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How to help meeting design clients figure out what they really want and need

Conferences that Work

It’s an honor to work on a classic Conferences That.

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Three ways to make it easier for attendees to participate

Conferences that Work

This is all very well, but it begs the question: what can meeting designers do to make it easier for attendees to participate more at meetings? Every time I find myself wishing for an external event, I realize that I’m way better off focusing on something I can control instead. Seth Godin, What Would Happen.

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Participate! Lab at The EVENT MPI, April 4-6, Montréal

Conferences that Work

” Using peer to peer learning techniques, innovative technology, and creative meeting design, The EVENT ‘s objectives are to: encourage participants to collaborate with industry peers; cultivate new ideas; and elevate the entire meeting industry. I’m happy to offer a rare Participate!

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How to implement participant-driven breakouts in Zoom

Conferences that Work

I started using Zoom in 2012, but since the pandemic began I’ve facilitated more Zoom meetings than the last seven years. And I’ve become intrigued with the possibilities of incorporating the peer processes developed for successful face-to-face meetings into online events. In person meetings have vanished overnight.

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Venue Ventilation: Reasons for Planners to Pay Attention

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A meeting designer used a carbon-dioxide meter in all the spaces he moved through while attending a recent conference. In late May, Adrian Segar attended a meeting-industry leadership summit in San Juan, Puerto Rico. What he learned could help other planners as they make sure they are fulfilling their duty-of-care obligations.

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Something is rotten in the state of meeting industry education

Conferences that Work

In my case, the demand for the meeting design and facilitation services I provide has been exploding. (In They are, in my opinion, fundamental education; certainly on a par with the sessions we see at the annual conferences every year on “hot event items”, F&B trends, and meeting management.

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Why switching to active learning is hard — and worth it

Conferences that Work

Let’s look at these three conclusions in the context of meeting design. Most meeting presenters still lecture. And most meeting session presenters resort to lecturing as their dominant session modality. The majority of college STEM teachers choose traditional teaching methods.

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