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AUGUST 12, 2021
A self-confessed ‘tech nerd’ at heart, Anthony Vade worked in AV and event production Down Under before moving to Canada in 2010, initially for more of the same.
Event design is not just visuals and logistics
Conferences that Work
AUGUST 29, 2016
The first time I met him—at the premier EventCamp in 2010 —he immediately purchased my just-published book, sight unseen. The following year, David was kind enough to honor me in his flagship publication BizBash as one of the most innovative event professionals. The cover proclaims “What’s Next in Event Design?”
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Event Design Rebels 2018: Adam Sober
BizBash
JUNE 12, 2018
In 2010, Square Design (@squaredesigninc) began in a garage in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. The group of designers, led by creative director.
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Glastonbury Festival’s long-term future at Worthy Farm secured
Event Industry News
APRIL 4, 2023
Glastonbury Festival has had its long-term future at Worthy Farm secured after permanent planning permission for the event was granted by the local council. Glastonbury Festival Events Ltd.
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Exclusive Collection outlines The Big Re-Think for meetings and events
Event Industry News
DECEMBER 13, 2023
The research set out to understand the motivations and expectations of Generation Alpha (those born in 2010 onwards) who will reach the workplace in […] The Big Re-Think is the culmination of quantitative research carried out in autumn 2023 in partnership with micebook.
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Showforce promotes Becky Meers to Head of Operations UK & Europe
Event Industry News
MARCH 27, 2023
Having joined Showforce’s Liverpool office in 2010 as an account handler, Becky’s hard […] Moving forward Becky will oversee the account management, crew management and operations functions for Showforce’s UK and European business.
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Control versus freedom at meetings
Conferences that Work
JANUARY 25, 2021
How can we design the optimum balance between control versus freedom at meetings? As I wrote in 2010: The reality is that you never had control to begin with, just the myth of control. Unless your constituency is bound to your event via a requirement to earn CEUs, members can withhold their attendance or avoid sessions at will. —
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Design your meeting BEFORE choosing the venue!
Conferences that Work
JUNE 12, 2017
Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! Want to see my 6 minute 40 second Pecha Kucha presentation Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! given at EventCamp Twin Cities on September 9, 2010? If so, download.
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Feedback Frames—a low-tech tool for anonymous voting
Conferences that Work
JUNE 6, 2016
tool Idea Rating Sheets in 2004 (originally called “Dotmocracy”) to “make it easier to find agreements in large groups” He has been a Senior Public Consultation Coordinator for the City of Toronto since 2010, and is working to crowdfund his invention. Visit Feedback Frames to learn more. No related posts.
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An innovative conference competition format
Conferences that Work
SEPTEMBER 17, 2018
So this is what we did: Read the full article at Conferences That Work Related posts: Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! Want to see my 6 minute 40 second Pecha Kucha presentation Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! given at EventCamp Twin Cities on September 9, 2010? If so, download.
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Children shouldn’t sit still in class — and neither should adults
Conferences that Work
APRIL 17, 2017
” Michelle Obama ’s 2010 “Let’s Move” initiative works to increase movement and healthy eating in schools. Short bursts in physical activity are positively linked to increased levels of attention and performance. Watch Mike Kuczala’s TEDx talk “ The Kinesthetic Classroom: Teaching and Learning through Movement.”
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Events operate by stories
Conferences that Work
MAY 20, 2019
Related posts: Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! Want to see my 6 minute 40 second Pecha Kucha presentation Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! given at EventCamp Twin Cities on September 9, 2010? If so, download.
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Lessons for #eventprofs from an improv and mindfulness workshop — Part 1
Conferences that Work
JUNE 27, 2016
In this two-part article I’ll share a little of my experience and takeaways, followed by their relevance to event design ( red ). After we have grasped the basics of event design, mindful practice is how we improve: better at noticing what happens and learning from it, more focused on the present, and less distracted by our ego.
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Three better alternatives to the conference lecture
Conferences that Work
AUGUST 6, 2018
Image attribution: Marisha Aziz Read the full article at Conferences That Work Related posts: Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! Want to see my 6 minute 40 second Pecha Kucha presentation Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! given at EventCamp Twin Cities on September 9, 2010? If so, download.
