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Stop networking at meetings

Conferences that Work

This post was inspired when Victoria Matey shared the following thought about networking at meetings: Random thought. We talk about virtual networking not working as if the in-person networking has been fixed. I agree with Victoria’s observation, but think it’s important to consider a wider perspective.

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Random Acts of Career Development

SmartMeetings

Use a more imperfect social search engine: The randomness required to bump into new people takes planning. The post Random Acts of Career Development appeared first on Smart Meetings. You can start by being less predictable. Here are some specific steps to mix up your resource galaxy. How to Widen Your Social Universe.

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10 Answers to Your Random Airplane Questions

SmartMeetings

Surely, your mind also drifts to the random, and that’s when these plane questions arise. The post 10 Answers to Your Random Airplane Questions appeared first on Smart Meetings. We’ll answer the questions you’ve probably mused a million times but never resolved. Plus, you never know when this arbitrary knowledge could come in handy!

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3 Proven Ways to Promote Your Community Event

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But while a few random social media posts might sell you some tickets, this haphazard approach won’t do your community event any favors over time. Organizing a community event takes tenacity and resourcefulness, especially when it comes time to promote it.

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How to provide new experiences at meetings

Conferences that Work

With over a hundred attendees, most listened as friends and family spoke. When the main service ended, I hosted one of several breakout rooms for those who wanted to stay and talk. People were allocated to the breakout rooms randomly. A woman in my room looked quite upset, and I asked her how she knew E. The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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The Physics Of Conference Entropy

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In one sense, entropy is a measure of uncertainty or randomness. In physics, the second law of thermodynamics says all things—bodies, businesses, conferences, energy, organizations, relationships—move toward chaos and disorder. This is also known as the state of maximum entropy. As your conference matures, it experiences entropy.

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Halloween 3.0? Random Thoughts.

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Tonight is Halloween and this has us thinking about the future. For some companies that becomes a scary proposition, but not to G2Blog. Especially not when you step back and think about how the web is proceeding from web 2.0 and what that means for event marketers.