Conferences that Work

MARCH 21, 2022

This coming June will mark my 30th year of designing and facilitating participant-driven and participation-rich meetings. So I designed the workshop as an “ Ask Adrian Anything ” about meeting design and facilitation. At times, the video stream for some participants on stage (including me) was blank.

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

QnA with Event Industry Influencer, Author and Founder of Conferences That Work – Adrian Segar. Amazed by the modern concept of organizing conferences and ideas that change the concept of corporate meetings planning; we approached Adrian Segar to discuss his work! How did you land up with the idea of “Conferences That Work”?

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Gallus Events

JULY 1, 2019

And the best way to get a grip of texturising content is to look at the principles of meeting design. I know that the idea of scaling the “meeting design” mountain can seem daunting. If you are designing a physical or an online event these simple tips will set you right.

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

So here’s my review of Butter, a meeting platform for facilitators to shine. In this review of Butter, I’ll share a big picture overview, what I think is Butter’s finest feature, an example of how to implement a meeting design in Butter, and my closing thoughts. Meeting design case.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Receive and curate writing, photos, audio, and video for creating some form of keepsake remembrance(s) for the event and, perhaps, post-event. A Zoom meeting recorder. Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post Designing an online memorial service appeared first on Conferences That Work.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

A senior consultant for the Meeting Design Institute , Vanneste — whom Convene interviewed by Skype while he was behind the wheel of a self-driving Tesla in Antwerp — is an advocate of “multi-hub” meetings , a hybrid meeting model where participants gather face-to-face in geographically dispersed venues, connected by technology.

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SpotMe Blog

JULY 6, 2021

Clearly, adding a virtual component to an in-person event is so much more than adding a video camera to the back of the room. We’ve confirmed that virtual events can be engaging and productive, but only if the meeting design is truly participant driven and takes into consideration the needs of that audience.

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Event Industry News

JUNE 6, 2019

Care must also be taken to create a wholesome event experience for online participants, which may involve having one or more video or chat hosts, and generally taking care of the online audience. Many of the large tech conferences like Google I/O and Facebook’s F8 arguably have a greater response online than in the meeting itself.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 8, 2016

For over 25 years, I’ve been designing and facilitating Conferences That Work : successful, innovative, highly interactive, participant-driven events that leverage attendees’ expertise and experience to create just the conference that participants want and need. I’m excited! Earn CIC education credits.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 1, 2019

Where past generations of meeting-goers might have been content as spectators, attendees today are looking for more active participation and experiential learning — starting with the fact that much of what they used to travel for is now available digitally. If you don’t let the Millennials have input, they’ll opt out.”. FLIPPED LEARNING.

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Event Industry News

MAY 3, 2019

Most modern methods of conversation—email, phone calls, texting, video conferencing— rely on digital technology. So, for example, instead of looking at how to incorporate video, start with your event’s messaging. Then build video content around that first.” ” — Adrian Segar , Founder at Conferences That Work.

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Slido

JANUARY 30, 2019

In December 2018, we set out to explore the future of town hall meetings. The goal of our one-day event in partnership with Convene was to show how a successful all-hands could look in 2019 and beyond by using interactive technology and meeting design thinking. It was a new experience for everyone, and the audience loved it.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 22, 2019

Most modern methods of conversation—email, phone calls, texting, video conferencing— rely on digital technology. So, for example, instead of looking at how to incorporate video, start with your event’s messaging. Then build video content around that first.” ” — Adrian Segar , Founder at Conferences That Work.

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Slido

OCTOBER 24, 2018

If you prefer to learn in the audio-visual format, check out the popular #EventIcons video talk show podcast where you can engage with some of the leading names in the events industry. Meeting design and interaction tips 11. Dive in for tips on how to design internal meetings that build trust and increase employee engagement.

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Hubilo Blog

MARCH 4, 2019

Let’s delve into some of the best picks of event blogs/videos collection from the month of February. Every attendee expects and experiences different things at exhibitions and conferences. Conference News – It’s a fact suggested based on research that event marketing generates 25% of the revenue for the event industry.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 1, 2017

Where past generations of meeting-goers might have been content as spectators, attendees today are looking for more active participation and experiential learning — starting with the fact that much of what they used to travel for is now available digitally. If you don’t let the Millennials have input, they’ll opt out.”.

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EventMB

AUGUST 9, 2017

Speakers have an important role at conferences because they not only need to share learning, we need them to connect, interact and engage with attendees to make a strong impact. Be more engaging and ditch the slideshow with these presentation ideas that will ramp up your keynote and really get the message across.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 14, 2016

After an event, organizers can share valuable recap content, like videos and blogs, with their attendees and give them previews for the following year’s event, if held annually. South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive masks networking events in the form of parties, gaming expos, and mixers scheduled throughout the life of the conference.