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Silence Really Is Golden
PCMA Convene
FEBRUARY 17, 2017
In 2010, they published their “Country Brand Report,” which became the basis for the tourist board’s theme. When Finnish marketers developed the campaign, Nautilus reports, they reasoned that “silence is a resource,” that could be promoted just like Finland’s clean water and wild mushrooms. ”
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6 Tips for December Meetings
SmartMeetings
DECEMBER 6, 2017
Perfect for a rainy December day, take your event design cues from the Danish Hygge concept to curate a cozy and warm experience. Tina Hirshberg Novelo is a program manager and event producer, and has been with Taste since 2010. Hygge Inspiration. Pamper your guests with a pop-up salon offering 15-minute massages.
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Crowd Dynamics: How to Prevent Crowd Crush Through Proper Planning
Decibel Management
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
” At the time, we were reviewing the New Year’s Eve stampede in Shanghai, and the Germany Love Parade disaster of 2010 to learn how best to plan for and avoid these types of tragedies at events.
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Two novel hybrid meeting formats
Conferences that Work
APRIL 18, 2022
I’ve been writing about hybrid meetings for a long time; my first post was in February 2010. The COVID19 pandemic created an explosion of interest in hybrid meetings, and the marketplace and event professionals are still defining what “hybrid” means. (No, Sounds crazy, yes, but stay with me!
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Event Industry News
AUGUST 20, 2018
Initially the “ILEC Project” started during the summer 2010 with an investment of £0.5M Following the rebranding of the property, a large market research project was conducted to give the latest insight of the event industry. into the banqueting kitchen facilities.
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76 What You Told Us About Your Biggest Challenge Surprised Us
PCMA Convene
MARCH 14, 2018
A number of people mentioned competition and a saturated events calendar as the biggest challenge, a response that we’ve seldom seen before. Bureau of Labor Statistics has projected that conventions and events would expand by 44 percent from 2010 to 2020, growing far faster than other industries. It makes sense — the U.S.
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Panels as if the audience mattered
Conferences that Work
JULY 18, 2016
Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! Want to see my 6 minute 40 second Pecha Kucha presentation Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! given at EventCamp Twin Cities on September 9, 2010? If so, download.
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How The New Collaborative Economy Is Changing the Way We Meet
PCMA Convene
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
In addition to penning What’s Mine Is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption , a 2010 book that explores how consumption patterns are changing as technology evolves, she is a founding partner in the Collaborative Fund, an organization that has made seed-capital investments in sharing-economy startups such as Lyft and TaskRabbit.
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How The New Collaborative Economy Is Changing the Way We Meet
PCMA Convene
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
In addition to penning What’s Mine Is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption , a 2010 book that explores how consumption patterns are changing as technology evolves, she is a founding partner in the Collaborative Fund, an organization that has made seed-capital investments in sharing-economy startups such as Lyft and TaskRabbit.
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Your Story Blog Series: Annette Naif
Event Leadership Institute
MARCH 7, 2018
The drive to provide a distinctive role for superior personalized service in the event planning industry inspired Annette to launch her own event design company in 2010. Helping clients create their unique signature style that translates into a memorable experience has been Annette’s passion from the beginning.
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Designing conferences to solve participants’ problems
Conferences that Work
JANUARY 11, 2021
It may seem strange to run experiments at conferences, but I’ve participated in (and designed) a few conference experiments over the years, and have invariably found them to be some of the most interesting and illuminating meeting experiences I’ve ever had. Session-based experiments.
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342 A Higher Meetings Education: Future-Proof Your Career
SmartMeetings
SEPTEMBER 1, 2018
Karen Kotowski (CAE, CEMP), CEO of Events Industry Council (EIC)—which awards Certified Meeting Professionals (CMP) credentials—confirmed that outside validation of advanced skills is becoming an essential step in a planner’s career path. Pop Quiz for MPI Innovator Jessie States. Jessie States.
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Projection & Lighting
Canadian Special Events
JULY 6, 2017
Knowing how to anticipate what lies ahead, and what new live event technologies are available is key to your success and establishing yourself as a knowledgeable industry leader. We can now turn the corridors of an ordinary convention centre into an auditory and visually unexpected landscape for our guests.
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68 A Hacker Walks Into a Beehive
PCMA Convene
JANUARY 3, 2017
The company’s interest in bees can be traced back to 2010, when a handful of employees in its Paris office took beekeeping classes, bought three hives with 90,000 bees, and established a colony on the office roof. As the colony flourished, the group collected and sold honey, donating the proceeds to a biodiversity-focused nonprofit.
