Velvet Chainsaw

JANUARY 9, 2019

Do your conference learning opportunities—from the general session to networking to breakouts to deep dive workshops—empower registrants to participate in their own learning journey? Or do your conference education sessions motivate participants to see the finish line? It is ongoing, not once a year at a conference.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JANUARY 25, 2018

They leave the big decisions about target customers, their needs and their aspirations to the organization’s leaders, the marketing department or even the education division. I get that from the education section or the conference technical teams.”. However, the overall conference experience can still disappoint.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MAY 29, 2018

We have a choice in our service of conference planning and implementation. We can see the planning process as a transaction of pushing our skills and expertise at conference participants. Teachers talk about the deep gratification and child-like insights they receive from educating their students.

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Master the Event

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

More and more colleges are offering post graduate event planning degrees and diplomas in Hospitality Industry related fields. From Hotel and/or F&B Management to travel and tourism to event and conference planning.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MAY 4, 2017

This list of conference big ideas just doesn’t belong to the traditional, average conference planning process. Big Conference Ideas On The Road Less Traveled Part 2. All Planning Team Members Espouse The Same Mental Model For Learning. One of these things is not like the other. This transaction produces learning.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 18, 2018

It is creating a habit of regularly questioning every conference planning practice and programming component that we currently use. This includes asking the more obvious yet often elusive questions of “Why are we holding a conference? Purposeful abandonment is about abandoning the past in favor of the future.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 31, 2017

What guides you to uncover your organization’s foundation that makes your competitors unable to replicate or reproduce your conference experience? Successful conference organizers lead with this question, “Why?”. They help their conference participants adapt and steer their futures. Nothing precedes purpose.

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Velvet Chainsaw

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Presenters Tracey Steiner, NRECA’s senior vice president for education, training and events, and Velvet Chainsaw Consulting’s managing director, Dave Lutz, will share learnings, pros, cons and alternatives that associations are exploring for their 2022 event portfolios.

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SevenEvents

JULY 12, 2023

Are you currently thinking of organising a conference event for your company ? The success of your event depends on meticulous planning and flawless execution. That’s where our conference planning service can make all the difference. Networking opportunities networking is an integral part of any conference event.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 27, 2017

Most conferences offer some type of learning opportunities for their participants. The education opportunities abound. Traditionally, the goal of conference education is to deliver as much information as possible as fast as possible to as many people as possible. Challenging Mental Models. They embrace deep learning.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JANUARY 18, 2017

In the conference arena, conference choice architects frame their programming based on solving the needs of their target audience. Asking conference participants to create statements of accomplishment at the beginning of the event will help them focus on their commitment up front.

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Eventmobi

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

For example, conferences can provide attendees with valuable knowledge and networking opportunities, but they can also be a great way for your organization to promote your brand and generate leads. So define whether the purpose is to educate attendees, provide networking opportunities, promote your brand, or generate leads.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 12, 2018

These views developed over time and through education, experiences and interactions with others. These mental models are deeply embedded in our conference planning and management practices. It is the unspoken, unrecognized, and unquestioned assumptions that steer your thinking, decisions and actions.

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Velvet Chainsaw

AUGUST 3, 2017

Pane, a senior scientists and distinguished chair in education innovation at RAND. While Pane made this statement about personalized learning in schools, his insights apply to adult education as well. And they have implications for personalized conference experiences too. The Role Of Technology And Deep Learning.

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Master the Event

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

However, the truth is that when there is a perceived “quiet time” for meeting and events, that’s usually when planners are busy working on proposals, closing files and, you guessed it, attending planning conferences. It”s just that you’re not necessarily seeing them execute programs.

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Velvet Chainsaw

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Is attendance on the show floor or in education sessions as expected? More than ever, track and monitor behavior activity on-site to determine the mood and vibe of your audience. Does it feel like a reunion? Are people utilizing the spaces you’ve created to network or have downtime? Your audience may be excited or nervous (or both).

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Velvet Chainsaw

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Your conference narrative should not resolve the story arc challenge on its own. It should leave space and time during its education sessions and networking experiences for participants to process the steps and actions they should take to achieve this opportunity.

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Eventinterface

JULY 12, 2017

She has experience working on multi-day customer appreciation events, educational seminars and social events. How to implement hybrid event strategies for your meetings and conferences. Planning the audience experience and PR for your events. CONNECT WITH JULIA SPANGLER. Julia Spangler. Phone: (217) 251.0348. Save Save

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Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 26, 2018

The demand for new conference innovative experiences is high. No I’m not talking about new education formats. What is the conference narrative you are framing for your audience? What courageous vision are you willing to invest in your conference programming? Here are four innovation invitations waiting for your response.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 12, 2020

Many organizations are banning business travel altogether, with large companies mandating that employees work virtually and educational institutions closing campuses to students and staff. Global, national and local governments are all over the board on prescribed actions, from declaring states of emergency to barring travel.

