Aventri

AUGUST 16, 2019

Welcome to another edition of Aventri's Connect Weekly column, where we share the top five news stories from the week that today's meeting and events planners should know. We aim to cover everything from the worlds of events, technology, business, marketing, social media, travel, hospitality and beyond. Check out the top stories from the week of August 12, 2019. Event Technology featured

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 11, 2021

What makes attending conferences worthwhile? As I described in Conferences That Work , the two most common reasons for attending conferences are to learn useful things and make useful connections. But there are numerous other ways that conferences provide value to stakeholders.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 2, 2017

Imagine designing your next conference or annual meeting from scratch around content instead of picking up the template you’ve been using for years and tweaking it. Please stop designing content for events and start thinking about designing events for the content.” If you, as an organizer of a conference, want the audience to embrace your content and share it, they have to own it, Kothari added.

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Planner WIre

AUGUST 15, 2017

Conference Design SIte Inspection Notes

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Eventbrite UK

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

The post A Quick Guide to Conference Badging appeared first on Eventbrite UK Blog. At the Event Conference Design Event Management Featured February IT / Technology Operations / Logistics badges badging onsite registrationWhat's the right badging solution for your event? We run you through the 3 main options to help you make the right choice.

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Eventbrite UK

AUGUST 18, 2016

Great conferences have strong brands. The post The Conference Director’s Branding Worksheet appeared first on Eventbrite UK Blog. August Conference Design Event Promotion Featured Free Resources Leadership / Management Marketing Template branding Ticket SalesUse this worksheet to run through the exercises that will help you create a stand-out event brand.

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Planner WIre

MAY 23, 2017

Conference Design SponsorshipIf money appeared out of thin air, then there wouldn’t be a need for sponsorship. Of course, building sponsorships is a reality and part of the business if you routinely host events.

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Planner WIre

APRIL 25, 2017

Conference DesignStephenie Rodriguez knows a thing or two about traveling safely. The CEO of Mighty Media Group Pty Ltd and founder and CEO of JOZU for WOMEN spends a considerable amount of time on the road amassing a wealth of travel experience traveling as a woman.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 8, 2021

EDT for the Reston Herndon Meeting Planners, “Ready or Not, Here They Come: 5 Post-Pandemic Conference Design Changes.”. Association Insights Hybrid & Virtual ask me anything Dave Lutz hybrid conferences meeting planners post-pandemic events Reston Herndon

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Velvet Chainsaw

JANUARY 12, 2018

Wikipedia defines design as the creation of a plan or convention for the construction of an object, system or measurable human interaction (as in architectural blueprints, engineering drawings, business processes, circuit diagrams, and sewing patterns). So, when you read the word design , what pops into your mind? Fashion Designers? Interior design? Graphic design? Meeting and conference professionals? Learning Experience Design (LXD).

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 28, 2019

Here’s the text version: Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post Making large scale change happen appeared first on Conferences That Work. Related posts: Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! Want to see my 6 minute 40 second Pecha Kucha presentation Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design!

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eventplanner

MAY 24, 2020

Conference design goes beyond venue decorations, networking dynamics, and knowledge sessions. While those are all important, you’ll also want to surpass your attendees’ expectations and make sure they enjoy every activity you’ve planned, including the con

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Velvet Chainsaw

MAY 20, 2021

As it becomes more apparent that face-to-face events will return in some form this year, conference organizers have an opportunity to make changes that would have been more difficult to sell up the ladder in the past. Long-term traditions can deter next-generation conference participants.

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 22, 2020

I’m leading a free online workshop on Friday, June 26, 12 – 2 pm EDT, that will give you a unique opportunity to experience The Three Questions : in my opinion, the best way to open a conference designed for active learning, connection, and engagement.

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Traditional conferences focus on a hodgepodge of pre-determined sessions punctuated with socials, surrounded by short welcomes and closings. Such conference designs treat openings and closings as perfunctory traditions, perhaps pumped up with a keynote or two, rather than key components of the conference design. This arc creates a seamless conference flow where each phase builds on what has come before.

