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A calendar of peer conferences

Conferences that Work

Since 2009 I’ve maintained an informal calendar of peer conferences (aka unconferences) on this site. Currently, I add a few peer conferences a month. As you can see, peer conferences take place all over the world! Who holds peer conferences? Do you want to let me know about an upcoming peer conference?

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Monetizing Your Virtual Conference When Competing with Free

Velvet Chainsaw

The dynamics that we’re seeing impact conferences and their business models are very similar to the Freemium movement we experienced way back in 2009. It’s the essence of content marketing and is being taken to new extremes in this crisis. To best compete: Premium conferences must choose quality over quantity.

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Never Run Out of Ideas: Lessons Learned from Writing 1000+ Blog Posts

Conferences that Work

If you’d told me back in 2009 that by 2024 I’d have written over a thousand blog posts for this website, I’d have told you you were crazy. (I’ve I’ve published 827; the rest are drafts, but still.) I’d have thought I would have run out of ideas years ago. Yes, I do have new ideas regularly!

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

Conferences that Work

Improving Conferences That Work I designed and facilitated my first peer conference in 1992. Conferences That Work: Creating Events That People Love took four years to write. I’m still proud of how well Conferences That Work lays out the fundamental reasons for the importance and value of peer conferences.

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Renegotiating Live Event Agreements When All Parties Are Innocent Victims

Velvet Chainsaw

The previous low for occupancy was during the financial crisis in 2009 when occupancy was 55 percent. However, from past experience, any time that there has been a shift from a seller’s to a buyer’s market, those contracts signed during a seller’s market just flat out had to be updated. From Recovery to Reform. Remove Barriers.

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BlueJeans Video Conferencing Alternative: Attendease

Attendease

Now, customers who have been using the video conferencing platform to host online events, conferences, meetings, or live streams, have to find a new way of connecting with virtual audiences. In a mass email to BlueJeans users , Verizon claimed the decision was made “due to the changing market landscape.” What Is BlueJeans?

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Which meeting design books should I buy?

Conferences that Work

Unlike older books, it covers the impact of digital technology (apps, online meetings, and social media marketing) on the meetings world, includes a healthy dollop of the relevance of learning theory to meeting design, and manages to squeeze in trade shows, accessibility, and wellness in a fairly short book.