SmartMeetings

AUGUST 2, 2021

“The alternative to good design is always bad design. There is no such thing as no design.” Adam Judge, The Little Black Book of Design. Author, Event Design Handbook. What is event design? Event design is a nascent discipline. Yes, it works for any type of event.

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Event Industry News

MAY 10, 2023

{10-11} Carlton House Terrace, the home of The British Academy for humanities and social sciences, is taking bookings from April 2024 for its vibrant new event spaces, which are part of a £9.6 Conference and event planners looking to use these creative new spaces are now able to work with the venue’s team, […]

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All Seated

JULY 7, 2022

What do events, movies, books, and video games have in common? Planners have long taken inspiration from movies, books, or trending video games to inspire their event designs – everything from décor and color palettes to food and beverage, venues, and more. Telling a Story.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 29, 2016

The first time I met him—at the premier EventCamp in 2010 —he immediately purchased my just-published book, sight unseen. The following year, David was kind enough to honor me in his flagship publication BizBash as one of the most innovative event professionals. The cover proclaims “What’s Next in Event Design?”

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 27, 2023

He will also work directly with clients and prospective clients to develop a booking system that supports […] Experience-centric ticketing platform, Expian, has appointed Andreas Krohn, former head of IT at Swedish-Danish ferry operator, ForSea Ferries, to develop its next generation admissions technology.

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Attendease

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Book: Intentional Event Design , by Tahira Endean Event design has never been more relevant. As we saw the entire industry quickly pivot from in-person to online events, we learned that successful events are not as much about the technology you use, as it is about the purpose and intention behind it.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 7, 2019

The second lecture in the University of Westminster’s autumn Event Design Lecture Series takes place on Monday 14th October. This includes designing the internationally acclaimed Zeitgeist event in the UK for the last 14 years. Register for David Ball’s session on Monday 14th October here: [link].

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Here’s an independent review of my conference design work, published as a case study in Chapter 25—Designing and Developing Content for Collaborative Business Events—of the book The Routledge Handbook of Business Events. on the eventization of faith.

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All Seated

MARCH 15, 2021

To provide a little inspo, Kristin Banta of Kristin Banta Events recently gave us a tour of some of her favorite virtual event designs and shared insights into how the virtual event designs came about. . Check out these creative designs and tips to elevate your virtual event to the next level.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Ioana Iliesiu, Design Director at the Bompas and Parr Studio, London will be kicking off the Series with her lecture: The B & P Laws of Experiential Design. Event design and its intersection with event technologies is an often discussed topic amongst event professionals.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 9, 2021

If you ask about a budget for event design, stakeholders think you’re talking about decor and drama. But “there’s no budget” for core event design, which is actually about designing great meeting process. There’s usually a budget for decor and production—sometimes a big budget.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Editor’s Note : Andrea Driessen is a speaker bureau veteran, author of The Non-Obvious Guide to Event Planning (For Kick-Ass Gatherings That Inspire People) and a contributor to The Non-Obvious Guide to Virtual Meetings & Remote Work (When You Just Can’t Be There in Person).

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The MICE

AUGUST 26, 2022

Sustainable stand design by Expomobilia. Afterwards I viewed the event spaces at the Congress Center Basel and continued on to the Design Miami show. Here are event design ideas inspired by my visit to Art Basel 2022. Create an inviting entrance with light design. Congress Center Basel foyer. Basel by night.

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Attendease

DECEMBER 2, 2020

For a small investment of USD$149 per year, you can gain access to all the content curated and produced by event industry influencer, Liz Caruso, including access to their global Techsytalk conference, access to recordings from previous events, y ear-round access to the community, m onthly educational content, and more!

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

It even appears in the title of my third book ! Satisfying wants and what Abraham Maslow called growth needs are core goals of any event. Whom is your event for? Conference organizers have, of course, every right to create an event that satisfies their wants and needs. But whose wants and needs are we talking about ?

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 27, 2023

McGowan (left) and Chris Shipley previously collaborated on the 2020 book, The Adaptation Advantage: Let Go, Learn Fast, and Thrive in the Future of Work. In other places and for other purposes, that format is probably not nearly as effective but can be integrated with the sage on the stage and the workshops, and the hands-on activities.

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Attendease

MAY 5, 2021

Thinking about event design, it’s important to plan how the networking component of your event will connect with the entire event itself. Suggest people connect with at least three other attendees each day to make their most of their event experience. New functionalities will be coming soon! .

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

If you do this, using Google Books Ngram Viewer , you’ll notice a curious thing. In 1804, the earliest year included in the Google Books database, the word interaction barely appears. Society, as reflected by books in English, now talks about interaction about twice as often as presentation.