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 12, 2017

I love my meeting design clients, but there is one mistake I see them making over and over again. Clients invariably ask me to help design their meeting after they’ve chosen a venue! Read the full article at Conferences That Work. Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! Want to see my 6 minute 40 second Pecha Kucha presentation Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design!

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post Facilitating change: The power of sharing our experience appeared first on Conferences That Work. Related posts: Buy my new book—The Power of Participation—before July 1 at never-to-be-repeated prices I’m happy to announce that my new book—The Power of Participation: Creating Conferences That Deliver Learning, Connection, Engagement, and Action—will be available for purchase in all formats and outlets on.

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Read the full article at Conferences That Work Related posts: Participate! The key to successful 21st century conferences Attend Participate!, June 2, Indianapolis and you'll leave with the key to successful 21st century conferences: knowing how to truly satisfy attendees by adding effective participation, learning, connection, and engagement to. Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! After a one-day Participate!

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 12, 2018

Read the full article at Conferences That Work Related posts: A birthday present for you on the 21st anniversary of Conferences That Work What a long strange trip it’s been The first Conferences That Work event was held June 3–5, 1992, at Marlboro College, Vermont. Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! Want to see my 6 minute 40 second Pecha Kucha presentation Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design!

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

My Dutch friend and expert moderator, Jan Jaap In der Maur , recently shared an innovative format for an in-conference pitch competition he devised for the Conventa Crossover Conference , in Ljubljana, Slovenia: “There were also the Conventa Crossover Awards. Traditionally, this kills the dynamics of every conference: there were 16 finalists, who all had to be given the opportunity to pitch.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MAY 28, 2019

In the first , we looked at why it’s a smart conference strategy. In this post, we’ll explore how to design, promote and execute it for your next conference. Since our work culture is mostly team-based, it’s about time we reflected it in our conference design. Design for Team Learning. Design the room layout to accommodate teams of four to six sitting together, which will help expedite and enhance knowledge sharing and change management.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 20, 2019

Just as good stories have a story arc , coherent events have a conference arc. It’s incumbent on all of us who create and design events to think carefully and creatively about the stories our events tell. Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post Events operate by stories appeared first on Conferences That Work. Related posts: Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! Events operate by stories.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

I’ve been promoting the Conferences That Work meeting format for so long, that some people assume I think it’s the right choice for every meeting. two meeting types and three situations when you should NOT use a Conferences That Work design: — Most corporate events. As a result, many conference attendees have not encountered these designs before and have not experienced how effective they can be in creating valuable connections and learning with their peers.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 6, 2018

Ah, the ubiquitous conference one-hour lecture. As an example I’ll use a three-day conference I’m currently designing. Here are three session formats we’re using for the middle of the conference arc. In my experience, each of them is far more effective than a traditional conference lecture. Image attribution: Marisha Aziz Read the full article at Conferences That Work Related posts: Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design!

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 10, 2018

A “creative” event design is one with a novel venue and/or decor and lighting and/or food and beverage. Consequently, planners restrict the entire focus of creative event design to novel visual and sensory elements. Truly creative event design We are biased against truly creative event design. I’ve experienced plenty of bias against comprehensive event design since I began developing participant-driven and participation-rich meetings in 1992.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 25, 2017

Our conference learning spaces affect our audience. We must learn to think like designers. Then we can focus on changing our conference participants’ learning spaces with the right goal in mind—nurturing their learning. We are designing them to foster, nurture and amplify our participants’ learning. Are You Putting Lipstick On Outdated Conference Education Models And Calling It A Success? Think About These As You Plan And Design.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 2, 2018

Recently, a client asked for help designing a new conference. The needs assessment trap Conference design clients who “know what they want” have already decided on their “ why? It’s an honor to work on a classic Conferences That. Conferences That Work goes to Japan! The first Conferences That Work peer conference held in Japan begins today! Great — a client who doesn’t know what they want!

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Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

The Hole-in-the-floor model of change implies that a carefully designed, top-down, controlled process can create an instant change. Traditional conference designs also adopt this model. How can we work on facilitating change in our lives?

