Conferences that Work
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
(These two quotes are from my posts on the parallels between the evolution of journalism and events (2015) and on the parallel missions of journalism and participant-driven and participation-rich events (2018).] When the attendees are the owners, meeting designs that build and support community are the obvious way to go.
Endless Events
JANUARY 12, 2018
As we kick off 2018, we’re excited to discover a lot of new event ideas for 2018 to energize our event planning. Get Ready for the Top Meeting Trends in 2018. Meetings have always been more intimate affairs compared to events. One thing did catch our eye from the article though: smart drugs.
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Conferences that Work
MARCH 4, 2019
After a highly successful debut in 2018, three Meeting Professionals International (MPI) Chapters — MPI Toronto , MPI Montréal/Québec , and MPI Ottawa — have again joined forces to provide cutting edge, innovative, experiential education at The EVENT. Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post Participate!
Conferences that Work
APRIL 16, 2018
Fun fact: the testing community often uses my term “peer conferences” for their get-togethers, due to a chat about meeting design I had with tester James Bach at the 2004 Amplifying Your Effectiveness conference.) Did the #testbash #unexpo work? The first Conferences That Work peer conference held in Japan begins today!
Conferences that Work
SEPTEMBER 26, 2022
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. Here’s another example from a software testing peer conference, TestBash Brighton 2018.
Conferences that Work
APRIL 9, 2018
In my case, the demand for the meeting design and facilitation services I provide has been exploding. (In In the first quarter of 2018, I’ve booked more business than all of 2017.) But their inclusion looks good on the promotional materials.
Conferences that Work
JULY 27, 2020
Pre-pandemic, I traveled fairly frequently for my work as a consultant on meeting design and facilitator of meetings, and would try to run a couple of miles every day, wherever I was. For a trip to Australia in 2018 I splurged on some fancy Ably t-shirts. I see one or two cars a day, and two or three pedestrians a year.
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