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Five reasons NOT to use a Conferences That Work meeting design

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The function of such meetings is primarily top-down : effectively communicate management objectives, answer questions, and get employee buy-in. I’ve run the core Conferences That Work design in a day numerous times, and it’s always a rush. So when should you use the Conferences That Work design?

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Six reasons why unconferences aren’t more popular

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The tendency is to assume that because you’re rejecting the rigid format of traditional conferences, you can get away with less structure. For example, figuring out what attendees actually want and need to talk about doesn’t happen at the drop of a hat. In reality, unconferences require a fair amount of structure.

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Doing peer conferences right

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Software testers do peer conferences right! They even call them a peer conference , rather than unconference , a term I don’t like.) As evidence of software tester conference awesomeness, I offer three examples below. a short history of the peer conference. The 2022 SoCraTes peer conference.

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Event design is not just visuals and logistics

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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?” Here are three examples: 1 — The world of weddings. 2 — Elementary Meetings.

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Designing conferences to solve participants’ problems

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For each domain, I’ll include examples of meeting processes you can use to satisfy participants’ problem solving wants and needs. These examples might remind you of the kinds of topics that routinely appear as the titles of traditional conference sessions. Here are some examples. Obvious problems.

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40 Outstanding Event Industry Blogs to Follow

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Conferences That Work. Conferences That Work is the creation of conference design and facilitation legend Adrian Segar. His blog is a deep-dive into conference engagement and the fundamentals of successful networking like comfort, interaction and the exchange of ideas. Creators of Q&A and polling platform Sli.do