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Control versus freedom at meetings

Conferences that Work

How can we design the optimum balance between control versus freedom at meetings? As I wrote in 2010: The reality is that you never had control to begin with, just the myth of control. Note that I’m not suggesting meeting professionals give up any attempt to control what happens at their events.

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Event design is not just visuals and logistics

Conferences that Work

The first time I met him—at the premier EventCamp in 2010 —he immediately purchased my just-published book, sight unseen. The following year, David was kind enough to honor me in his flagship publication BizBash as one of the most innovative event professionals. Whenever I’ve had the pleasure of meeting David (not often enough!)

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Design your meeting BEFORE choosing the venue!

Conferences that Work

I love my meeting design clients, but there is one mistake I see them making over and over again. Clients invariably ask me to help design their meeting after they’ve chosen a venue! Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! given at EventCamp Twin Cities on September 9, 2010?

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Exclusive Collection outlines The Big Re-Think for meetings and events

Event Industry News

The research set out to understand the motivations and expectations of Generation Alpha (those born in 2010 onwards) who will reach the workplace in […] The Big Re-Think is the culmination of quantitative research carried out in autumn 2023 in partnership with micebook.

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Feedback Frames—a low-tech tool for anonymous voting

Conferences that Work

One graphic explains the tool: Although I tend to prefer public and semi-anonymous techniques for the participatory voting I use extensively in my facilitation practice, Jason’s approach is a refreshing alternative to the complex (and typically expensive) high-tech ARS methods routinely used for anonymous voting at meetings.

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6 Tips for December Meetings

SmartMeetings

Planning a meeting in December can be stressful. As the days grow shorter, draw inspiration from the season to design events that everyone will want to attend, and to help keep them engaged long after. Tina Hirshberg Novelo is a program manager and event producer, and has been with Taste since 2010.

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Children shouldn’t sit still in class — and neither should adults

Conferences that Work

” Michelle Obama ’s 2010 “Let’s Move” initiative works to increase movement and healthy eating in schools. Short bursts in physical activity are positively linked to increased levels of attention and performance. Watch Mike Kuczala’s TEDx talk “ The Kinesthetic Classroom: Teaching and Learning through Movement.”

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