Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Companies bombard me with offers to check out online meeting platforms. Butter is an online meeting platform that is designed to support the facilitation of great interactive meetings. So here’s my review of Butter, a meeting platform for facilitators to shine. The usual caveats. Butter — the big picture.

Meetings 156

Meetings Meeting Design Fashion 2021 156

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. I’ve shared the why? and the details of how I typically run this format here.

Meetings 348

Meetings Meeting Design Conference Speakers 348

Gallus Events

MAY 11, 2020

with the trainer and a stack of templates and documents. The main objective when designing the Pivot Your Events to Digital course was to support students to be able to return the investment BEFORE the course was over. meeting design institute: Design interactive online and hybrid meetings, conferences and events.

Meeting Design 225

Meeting Design Events Speakers Management 225

PCMA Convene

JUNE 1, 2017

Attendees who want more from their meetings don’t want to sit and listen passively to a formal presentation. Welcome to the era of disrupted meetings, in good company with other industries and institutions whose established norms are being taken down to the studs. They have expectations of involvement.

Meetings 103

Meetings Meeting Design Speakers Tech 103

Conferences that Work

APRIL 16, 2018

(Fun fact: the testing community often uses my term “peer conferences” for their get-togethers, due to a chat about meeting design I had with tester James Bach at the 2004 Amplifying Your Effectiveness conference.) Most meeting conveners concentrate on feedback about meeting content (“great speakers!”)

2018 145

2018 2004 Conference Trade Shows 145

All Seated

MAY 10, 2019

After another strong year in 2018 for meetings and events, many predictions show the upward trends continuing this year: The Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT) 2019 Meetings & Trends Report predicts a robust 5 to 10 percent growth in demand. Outdoor meeting rooms/spaces. in GDP in 2019. Themed food & beverage.

Venues 28

Venues Food and Beverage 2018 2019 28

Social Tables

APRIL 17, 2019

In this survey, planners told us that many details change up until the last minute, communication is not shared across the entire team, there’s not enough consistency in documented event details, and communication isn’t concise enough. of event professionals believe the seating process for groups needs to be improved.

Hotels 149

Hotels Food and Beverage Negotiating Venues 149