Conferences that Work
JUNE 22, 2020
I’m leading a free online workshop on Friday, June 26, 12 – 2 pm EDT, that will give you a unique opportunity to experience The Three Questions : in my opinion, the best way to open a conference designed for active learning, connection, and engagement. Full details about the event are available here.
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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Conferences that Work
MARCH 25, 2024
And then in 2005, twenty-eight years later, I felt compelled to write a book about the new ways I’d developed to design and lead conferences that became what the participants wanted and needed. I would need every scrap of my conviction about the importance of peer conferences to persist in what followed. and the how?
Conferences that Work
JUNE 27, 2016
In this case, “there” was a wonderful five-day improv and mindfulness workshop Mindful Play, Playful Mind , held June 8-13 2016, at Mere Point on the beautiful Maine coast. In this two-part article I’ll share a little of my experience and takeaways, followed by their relevance to event design ( red ). Here goes….
Conferences that Work
SEPTEMBER 17, 2018
My Dutch friend and expert moderator, Jan Jaap In der Maur , recently shared an innovative format for an in-conference pitch competition he devised for the Conventa Crossover Conference , in Ljubljana, Slovenia: “There were also the Conventa Crossover Awards. given at EventCamp Twin Cities on September 9, 2010? If so, download.
Conferences that Work
AUGUST 6, 2018
Ah, the ubiquitous conference one-hour lecture. As an example I’ll use a three-day conference I’m currently designing. Here are three session formats we’re using for the middle of the conference arc. In my experience, each of them is far more effective than a traditional conference lecture.
Conferences that Work
OCTOBER 3, 2016
We don’t usually think about the learning models we employ during conference sessions, and I believe our events would be better if we did. Conventional conferences assume a ready supply of experts to whom we listen while they cover the learning that has been advertised at their sessions. Image attribution: Flickr user chiotsrun.
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