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Hubb

AUGUST 13, 2019

When you host a three-day conference with 150 sessions, you need a tool that can streamline content management.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 10, 2017

In order to design relevant education and networking experiences at our conferences, we need to be focused to the point of obsession with our target audience. Over the past 18 months, we’ve carefully scrubbed and analyzed the attendance of 20 major conferences. If student attendance is material, we like to analyze separately.)

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Velvet Chainsaw

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Big business, conferences, education, government, medicine, membership associations, nonprofits, professional societies, religious organizations, trade organizations, etc. Yes, your conference and your membership organization are customary, standard institutions. “I’m done with !”. Not sure you agree with me?

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Connect Your Meetings

AUGUST 3, 2018

as conferences manager at NMAC. What I do: I educate leaders to stop the HIV epidemic. Through conference planning, I work to keep adult education interesting and relevant so my attendees continue to fight HIV in and for their communities. Alison Jo McKeithen, MBA, CMP, 38, works in Washington, D.C.,

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Eventinterface

JUNE 3, 2018

She has experience working on multi-day customer appreciation events, educational seminars and social events. How to implement hybrid event strategies for your meetings and conferences. Planning the audience experience and PR for your events. CONNECT WITH JULIA SPANGLER. Julia Spangler. Phone: (217) 251.0348.

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Eventinterface

JUNE 3, 2018

She has experience working on multi-day customer appreciation events, educational seminars and social events. How to implement hybrid event strategies for your meetings and conferences. Planning the audience experience and PR for your events. CONNECT WITH JULIA SPANGLER. Julia Spangler. Phone: (217) 251.0348.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 28, 2017

But most conference experiences have changed very little, if at all. So what type of conference education are you serving your customers—shallow learning, advancement learning or deep learning? So what percentage of your conference education falls into each of the following three categories? Shallow Learning.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JANUARY 11, 2019

Investing in future professionals who have made a greater personal commitment to their education is more likely to pay long-term dividends over those in undergraduate programs. In the health-care profession, student categories can include residency or fellowship training. Grants and Awards.

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Master the Event

APRIL 1, 2022

And the focus of the events is on urban planning, education and addressing the growing issues affecting research, bio diversity, transportation and sustainability. City Planning Conferences – A Growing Industry. City Planning Conferences – How are They Different? Photo courtesy of Cliff1066 on flickr.

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Velvet Chainsaw

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Not only should your education sessions offer transformational learning experiences. And we know from education research that the best learning experiences happen in small groups of two or three. It’s how we move industries, professions and societies forward—through groups that have real conversations.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 5, 2023

She helped push me into the conference planning role and it really helped me launch my career in the meetings and planning industry. One of the coolest things about our industry is that you may have the background and the education and the experience, but really it’s about interactions.

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Coterie Spark

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Over the past few months, the Coterie Spark team has planned and produced several intricate events and conferences. Based on these experiences, we’re more certain than ever that The Wild West of Conference Planning remains in full swing, especially regarding mask-wearing. Again, communicate. Limit Exposure.

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ePly

MARCH 22, 2024

Sometimes underestimated, the conference agenda is a primary planning and coordination tool for the event organizer, suppliers, and vendors or sponsors who use the conference for business development purposes. The conference agenda is the plan upon which attendees build their personal conference plans and itinerary.

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Velvet Chainsaw

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

This is the exact time to be curious, to be rigorous, to be analytical and scientific says Professor Rob Cole referring to educational trends. The next time a trendy bandwagon comes along, press pause. Take a deep breath. This is the time to be tough on what people are telling you.

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Coterie Spark

JUNE 28, 2021

Overwhelmed by fall conference planning options? Well partner, what’s it gonna be: a virtual, in-person, or hybrid conference this fall? COVID-19 has changed the world, and has shifted how events and conferences are imagined/planned, it’s a new frontier! Virtual Conferences. Tough question, we know.

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Velvet Chainsaw

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Being present, accessible and participating in educational and networking sessions designed for the attendees. Yielding the stage to someone who can challenge the profession to advance—not a board or committee member. Losing the teleprompter in favor of authenticity. Empowering staff to reach objectives and staying out of the details.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 1, 2020

As my clients shift to a virtual conference format, I need to create a budget for the event,” Diane Laundy, principal planner, Behind the Scenes Conference Planning, wrote on the PCMA Catalyst forum. How to Budget for a Virtual Event. “As Registration systems and mobile apps are already in place.”.

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