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How to help meeting design clients figure out what they really want and need

Conferences that Work

“, and typically bring me in to consult at the “ how? I understand their perspective, because I also feel the temptation to pin down specifics — number of participants, duration, venue, budget, etc. “, have often fixed their “ when? ” and “ where? ” stage.

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Venue Ventilation: Reasons for Planners to Pay Attention

MeetingsNet

A meeting designer used a carbon-dioxide meter in all the spaces he moved through while attending a recent conference. In late May, Adrian Segar attended a meeting-industry leadership summit in San Juan, Puerto Rico. With the meeting-room doors open, my meter typically showed readings between 500 and 600,” he noted.

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Six reasons why unconferences aren’t more popular

Conferences that Work

Events and media consultant Julius Solaris shared at the Unforgettable Experience Design Summit that he was initially very enthusiastic about unconference format events. But Julius didn’t see them catch on and now focuses on other aspects of the meeting industry. Why aren’t unconferences more popular?

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Bringing a ‘Sense of Place’ to Meeting Design

PCMA Convene

One trend in particular, “a sense of place,” speaks directly to enterprises like Morgan’s food tours, recognizing that immersing meeting participants in the local landscape and connecting them with local culture and community leads to more memorable events. At each stop, I’m also talking about the spirit of collaboration,” Morgan said. “We

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Online Events Grow in Wake of Coronavirus

PCMA Convene

The multi-hub format, with multiple connected venues like this meeting with 18 hubs in Spain, combines the benefits of both. And there are companies” — ABBIT among them — “which specialize in providing online meeting services.”. The Multi-Hub Meeting. The Internet quality is there. The equipment is there.

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Warwick Conferences enhances business development team with new appointment

Prestige Events Magazine

The team takes a consultative approach to meeting design, keeping atop of trends and holding board positions on a number of industry bodies. Christine will be working with customers to bring a creative vision to their events and meetings, ensuring organisers achieve a memorable experience. Warwick Arts Centre.

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The five keys to great conference content

Gallus Events

This might sound like a no brainer, but in some of the organisations I’ve worked in, and consulted for, the person with the content knowledge wasn’t always involved in the conference programme. 3 Use meeting design to create the framework for great content. That’s Meeting Design. and in small groups.