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How OpenAI Has Misappropriated My Copyright: ChatGPT’s Land Grab

Conferences that Work

I am resigned to the fact that OpenAI ‘s Large Language Model ChatGPT has scraped every blog post I’ve written here (over 750 posts in the last 13 years—around half a million words) so it can parrot my thoughts about meeting design, facilitation, and other topics. OpenAI has several ethical options.

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The fairest rules for meetings

Conferences that Work

At a traditional meeting, however, perceived status roles rarely change significantly during the event. This leads to a number of problems, which I described in my first meeting design book: Conferences That Work. It epitomizes Rawls’ fairness rules suggestion. The sixth agreement…. …is is about staying on time.

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Event Statistics: 17 Current Planning Stats that Could Change Your Business Today

Social Tables

However, many proponents of modern meeting design recommend letting participants choose their seating to spur engagement and networking. The unfortunate realities of our modern world have made event security an imperative in contemporary meeting design and planning. ” 17.

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The Best Event Planning Books Ever Written

Guidebook

Into the Heart of Meetings: Basic Principles of Meeting Design by Mike van der Vijver. Whenever you’re getting people together to learn new things or work out a problem, there’s going to be some sort of meeting involved. But how can we move meetings beyond their traditional stigmas and creating meaningful meeting designs?

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Craft the Perfect Event Proposal Template Now

Guidebook

The best part about creating an event proposal template for yourself is that you only have to do the hard work once, then refine it as you get feedback and negotiate deals along the way. Once you find a style that works for you, it will be easier and easier to replicate success as you go.

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Forever Remote: Event Central

SmartMeetings

We will have an intentional mix of physical and virtual presences with in-person gatherings driven by purpose and designed for collaboration.”. When it matters enough to gather, the meeting design could be much different that in the BC (before-Covid) times. Expectations have evolved for team building as well.

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An Ode to 40 Women Influencers In the Events Industry

Hubilo Blog

Stefania Conti-Vecci : She works as a meeting organizer, consultant, speaker and coach closely with professionals around the world providing strategies on how to organize, innovate and promote more effectively their business and their events. For her, the key is to deliver a flawless, distinctive and superior personalized experience.