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PCMA EduCon Los Angeles 2019

Gallus Events

PCMA EduCon took place in Los Angeles in June 2019 and I was lucky enough to be asked to mentor the attendees of PCMA’s Homeless Hackathon and to present a session on online events. . Slides from my session at PCMA EduCon 2019. I know that the idea of scaling the “meeting design” mountain can seem daunting.

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5 Trends That Are Changing Meeting Design

PCMA Convene

Kate Fairweather (right) and Amy Blackman present results from “The Future of Meetings and Events” report at Convening Leaders 2019 in Pittsburgh. We believe they are going to be disruptive in every category, but have certain implications that will be important for meetings and events.” Jacob Slaton). Kelsey Ann Rose).

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Q&A with Adrian Segar on Crowdsourcing

Conferences that Work

This (slightly edited) interview by JT Long appeared in the March 2019 issue of Smart Meetings Magazine. Often it is more like a discussion than a presentation, but that is why it is effective. What led to writing the book, Conferences that Work ? Often, the results are unexpected.

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The Future of Panel Discussions: Top Tips for Hosting Remote Presenters

Slido

In December 2018, we set out to explore the future of town hall meetings. The goal of our one-day event in partnership with Convene was to show how a successful all-hands could look in 2019 and beyond by using interactive technology and meeting design thinking. Make sure the connection works on both ends.

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Business events format have not changed much over the past decades

GEVME

And this is from 2019: Singapore FinTech Festival 2019. Today, we see professionals from the UX & Design field apply design thinking to meetings to explore how to reinvent them. Kevin Hoffman has written a pretty good book about it: Meeting Design. Sure, what people wear has changed.

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PCMA EduCon 2019: Can the Meetings Industry Hack Homelessness?

PCMA Convene

William Thomson (center) will take part in PCMA’s hackathon on homelessness in June during EduCon 2019. Homeless individuals present one of empathy’s most difficult tests. Bombas, which will do $100 million in business in 2019, has given away more than 18 million pairs of socks and t-shirts to those in need of them.

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Why switching to active learning is hard — and worth it

Conferences that Work

A September 2019 research study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences clearly illustrates why switching to active learning is hard — and worth it! Let’s look at these three conclusions in the context of meeting design. Most meeting presenters still lecture.

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