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Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 29, 2016

How your audience responds will have a direct impact on your conference’s brand image and credibility. From a conference design perspective, we believe the current best practice is to bookend your conference by opening with a strong-thought provoking speaker and closing with inspiration. This model sets the tone your conference and then sends the participants off with an emotional high.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 17, 2017

I’ll admit that in 2011, when the Virtual Edge Institute (now called the Digital Experience Institute) first co-located its conference with the Professional Convention Management Association’s Convening Leaders, the experience fell flat for me. The speaker, Sourabh Kothari, also a DES, presenting on how content should drive conference design , welcomed the virtual audience, but didn’t dwell on us.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 28, 2018

There is one debt every conference organizer must face and vanquish. It can cripple a conference. Organizational debt—the interest your conference pays when its structures, policies, procedures, practices, committees and leadership roles stay fixed and accumulate even as the world around it changes.* Anyone striving to build a 21st century sustainable conference needs to understand organizational debt, how it impacts their event and how to prevent it.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 25, 2018

The newly AIM Gold awarded Cloth Hall Court by Well Met will welcome around 300 delegates tomorrow, Friday 26 January, for the very first dedicated conference designed for cyber security experts. The BSides conference has been organised by students from Leeds Beckett University’s School of Computing, Creative Technologies and Engineering, along with the university’s Ethical Hacking Society. Conference News

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Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 4, 2018

We design experiences for our customers. So why don’t we design experiences for ourselves? As conference organizers, why can’t we also have a fun, fulfilling, and collaborative experience planning and designing the conference? Six Ways To Design Your Experience Too. Here are six ways to focus on designing your team’s experience during your next conference planning process. Read more about embracing your conference as a giving field here.

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InitLive

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Social Media Marketing World , held by Social Media Examiner (SME), is a conference designed for social media experts. InitLive also made it possible for leaders in the volunteer team to be designated as Role Managers. Success Story Conference Event Management

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 6, 2017

Your real conference competition is not that event held six months after yours. Today’s technology driven, hyper-connected, instant gratification, real-time world puts you as a conference organizer in a difficult position. You’re expected to deliver highly participatory, forward-thinking, experience-driven, sensory-laden, learner-centered, performance-focused conferences that move the needle for your customers. Have you normalized conference mediocrity as acceptable?

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PCMA Convene

MAY 10, 2021

Hallway conversations are going to be even more highly valued in future conferences, Dave Lutz says, so planners should consider chopping 15 minutes off of concurrent sessions to create longer breaks. 5 Program Design Change Trends.

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Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Another issue of an occasional series— Dear Adrian —in which I answer questions about event design, elementary particle physics , solar hot water systems, facilitation, and anything else I might conceivably know something about. Steve, I like your question because it highlights a key tension inherent in group process design: the tension between intimacy (going deep with a few) and discovery (uncovering the possibilities of the many). Read the full article at Conferences That Work.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 29, 2016

BizBash consistently uses the term “event design” to mean “ visual design” As an example, consider the 2016 Design Issue. The cover proclaims “What’s Next in Event Design?” While its article “ 8 Fresh Faces of Event Design 2016 ” says it is about “ industry newbies who dream up and create an event’s visuals as opposed to those that handle the logistics like a planner” , this really misses the point.

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 27, 2016

In this two-part article I’ll share a little of my experience and takeaways, followed by their relevance to event design ( red ). Although that opportunity had to be passed up—PCMA made me an offer I couldn’t refuse: facilitating the 2015 PCMA Education Conference —I made it to the 2016 workshop. After a three-day introductory workshop at BATS, I attended two four-day Applied Improvisation Network World Conferences (San Francisco 2012 and Montreal 2015).

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Conferences that Work

JULY 18, 2016

I’m in San Antonio, Texas, having just run two 90-minute “panels” at a national association leadership conference. Each session was designed to discover and meet wants and needs of the executive officers and volunteers of the association’s regional chapters’ members in an area of special interest. At the conference sessions I design and facilitate, everyone is “up there” instead of “down here.”

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