. The left fork has a white barrier at its entrance and is shrouded by foliage; the right has none and is more open to the sky.

Want to discover the experts at your conference? Peer conferences allow participants to discover the experts in the audience.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/learning/2013/11/drive-by-experts-at-your-conference

#meetings #EventDesign #experts #PeerConference #unconference #events #eventprofs

experts conference: photograph of a "drive-by" fast food restaurant with customers' motorbikes parked inside. Photo attribution: Flickr user jannem

Four hundred scientists walk into a conference. And perhaps improve the health of the lands and waters on which all our lives depend.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2018/03/two-scientists-walk-into-a-conference

#meetings #EventDesign #PeerConference #eventprofs

Two scientists walk into a conference: An illustration of a neon bar sign that says "Two scientists walk into a bar"