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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. This is the scenario that we already experience at a lot of conferences. (updated 18 July 2018).

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Hubilo Blog

MARCH 7, 2020

She is the founder of Strategic Meeting and Events which produces mid to large scale corporate events. She has worked on both the conference side and vendor side of the industry, which made it easy for her to understand the requirements of her clients and hence helped them in strategic problem-solving.

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 1, 2018

Many of these discoveries have a huge impact on best practices for holding meetings and conferences, and, in turn, how we think about what it means to be engaged in a meeting setting. This means the tone of a meeting or event can change dramatically based on one person’s mood. Impact on Happiness and Creativity.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 12, 2016

I’ve been convening, designing, and facilitating conferences for over 35 years, concentrating on participant-driven and participation-rich event facilitation and design since 1992. Watch this short video to learn more about POPWORKS. Read the full article at Conferences That Work. contact-form-7]. Earn 16.00

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 28, 2016

If you don’t like reading check out our video with an abbreviated list of influencers on YouTube. ). Meetings & Events. Tahira Endean tweets about the intersection of experiential, immersive meeting design and technology. If you’re active on the event and hospitality conference circuit, you might bump into her.

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

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. Why have a keynote speaker at your event?

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Capterra Event Management

JULY 19, 2016

It has a slight focus on conferences and corporate events, but contains lots of helpful content for everyone. Conferences that Work. Event consultants and meeting designers, Gallus Events uses its blog to offer advice and tips on the industry. Gallus Events. Grass Shack Events & Media. The Event Tech Podcast.

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

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. Why have a keynote speaker at your event?

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 12, 2019

Instead of showcasing, as we’ve done in past years, extraordinary places, spaces, destination videos, F&B offerings, tech tools, and other bits and pieces that make the events world go round, we zoomed in on you. For this year’s Best in Show feature, we switched gears. Hacker Chicks. Having a Heart. Earn and Learn. Risky Business.

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Meeting Tomorrow

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Imagine that each event has a “window” into all the other locations, and that the focus can be shifted from place to place–like a group video chat but with an event in each window. There are a number of meeting design elements that need to be accounted for, but the cost savings and expanded participation seem well worth it.

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The MICE

MARCH 11, 2021

We used meeting design to do that, which already had some gamification elements to it. Gamifying a conference – ShipCon case study. Anne Geelhoed, Vice-Chair at YoungShip Rotterdam, shared how they pivoted their bi-annual conference—ShipCon—into a virtual format. And we really wanted to bring that online.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 4, 2019

The appetite for experiential tours among those who come to Portland for meetings and conventions has grown noticeably in the last two years, Morgan said. So much so, that she predicts that the days when business travelers see only see the inside of their hotels, moving from conference room to hotel room and back again, will soon be history.

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Gallus Events

APRIL 25, 2018

Attending a hackathon isn’t like taking the day off work to attend a conference. You will find me going on about the importance of the venue in a lot of posts (specially the ones that cover meeting design ) as the venue helps the organiser create the right atmosphere and environment. The venue is absolutely crucial.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Adding to my reports on new platforms providing online incarnations of traditional conference socials , here’s a review of online social platform Rally. My current table, where I’m video chatting with Jake and Steve, is shown below Aimey’s video (she’s on stage — more on this later).

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2017

Mostly because the CVB couldn’t find a planner with a large social-media following who could fulfill the duties of an influencer, which include writing content and taking professional-quality photo- graphs and video for various channels, including Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 4, 2022

Re-Think MS, a multi-hub, one-day medical conference organized by AIM Group International, was broadcast from a main studio to 13 sites across Italy. We had a video play at the beginning of the event, showing that all the venues were connected, so it was just not a local event they were at — they were part of something bigger.”

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 2, 2021

At some associations, board meetings are the least-stressful events to plan, with far fewer logistics for business events organizers to wrangle than conventions, conferences, and trade shows. At our Chicago headquarters, we had added on a conference level to our building. (Photos courtesy NAR). That took a bajillion computers.

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Planning Pod

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Say you are preparing for a meeting, or a conference, or a class, or a banquet, or a wedding, and you want to optimize the venue or space you are using so that the seating and tables are set up for the best attendee experience. For example, conferences and meetings usually focus on networking and professional development.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

An entrepreneur since he was only 18 years old, Maarten has over 35 years of experience in meeting design. And since 2012, he has organized the FRESH Conference in Europe. Ready to hear all about the ground-breaking magic of multi-hub meetings? The Path To Multi-Hub Meetings. When Frustration Invites Action.

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