Bigger meetings aren't necessarily better meetings, because it's easier to design for connection around relevant content at smaller events
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2013/03/bigger-meetings
#meetings #EventDesign #EventSize #connection #content #events #eventprofs
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
I am looking for your help to hold workshops that I believe significantly improve the quality of meetings.
#meetings #EventDesign #workshop #ParticipateLab #help #request #eventprofs #assnchat
Some people have funny ideas about sustainability in meetings. Concentrate on reducing greenhouse gases caused by travel and food.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2014/05/sustainability-in-meetings
#meetings #sustainability #food #travel #GMIC #carbon #events #eventprofs
Here is a real-life comparison of pre-conference and at-conference crowdsourcing at a peer conference (aka #unconference)
Many conference sessions aren't accurately described by their program blurb. Here are six ways you can avoid wasting attendee time.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2015/06/avoid-wasting-attendee-time
#meetings #EventDesign #events #program #accuracy #eventprofs
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
How can we help conference attendees satisfy their curiosity? With these three questions I use at the start of every peer conference.
#meetings #EventDesign #curiosity #ThreeQuestions #events #eventprofs
Can we make better conference chairs? Steelcase is trying with its Node chairs, which can move and swivel.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2013/06/better-cconference-chairs
#meetings #EventDesign #seating #chairs #Steelcase #participation #Node #events #eventprofs
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
#meetings #EventDesign #curation #myth #ParticipantDrivenEvents #eventprofs
My calendar of peer conferences reveals the wide variety of communities, organizations, & businesses using these events to provide valuable connections and learning.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2024/04/calendar-peer-conferences
Don't improve meetings by augmenting them with technology. To maximize learning and connection, augment human beings with other human beings.
#meetings #EventDesign #EventTech #connection #learning #eventprofs
Why you should provide clearings for your event. Physical, freedom, and permission clearings make space for something new to happen.
#meetings #EventDesign #physical #freedom #permission #clearings #events #eventprofs
"How old are you?" can be an awkward question. Here are safe ways for a group of meeting participants to share their "age".
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2020/02/how-old-are-you
#meetings #EventDesign #HowOldAreYou #facilitation #GroupWork #HumanSpectrograms #safety #eventprofs
Here are 5 examples of how explicit communication—saying or writing what's needed to guide or influence desired behavior—improves meetings.
#facilitation #ExplicitCommunication #agreements #framing #promotion #socials #TechChecks #eventprofs #assnchat
Stop conference lecturing! Sadly, the majority of conferences are still dominated by lecturing, even though we know it's a poor way to learn.
#meetings #EventDesign #events #lecturing #indoctrination #eventprofs
Journalists Damon Kiesow & Jeff Jarvis write about community and audience, echoing key distinctions between peer and traditional conferences
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2024/02/community-audience
#journalism #community #audience #media #meetings #eventprofs
How can we better support event professionals? Some thoughts from a 2010 chat that are still relevant today.
Join me and the National Scenic Byway Association, along with small town event and visitor experience expert Vicky Soderberg, as we bust some tourism myths and give you a clearer way of thinking about what actually works, in a webinar on Thursday, February 19, at 4 p.m. Eastern. Yes, a recording will be sent to all registrants:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/busting-a-few-event-and-tourism-myths-registration-1980583141492
#SocialTown #tourism #travel #ScenicByway #placemaking #EconomicDevelopment #EventProfs #TrainingAndDevelopment #LearningAndDevelopment
If you want to make conference socials a maximally effective opportunity for interaction and engagement, keep them music-free
#meetings #socials #EventDesign #events #music #CantHearYou #eventprofs
