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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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FRESH Conference 2018: Pitbull Session sinks teeth into interaction

Event Industry News

Some meeting designers are starting to give up on speakers because speakers can’t seem to get interaction embedded in their presentations. The post FRESH Conference 2018: Pitbull Session sinks teeth into interaction appeared first on Event Industry News. Or are they just not skilled or capable in this kind of work?

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

Conferences that Work

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!

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Something is rotten in the state of meeting industry education

Conferences that Work

Over the last five years I’ve heard increasing concern from the meeting professionals community about the deterioration of the quality of our national industry conferences. In my case, the demand for the meeting design and facilitation services I provide has been exploding. (In

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5 Creative Ideas for Conference Sessions

Slido

How many times have you reached into your creative ideas shelf when planning a conference and realized you’ve used all the usual session formats way too often? The Newlywed Game meets live polls At Pulse 2018 , we came across a creative panel idea that quickly pulled people in and enlivened the audience.