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

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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. In my opinion, the perfect hybrid meeting. The post Hybrid Meetings Doomed to Failure?

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 6, 2017

We roll the dice that what was submitted actually meets our core customers’ needs. We assume the more people involved in designing the program and choosing the experts and content, the more customers we’ll attract. As a conference organizer, you may even lose your soul to logistics, to-do lists and ever increasing detailed tasks.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 25, 2017

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. Hat tips Rebecca Louise Hare and Dr. Robert Dillon authors of The Space: A Guide for Educators.). Be forewarned!

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Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 4, 2018

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. Hat tips Warren Nilsson and Tana Paddock’s writings on Social Innovations From The Inside Out. Read more about embracing your conference as a giving field here.

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Conference Conference Planning Conference Design Meetings 272

Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

So, how can we implement innovative ideas and audience-focused design thinking to plan events that create a magnetic communal experience that is personalized to each attendee? Design communal spaces and activities like inviting networking lounges that offer more than the usual basic seating and charging stations.

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Food and Beverage Sustainability Entertainment Hotels 98

Endless Events

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Tips & tricks for event planners. So, our blog provides comprehensive and personality-packed articles with the latest tips, tricks, and trends for event planners to create more epic events with a focus on technical production. . The Socialtables blog contains event tips and trends with a lean towards the hospitality industry.

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Trade Shows Food and Beverage Tech Education 133