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Mastodon is the old Twitter

Conferences that Work

I joined the social media platform Mastodon a year ago. Given recent turbulent social media trends, I’m glad I took the plunge. Having been on Twitter (yes, I know it’s been renamed “X”, sue me) since 2009, I’d describe Mastodon as the old Twitter. What do I mean by that?

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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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Adweek acquires events and industry news company Social Media Week

Event Industry News

Adweek, the leading source of news and insights covering marketing, media and technology, today kicked off the new year with a bang, announcing it has acquired Social Media Week (SMW) and its flagship properties, including Social Media Week Conferences, SMW News & Insights and its recently launched streaming platform SMW+.

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Alternatives to Twitter

Conferences that Work

Since Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter on October 27, 2022 , its status as a stable social media platform seems to be rapidly imploding. I joined Twitter in 2009 and have had ~8,600 followers for the last few years. Most social media companies are for-profit corporations, whether publicly or privately owned.

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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.

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What Makes Conferences Work? – Q&A with Adrian Segar

Hubilo Blog

QnA with Event Industry Influencer, Author and Founder of Conferences That Work – Adrian Segar. Amazed by the modern concept of organizing conferences and ideas that change the concept of corporate meetings planning; we approached Adrian Segar to discuss his work! How did you land up with the idea of “Conferences That Work”?

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Friends don’t let friends give away their content

Conferences that Work

Let me be clear, by all means share your content for free on any of the gazillion social media platforms available. As a result, this website is now the largest source of client inquiries for my consulting and facilitating services — something I would never have predicted when it went live in 2009. No they don’t.

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