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We are biased against truly creative event design

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.” —Sarah Kendzior, The View From Flyover Country: Dispatches from the Forgotten America The meeting industry is no exception. A “creative” event design is one with a novel venue and/or decor and lighting and/or food and beverage. The meeting industry has redefined novelty as creativity.

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The top educational meeting format

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What’s an Ideal Meeting? April 2018, Meetings and Conventions Magazine Do you incorporate participatory sessions into your events? 80% of meeting professionals prefer f acilitated workshop-style, participatory sessions [ survey by M&C Research, April 2018 Meeting and Conventions magazine ]!

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Handling a meeting question that isn’t

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We’ve all experienced the meeting question that isn’t. Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post Handling a meeting question that isn’t appeared first on Conferences That Work. The five day event is being held by Federation EIL, the worldwide network of The Experiment in International.

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Improve meetings by de-emphasizing old-school status

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You can improve meetings by de-emphasizing status. Apart from my first book , I haven’t written much about status at events. I think about status at events as the relative levels of proclaimed or perceived social value assigned to or assumed by attendees. It’s time to revisit this important topic. The notes at the.

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How to design for powerful connection and learning at large meetings

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Although you’d never guess it from reading meeting industry trade journals, most meetings are small meetings , and this is a good thing if you want effective and relevant connection and learning to take place. Sources for additional information.

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Bizzabo Adds Room-Block Management to its Offerings

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The New York-based meeting-management platform now makes it simpler for attendees to book rooms and for organizers to track pickup. Bizzabo, founded in 2011, has seen a number of acquisitions and partnerships in the past few years. Most recently, the company worked with creative agency Smyle to launch Bizzabo Studios in September 2023.

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“Less Meetings, More Doing?” Nope!

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Many believe that meetings are an unpleasant evil that sucks time and energy away from getting things done. That’s unfortunate, because meetings — when done right — are one of the most powerful business tools for creating the action outcomes that stakeholders and participants want and need. Sources for additional information.

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