Velvet Chainsaw
APRIL 12, 2023
Due to flight cancellations, the opening general session speakers were not able to arrive in time. The association acted fast and was able to pull off a very effective virtual fireside chat with the two speakers, conducted live with an on-site interviewer. It served as a very successful plan B. Here are some suggestions.
Hubilo Blog
FEBRUARY 25, 2020
Why have a keynote speaker at your event? The sole idea of organizing any business event or a conference is to engage with your audience and build a strong brand by providing value by the means of sharing knowledge, insights or present compelling stories. This where you need keynote speakers at your event or conference.
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Hubilo Blog
FEBRUARY 25, 2020
Why have a keynote speaker at your event? The sole idea of organizing any business event or a conference is to engage with your audience and build a strong brand by providing value by the means of sharing knowledge, insights or present compelling stories. This where you need keynote speakers at your event or conference.
Velvet Chainsaw
JANUARY 17, 2019
As conference organizers this leads us to bad decisions when selecting speakers and programming where we promote sharing success stories over asking questions, verifying validity and understanding context. See Michael Shermer, editor in chief of Skeptic magazine, The Belief Module, Skeptic 5 , no. Wonderful Word Of Stories.
Velvet Chainsaw
FEBRUARY 21, 2017
Speakers to facilitators-of-learning. Speakers should no longer be the sage on the stage, but rather the guide on the side. Point attendees to your website or, better yet, to your mobile app for full session descriptions, speaker bios and booth profiles. What other ways could you breathe new life into your conference?
Velvet Chainsaw
JUNE 14, 2017
Ask the speaker or moderator to share those with the participants. Reprinted with permission of Convene , the magazine of the Professional Convention Management Association. The post Configurable and Personalized Conference Experiences appeared first on Velvet Chainsaw.
Velvet Chainsaw
JULY 10, 2017
At times, we also remove speakers and volunteer leaders as they may justify their participation based more on those roles than their education and networking experience. Reprinted with permission of Convene , the magazine of the Professional Convention Management Association.
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