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Doing peer conferences right

Conferences that Work

Software testers do peer conferences right! They even call them a peer conference , rather than unconference , a term I don’t like.) As evidence of software tester conference awesomeness, I offer three examples below. a short history of the peer conference. The 2022 SoCraTes peer conference. But first…. …a

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Community versus audience in journalism and meetings

Conferences that Work

(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).] This brings us to a key question that is rarely openly discussed: Whom are conferences for?

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The UnExpo Experiment

Conferences that Work

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.) See the post for full details.)

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PCMA EduCon 2019: Can the Meetings Industry Hack Homelessness?

PCMA Convene

Next month, Thomson again will be looking for innovative ways to address the issue, this time as part of “ Hackathon: How the Events Industry Can Help the Unsheltered/Homeless ,” at PCMA’s Education Conference in Los Angeles on June 25. The duo will be back at this year’s Educon. The duo will be back at this year’s Educon.

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An Ode to 40 Women Influencers In the Events Industry

Hubilo Blog

She is the founder of Strategic Meeting and Events which produces mid to large scale corporate events. Sasha Souza : Sasha Souza is a successful event industry influencer, an international event planner, an avid speaker, and a TV personality. , and CBS “Sunday Morning”?. county finalist in 2019.

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Top 99 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

Why have a keynote speaker at your event? The sole idea of organizing any business event or a conference is to engage with your audience and build a strong brand by providing value by the means of sharing knowledge, insights or present compelling stories. This where you need keynote speakers at your event or conference.

Speakers 101
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New Event Formats and What They Mean for Business Networking

Converve

(updated 18 July 2018). For some time, more and more event managers have been concerning themselves with the topic of meeting design. There is still however no clear description of what meeting design actually means. It tries to research the influences of technology on event design.