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Free workshop — Experience The Three Questions, Friday, June 26

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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. Full details about the event are available here.

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Lessons for #eventprofs from an improv and mindfulness workshop — Part 1

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In this case, “there” was a wonderful five-day improv and mindfulness workshop Mindful Play, Playful Mind , held June 8-13 2016, at Mere Point on the beautiful Maine coast. In this two-part article I’ll share a little of my experience and takeaways, followed by their relevance to event design ( red ).

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Becoming a writer

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And then in 2005, twenty-eight years later, I felt compelled to write a book about the new ways I’d developed to design and lead conferences that became what the participants wanted and needed. Attendees loved my events! I don’t want to go to another traditional conference again.” Nothing worked.

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Case Study: Adrian Segar – “Conferences that work”

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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. Tip: The hardback version is expensive, the ebook is a quarter of the hardback cost.)

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Design your meeting BEFORE choosing the venue!

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Read the full article at Conferences That Work. Related posts: Help Wanted—Venues for my participation techniques workshops! Do you own or know of venues that would be suitable for holding my 1½ day participation techniques workshops? Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! Helping me find a wonderful.

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We are biased against truly creative event design

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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.

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An innovative conference competition format

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So this is what we did: Read the full article at 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! given at EventCamp Twin Cities on September 9, 2010? If so, download.