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Make your entire conference a braindate

Conferences that Work

Why not make your entire conference a braindate? ” — November 20, 2019 tweet. I like the braindate approach , but it doesn’t have to be something that’s grafted onto a conference. Because good event design is about how a conference works. Instead make your entire conference a braindate!

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Best in Show 2019: Inspiring Examples of Meeting Design

PCMA Convene

For the 2019 World Tunnel Congress, organizer AIM Group International mined unusual off-site locations in Naples to create a personalized experience and strong sense of place. Volunteer program at the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting gives student attendees an option to lower or eliminate registration fees.

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PCMA EduCon Los Angeles 2019

Gallus Events

PCMA EduCon took place in Los Angeles in June 2019 and I was lucky enough to be asked to mentor the attendees of PCMA’s Homeless Hackathon and to present a session on online events. . Slides from my session at PCMA EduCon 2019. And the best way to get a grip of texturising content is to look at the principles of meeting design.

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Q&A with Adrian Segar on Crowdsourcing

Conferences that Work

This (slightly edited) interview by JT Long appeared in the March 2019 issue of Smart Meetings Magazine. What led to writing the book, Conferences that Work ? I invented the format by accident 26 years ago when there were no expert speakers to invite for a conference on administrative computing issues in small schools.

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PCMA EduCon 2019: Can the Meetings Industry Hack Homelessness?

PCMA Convene

William Thomson (center) will take part in PCMA’s hackathon on homelessness in June during EduCon 2019. Jamie Murdock (left), vice president of sales at Experient, and consultant Donna Kastner lead a hackathon session at the 2018 Education Conference. The duo will be back at this year’s Educon. Jacob Slaton).

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19 Event Trends That Will Shake Up Meetings & Group Business in 2019

Social Tables

What does it mean to be a part of the events industry in 2019? Meetings are growing and evolving rapidly, and each is an experiment in applying new methods to find a perfect formula. Here, we cover the top 19 trends which promise to shake up event planning and hospitality in 2019 and beyond. Meetings will become music festivals.

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Business events format have not changed much over the past decades

GEVME

Take a look at the following picture of a trade fair back in 1979: National Tire Dealers and Retreaders Association Conference & Trade Show 1979. And this is from 2019: Singapore FinTech Festival 2019. Kevin Hoffman has written a pretty good book about it: Meeting Design. Sure, what people wear has changed.