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A free guide to creating peer conferences

Conferences that Work

I believe the software testing community adopted my term “peer conference” for their get-togethers after a conversation I had with pioneer software tester James Bach in 2004. Photo attributions: 2018 “QA or the Highway” software testing conference {top}. Did I mention it’s free?).

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Event Design Rebels 2018: Jon Retsky & Michael Kuhlmann

BizBash

Founded by Jon Retsky and Russell Holt in 2004 in San Francisco, Got Light (@gotlightsf) creates dramatic environments with light, audio.

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Bestival’s future uncertain as event faces administration

Event Industry News

Rob Da Bank’s annual music event launched in 2004 and has welcomed the likes of The Cure, Massive Attack, Outkast and Florence & The Machine as headliners. Bestival’s family-orientated sister event was closed due to severe weather conditions in July. Bestival 2018 saw performances from the likes of London Grammar, M.I.A,

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The UnExpo Experiment

Conferences that Work

(Fun fact: the testing community often uses my term “peer conferences” for their get-togethers, due to a chat about meeting design I had with tester James Bach at the 2004 Amplifying Your Effectiveness conference.) The five day event is being held by Federation EIL, the worldwide network of The Experiment in International.

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Sport Activations: How Provision connect brands with sports fans worldwide

Event Industry News

Delivering activations is at the heart of what Provision Events do; ‘ Connecting brands with sports fans worldwide.’ As an effective form of experiential marketing, the Provision team have implemented their activations at over 1500 events globally since 2004, including roadshows and fan zones across multiple sports.

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Doing peer conferences right

Conferences that Work

After I talked about my meeting design work with pioneer tester James Bach at the 2004 Amplifying Your Effectiveness conference, the testing community somehow adopted the term peer conference for their get-togethers. I miss hanging out with the folks I got to know at these events. My code development days are long gone.

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How Events Helped a ‘Fringe’ Diet Lifestyle Go Mainstream

PCMA Convene

In 2018, U.S. In fact, research from Ipsos Retail Performance tracked the surge in vegans from 2004 — a period of “obscurity” when just 290,000 Americans considered themselves vegan — to 2019 when 9.7 In 2018, though, that attitude shifted. Mark Banahan. million people embraced a plant-based lifestyle. What’s behind this change?

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