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What Job Skills Will You Need in 2020?
PCMA Convene
SEPTEMBER 19, 2017
” Top 10 Skills Needed in 2010. In essence, technical skills will need to be supplemented with strong social and collaboration skills.” Complex problem solving. Critical thinking. Creativity. People management. Coordinating with others. Emotional intelligence (new). Judgment and decision making. Service orientation.
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The Event Leadership Institute in Partnership with Meeting Professionals International Launches New Pandemic On-Site Protocol Micro Training Course
Event Leadership Institute
JANUARY 13, 2021
Pandemic On-Site Protocol training is a separate, targeted segment to the Pandemic Meeting & Event Design certificate course ELI and MPI launched in 2020. But that isn’t the full picture,” said Jessie States, CMP, CMM, director of the MPI Academy for Meeting Professionals International. CMP credits.
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Getting a grip on event firearms policies
Plan Your Meetings
FEBRUARY 20, 2017
This concern wasn’t a case of judging Texas legal policy from a distance; in 2010, the AAR and SBL booked San Antonio for their 2016 annual meetings. “AAR and SBL staff and board proactively began thinking through policy considerations in fall 2015, well before any of our members expressed concern to us,” Jack Fitzmier and John F.
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What Keeps a Conference Coming Back?
PCMA Convene
OCTOBER 2, 2017
The convention center’s LEED Platinum–certified West Building debuted later in 2009 in preparation for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, adding 333,500 square feet of function space connected to the East Building via a glass-enclosed walkway. The 2010 Paci c Dental Conference was the first event to activate the entire West Building.
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Dear Adrian — How does group size impact process design?
Conferences that Work
OCTOBER 31, 2016
Another issue of an occasional series— Dear Adrian —in which I answer questions about event design, elementary particle physics , solar hot water systems, facilitation, and anything else I might conceivably know something about. Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! If so, download. I’m excited!
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Beyond the Imagination of Stage Design
Canadian Special Events
AUGUST 3, 2017
By 2010, every A-list DJ in the world was appearing at Tomorrowland. With spectacular stages, truly phenomenal festival grounds and – last but not least – DreamVille, the camping grounds designed to make guests believe they are inside a dream.
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Top 99 keynote speakers every event planner must know about
Hubilo Blog
FEBRUARY 25, 2020
Demis Hassabis co-founded DeepMind in 2010 after successful careers in academia and computer game development. A child chess prodigy, he designed and programmed the multi-million selling, award-winning game Theme Park at the age of 17. Events on his email ID Alissa Hurley Who is she? Where to find him? What is he known for?
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Top 98 keynote speakers every event planner must know about
Hubilo Blog
FEBRUARY 25, 2020
Demis Hassabis co-founded DeepMind in 2010 after successful careers in academia and computer game development. A child chess prodigy, he designed and programmed the multi-million selling, award-winning game Theme Park at the age of 17. Events on his email ID Alissa Hurley Who is she? Where to find him? What is he known for?
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Beyond the Imagination of Stage Design
Canadian Special Events
AUGUST 3, 2017
By 2010, every A-list DJ in the world was appearing at Tomorrowland. The first expansion was adding 2 stage areas and expanding the width of the main stage to over 100 meters with the DJs placed inside the mouth of a giant cartoon-like face (see above).
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Convene’s 27th Annual Meetings Market Survey
PCMA Convene
FEBRUARY 28, 2018
Respondents outsourced a variety of meeting-related services, and they were most likely to outsource event-supply rentals ( 65 percent ) , app development and deployment (64 percent), other technology services (50 percent), registration (43 percent), and housing (38 percent). 2007 Event-supply rentals. 2008 Event-supply rentals.
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The Road Ahead: What’s In Store for the Event Industry In 2021 & Beyond – Part Three Virtual Events
Event Leadership Institute
MARCH 17, 2021
It took a 100-year event like COVID—slamming the brakes on all in-person events—to finally get people to pay attention to virtual. On April 13, 2010, I moderated a panel discussion on virtual events for the International Association for Exhibitions & Events.
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2019 Tech Conferences: The #1 Tech Events Guide
Bizzabo
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
Since 2010, this has been the event to attend if you are interested in open source software development for Linux, tools and the various vertical segment ecosystems that use Arm processors. Web Summit started as a simple idea in 2010: Let’s connect the technology community with all industries, both old and new. Linaro Connect.
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