Conferences that Work
DECEMBER 11, 2023
Long ago, I participated in and later staffed a series of workshops that profoundly affected my life. They led me to create a contract with myself that is still important to me. Creating a contract with oneself is a common way to motivate yourself toward achieving desired goals. The rock embodied power, my power.
Eventmobi
MAY 23, 2024
A well-planned and executed conference will do wonders for your organization. A conference can help you achieve these things—if you host it correctly. To ensure your conference is a smashing success, invest in conference management. Keep reading this comprehensive guide to learn: What is a Conference?
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Conferences that Work
MAY 14, 2018
Here are nine mythodologies about conferences. At least half the sessions programmed at traditional conferences are not what attendees want. Mythodology: A “ conference curator ” can improve the quality of your conference content. Reality : Sadly, conference curators don’t exist.
Conferences that Work
DECEMBER 18, 2023
Before 2020, I was designing and facilitating around a dozen in-person meetings and conferences a year. The design I designed and facilitated a classic peer conference. 2 • Philadelphia, May: One-day association conference The majority of my clients are formal communities of practice, aka associations. Thank you, David!
Conferences that Work
MARCH 25, 2019
Though it’s clearly sensible to keep a conference running on schedule, we’ve all attended meetings where rambling presenters, avoidable “technical issues”, incompetent facilitation, and inadequate logistics have made a mockery of the published program. Meals and breaks are abbreviated or, in extreme cases, eliminated.
Event Leadership Institute
OCTOBER 24, 2018
One of the learning outcomes was for students to learn the importance of reading a contract. So, I decided to create an experiential learning activity where my students had the opportunity to experience first hand why reading a contract was important. Cell phone contracts. Cell phone contracts.
Eventinterface
MARCH 12, 2017
A few years ago, I was contracted to manage a conference. The mostly volunteer committee had not realized how much work it would be to plan a successful conference. One of my first tasks was to review what was already in place, committed to and contracts signed. I came on board only a few months before the event.
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