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Which meeting design books should I buy?

Conferences that Work

Here are five meeting design books I especially recommend. Into the Heart of Meetings: Basic Principles of Meeting Design ( ebook or paperback ). Into the Heart of Meetings: Basic Principles of Meeting Design ( ebook or paperback ). Intentional Event Design ( ebook or paperback ).

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Make the meeting bigger!

Conferences that Work

Our trade magazines mainly report on big events, the ones with big-name speakers and eye candy razzle-dazzle. How can we get our old, big events back? Some respond by increasing their event marketing. For too long, we’ve equated a meeting’s “success” with its size. What to do?

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Podcast: The Importance of Reconnecting

EventMB

It features testimonials from a diverse group of 21 event industry professionals who share their core reasons for being at the 18th edition of the trade show, the first since the start of the Covid pandemic.

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5 Trends That Are Changing Meeting Design

PCMA Convene

Her research, along with input from additional thought leaders, was synthesized into five trends and applied to business events. These five trends are consumer and market forces that are here to stay,” Fairweather said. “We More Meeting Trends. What the ‘Sense of Place’ Travel Trend Means for Event Design.

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5 Reasons I’m Grateful for My Clients After 40+ Years of Consulting

Conferences that Work

Today, because consulting on meeting design and facilitation is a niche practice, marketing via sharing my website posts with subscribers and on social media has also become a significant source of new clients. Feedback like this is a gift that helps me improve my craft. industry education ).

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Share information; don’t hoard it

Conferences that Work

But I’m a consultant who has long subscribed to Jerry Weinberg’s Seventh Law of Marketing : “Give away your best ideas” and Credit Rule : “You’ll never accomplish anything if you care who gets the credit”, from his invaluable book The Secrets of Consulting. Share information; don’t hoard it.

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Bringing a ‘Sense of Place’ to Meeting Design

PCMA Convene

Morgan’s observations are mirrored in the insights from “The Future of Meetings and Events ” report, a joint research project between Marriott and the PCMA Foundation, which identified five major, future-oriented consumer trends and market forces that will be transforming meetings and events in the years to come.