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Alexander von Humboldt: A meeting designer way ahead of his time

Conferences that Work

I’m indebted to Martin Sirk for sharing remarkable information about an 1828 conference designed by the German geographer, naturalist, and explorer Alexander von Humboldt. Read what follows to discover that Humboldt was also a meeting designer way ahead of his time! Martin Sirk Modern meeting design!

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Designing conferences to solve participants’ problems

Conferences that Work

As we’ll see: Traditional conferences support, to some degree, solving participants’ obvious and complicated problems. Peer conferences improve this support by allowing participants to share their top-of-mind problems in real time and leverage peer resources to get solutions. There are two reasons for this.

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40 Outstanding Event Industry Blogs to Follow

Endless Events

A great selection of guest posts dominates this blog, and they also provide a host of additional resources in the form of guides and webinars. As the name indicates, this is a production blog, podcast and resource for the live events industry. Conferences That Work. The MICE Blog. The Production Channel. This one’s for you.

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Top 21 Event Blogs That Every #EventProf Must Follow

Slido

Meeting design and interaction tips 11. It provides ready-to-use templates and on-demand webinars designed to level up your presentation skills – both from the visual perspective as well as in the craft of conversational presenting. Leadership, culture and meetings 15. There’s plenty to learn, just pick your topic.