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Velvet Chainsaw

AUGUST 9, 2023

In his book, The Paradox of Choice , author Barry Schwartz writes: “Learning to choose is hard. Publish these itineraries on the website about a month before the event. Design-your-day sessions. Many attendees wait until the event actually starts to make decisions on which session to attend.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 26, 2020

As travel begins to ramp back up and in-person bookings increase,” Mathy said, “I suspect the virtual fees will as well.”. Check out PCMA’s Digital Event Fast Track. “A lot of speakers are putting more time in their virtual appearances than they do in their face-to-face presentations,” Mathy said. It’s a lot of effort.”.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 18, 2024

The New York-based meeting-management platform now makes it simpler for attendees to book rooms and for organizers to track pickup. The event-services partnership offers registration setup and end-to-end event design as well as project management, creative services, strategic consultation, and content creation.

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Community versus audience I began my first book with the research finding (and common observation) that people go to conferences to network and learn. My later books (and many posts on this site) have emphasized the superiority of active over passive learning. Active learning occurs almost exclusively in community.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 24, 2020

Here are five meeting design books I especially recommend. In an outrageous display of chutzpah , I wrote three of these books. [If Into the Heart of Meetings: Basic Principles of Meeting Design ( ebook or paperback ). There are methods of meeting process design in this book I’ve seen nowhere else. (To

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

And much of what we can do to design great meetings is applicable to college classes too. ” Sadly, I was disappointed. Not so much by the information presented but more by the way it was done.

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 7, 2021

The book presents a ton of evidence that — despite the torrent of bad news that daily floods our media — “humans are hardwired for kindness, geared towards cooperation rather than competition, and more inclined to trust rather than distrust one another.” It’s not hard to unleash the power of social learning at your events!

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Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The other day, a client booked an hour with me to discuss how to make their conference better. Not much time, but enough for us to uncover and for me to suggest plenty of significant improvements.

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

But what most event owners don’t know is how to satisfy them. So, if you’re one of the thousands of people who have purchased my books or the hundreds of clients who have benefited from my meeting design and facilitation services, please don’t keep me a secret!

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 1, 2019

What led to writing the book, Conferences that Work ? I discovered that people love the format, and that led to writing the book 10 years ago. I was an amateur in the meeting industry, and that led to some mistakes, but it also gave me a fresh perspective at a time when meeting design wasn’t really a “thing.”

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 4, 2024

I repeat the details of leading a spective here because they are covered comprehensively in all of my books. I’ve facilitated them for large (e.g. the 2015 PCMA Education Conference ) and small (e.g. the 2023 BizBash Leadership Summit ) conferences. You can also learn a fair amount about spectives by searching the posts on this site.)

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Event Industry News

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

At Muir, Autograph Collection, an oceanfront property in Halifax, Canada, planners who are seeking a unique and memorable setting for their event can book meeting spaces with 360-degree […] Julius Robinson, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer, U.S.

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Attendease

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Networking is often a primary goal for event participants. Consider organizing speed networking events, designated meetups around shared interests or specializations, or fun social activities. Hybrid events blend physical and virtual elements to increase flexibility, reach, and engagement for remote and in-person attendees.

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Decibel Management

MAY 27, 2021

Decibel Event Management is proud to have been awarded six Telly Awards in recognition of our partnership with the Library of Congress producing the 2020 Virtual National Book Festival. Far and away, this event was our most challenging—and most satisfying—of 2020, but not just because of the logistical and creative hurdles involved.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 10, 2023

Celebrating Excellence Winners of the PCMA Visionary Award were announced on Thursday, March 8 th and included: Jodi VanWoerkom, senior event manager, Association for Talent Development for Digital Experience Strategist of the Year; Tim Mathy, senior partner, SpeakInc. Read More: National Harbor Site Inspection.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2023

Johnson, is one of the scores of “collaboration artists,” “conveners,” and “connectors” interviewed in the book Harnessing Serendipity by David Adler, James Cornehlsen, and Andrew Frothingham. Harnessing Serendipity is not a book to be consumed all at once — it belongs next to your laptop so you can consult it regularly for inspiration.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 19, 2021

Chapter 44 of my book The Power of Participation explains how facilitators use participatory voting to provide public information about viewpoints in the room, and pave the way for further discussion. In particular, we often use participatory voting to assess consensus.

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Event Marketer

JUNE 24, 2022

The fundamental changes that will forever disrupt the industry’s event design practices—and why they’re good for business. To say that the event industry has taken a good long look in the mirror in the wake of the pandemic is an understatement. So our rule book? Burned, gone, recycled. It’s absolutely exciting.”.

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Attendease

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The Attendease platform provides the foundation that ensures all event details are addressed, changes are simple, and repetitive tasks are automated—allowing planners to focus on amazing event design. If you’re still not sure where to begin, we recommend reading our guide on How to Plan a Successful Product Launch Event. .

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