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2023 in review—and a book sale!

Conferences that Work

I’m looking back on 2023. 2023 in review I slowed down in 2023. Before 2020, I was designing and facilitating around a dozen in-person meetings and conferences a year. After COVID decimated the meeting industry, I focused on the design and facilitation of online meetings.

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Why Delegate Welfare Takes Top Priority in 2023

EventMB

Skift Take: Meetings and events now play a pivotal role in reconnecting teams within a supportive, nurturing environment. Every element of meeting design needs to be carefully considered with delegate welfare in mind. Hilton Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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EMS 2023: Engagement and Data-Driven Strategies Lead the Conversations in Vegas

Event Marketer

Designed as the ultimate three-day conversation, EMS 2023 delivered senior-level perspectives on the current state of experiential marketing as the industry continues to find its footing in a post-pandemic climate.

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Exploring the Second Question

Conferences that Work

Back in 1992 , I developed The Three Questions as a fundamental opening process for participant-driven meetings and conferences. For example, writing this in 2023, I might mention artificial intelligence. Then I’ll add that anything of interest can be shared, at any level of detail.

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Six reasons why unconferences aren’t more popular

Conferences that Work

IBTTA July, 2023, Nashville unconference To get a taste of what’s going on, I maintain a peer conference calendar that lists unconferences that I hear of or are told about. To conclude When designed and executed well, unconferences tend to endure. Check out my calendars of past and upcoming unconferences.

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How We Do It: Jaimé Bennett on Beginning and Ending an Event With Authenticity

PCMA Convene

Local musicians Ole Kibsgaard and Kaya Bruel lead participants in singing Louis Armstrong’s “What a Wonderful World” to open PCMA’s Convening EMEA 2023 in Copenhagen, Denmark. We’re tapping the talent of PCMA’s staff so they can share the design thinking and process behind the innovative experiences they create for PCMA events.

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Important announcement: Price increase for my ebooks on April 15th – Buy now before it’s too late!

Conferences that Work

on April 15, 2023. Furthermore, I have consistently produced high-quality books on meeting design that have received critical acclaim and have helped thousands of meeting professionals to significantly improve their conferences. As you may know, I have been selling my ebooks at a fixed price of $11.00 since 2009.

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