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Adrian Segar Speaker Tips Interview

Conferences that Work

workshop for Dutch professional moderators, I was interviewed by Otto Wijnen about speaker and presentation tips for making presentations more effective by incorporating active learning. Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! After a one-day Participate! given at EventCamp Twin Cities on September 9, 2010?

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Hybrid Meetings Doomed to Failure? Not So Fast

Velvet Chainsaw

I’ll admit that in 2011, when the Virtual Edge Institute (now called the Digital Experience Institute) first co-located its conference with the Professional Convention Management Association’s Convening Leaders, the experience fell flat for me. and encouraged and vetted questions to ask of the speaker at the appropriate times.

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We are biased against truly creative event design

Conferences that Work

Truly creative event design questions, for example, whether we need to have a keynote speaker , relegate significant participant discussions to breaks and socials, or supply entertainment during meals. Can we overcome bias against truly creative event design? We can do better than novelty at our meetings. The notes at the.

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Best in Show 2016

PCMA Convene

Nominated by Cori Dossett, CEM, CMP, Conferences Designed “I have worked with Brittany several times in the past year. ACS has also been showcased in Convene ’s August 2015 annual Best in Show issue for the Best CSR Initiative and awarded the 2011 and 2012 PCMA Capital Chapter Green Leader Award. SPECIAL MENTIONS.

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40 Outstanding Event Industry Blogs to Follow

Endless Events

Corbin Ball is an international speaker, consultant and writer dedicated to helping clients use technology more efficiently for improved productivity. Since 2011, influential event planner, Liz King, has been using Techsytalk as her platform to help event profs integrate technology into their events for even better attendee engagement.

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What’s the best learning model for conference sessions?

Conferences that Work

. “In surface learning, the session reflects the knowledge and skills of the speaker. The attendee consumes as much as the speaker says as possible and tries to store it in the mind. The speaker covers as much as they can as fast as they can. But from whom do we discover this learning? Sources for additional information.