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Community versus audience in journalism and meetings

Conferences that Work

Damon Kiesow , @dkiesow@social.kiesow.net, Mastodon toot on Nov 06, 2022, 10:37 Kiesow concisely sums up why the news business and the meeting industry concentrate on audience rather than community. When the attendees are the owners, meeting designs that build and support community are the obvious way to go.

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Doing peer conferences right

Conferences that Work

After I talked about my meeting design work with pioneer tester James Bach at the 2004 Amplifying Your Effectiveness conference, the testing community somehow adopted the term peer conference for their get-togethers. The 2022 SoCraTes peer conference. Martin (he/him) (@md42) August 25, 2022. Keeping participants safe.

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Guest Blog: The top event technology trends for 2019 — According to 27 event experts

Event Industry News

“Slowly but surely, the meeting industry is learning that the old lecture-saturated conference model is increasingly inferior to meeting designs that incorporate the active learning, connections, engagement, and outcomes that attendees actually want and need.” Video and Livestreaming. Video is hot.

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The Top Event Technology Trends for 2019 — According to 27 Event Experts

Event Industry News

“Slowly but surely, the meeting industry is learning that the old lecture-saturated conference model is increasingly inferior to meeting designs that incorporate the active learning, connections, engagement, and outcomes that attendees actually want and need.” Video and Livestreaming. Video is hot.