Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

I’m indebted to Martin Sirk for sharing remarkable information about an 1828 conference designed by the German geographer, naturalist, and explorer Alexander von Humboldt. Read what follows to discover that Humboldt was also a meeting designer way ahead of his time! Martin Sirk Modern meeting design!

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Software testers do peer conferences right! They even call them a peer conference , rather than unconference , a term I don’t like.) As evidence of software tester conference awesomeness, I offer three examples below. a short history of the peer conference. The 2022 SoCraTes peer conference. But first…. …a

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Gallus Events

JULY 24, 2017

I have always used the metaphor of a production line to explain the need for meeting design. Well, after a visit to two modern production lines in Germany (as part of a fantastic familiarisation trip to Dresden and Leipzig – you can read reviews of both of those fantastic cities) I have to find a new metaphor.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

During all our years designing and deploying event technology for events, one thread remains a constant – that technology adds the most value when it succeeds in actively facilitating human connection and communication. Bringing teams together with event technology. Motivating and unifying the team.

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Converve

MAY 9, 2017

For some time, more and more event managers have been concerning themselves with the topic of meeting design. There is still however no clear description of what meeting design actually means. It tries to research the influences of technology on event design. (updated 18 July 2018).

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Our new mission statement unveiled earlier this year makes our continued focus on education clear: “Through education, PCMA inspires, connects, and innovates the business-events community globally.”. A few months ago, we announced the acquisition of Singapore-based Incentive, Conference & Event Society Asia Pacific (ICESAP).

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2017

Phase 1 of the project, released in 2016, was a collaboration between the GCB, the European Association of Event Centres, and the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering, and looked into potential effects of social and technological trends on meetings. during meeting hours, but this scenario goes a step further.”

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