Conferences that Work

MARCH 13, 2017

How do we get people to participate at meetings? They are also far more likely to make valuable connections with their peers during the event. Seth Godin describes a desirable meeting mindset: What would happen… if we chose to: …Sit in the front row. Ask a hard question every time we go to a meeting….

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Lecturing has been the core modality in our education systems for centuries. Let’s look at these three conclusions in the context of meeting design. Most meeting presenters still lecture. And most meeting session presenters resort to lecturing as their dominant session modality. Conclusion.

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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.

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Participant-driven and participation-rich peer conference designs improve on traditional events because they don’t treat openings and closings as necessary evils but as critical components of the meeting design. Let’s examine each phase of the peer conference arc in more detail.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 22, 2023

Hey everyone, especially educators who teach courses on meetings and hospitality. My ebooks are now available on VitalSource , the largest global supplier of digital course materials to higher education! Thank you for your ongoing support of my work and your commitment to advancing the field of meeting design!

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 28, 2022

My work at a pre-con is different from that of a typical meeting planner since I focus on the meeting’s design and facilitation. I’ve been convening meetings for decades, though, so I know a fair amount about meeting planning. The traditional bread and butter of a meeting planner’s job.

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Event Industry News

JULY 27, 2021

Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI), a leader in luxury hotel sales for meeting incentives, conventions, and exhibition (MICE), welcomes the addition of Silvia Zamora to the ALHI executive team. With over 25 years of experience in the meetings and events industry, Zamora honed her skills with positions at Motorola, the Henry B.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 1, 2024

Paul Nunesdea : And hello, hello, dear viewers, this is a soft start of our third episode in 2024 of Talk to Your Meeting Doctors. Lovely to meet you, Adrian. And it’s mostly about meeting design and facilitation, but I write about all kinds of things. Martin, welcome! Martin Duffy: Well, good afternoon.

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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. Stay on time! It seems obvious to do this. The notes at the.

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Contracts 2011 Conference Education 175

Plan Your Meetings

JUNE 27, 2016

If you’re like many corporate meeting planners, planning meetings and events may only be part of your job and you learn as you go, without formal training. But if planning meetings and events are a passion of yours and you want to become a meeting professional, there are 33 skills you need to master.

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Meetings Food and Beverage Risk Management Contracts 62

Conferences that Work

JULY 19, 2021

Ever since my first encounter with the hybrid hub and spoke meeting topology at Event Camp Twin Cities in 2011, I’ve been a big fan of the format. Yesterday [see below], I realized that hub and spoke is a great format for purely online meetings too. What’s a hub and spoke meeting? But first…. Flexibility.

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The MICE

JULY 27, 2022

One of the presentations that highly inspired me to think differently about event design took place in 2019 at the MICE Forum at ITB Berlin (Organised by VDVO ). One of the talks that impressed me the most was ‘Participant experience design – how do we create meetings which move people more deeply?’

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Hubilo Blog

MARCH 7, 2020

With more than a decade of experience as a professional speaker, Dahlia founded The Meeting Pool , a great source of information for event professionals. She even launched her own events agency DAHLIA+. Tahira Endean : She has been a part of this immense events industry for a little more than 2 decades.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 28, 2018

For the past 134 years, florists have flocked to the Society of American Florists (SAF) Annual Convention , where organizers “work hard to come up with programming that is attractive to all segments of the industry,” said Laura Weaver, CMP, SAF’s director of meetings and conventions.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 25, 2016

That’s not good news for the already stressed ranks of those who plan meetings, a profession which turns up every year on top-ten lists of the most stressful jobs. And that’s true no matter what political affiliation that respondents claim, and is tied in particular to exposure to social media. And reduced stress. . But what about you?

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Capterra Event Management

JULY 19, 2016

The blog from popular enterprise event software Cvent is divided into categories so you can peruse based on your interests: social media, site selection and budgeting, association tips, meeting and event intelligence, planning how-tos, and strategic meetings management. Gallus Events. Event Marketer.

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

With great enthusiasm, clarity and presence, she educates her audiences with timeless strategies blended with tactics and trends. If you’re interested in scheduling Bob to speak at your company meeting, conference or convention, please contact Kathy Tagenel at (775) 220-6995 or click here to email her. Mari Smith Who is she?

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

With great enthusiasm, clarity and presence, she educates her audiences with timeless strategies blended with tactics and trends. If you’re interested in scheduling Bob to speak at your company meeting, conference or convention, please contact Kathy Tagenel at (775) 220-6995 or click here to email her. Mari Smith Who is she?

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Speakers Healthcare Consulting Financial 98

Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Change is imminent — and in the meetings industry, it’s upon us. From more engaging, holistic experiences to the the bold new expectations of “bleisure,” event planners and suppliers are racing to adapt in an industry that’s as dynamic as it’s ever been. C2 is pushing the envelope for event experiences.

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Meetings 2016 Trade Shows Social Media 158

Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Meetings don’t look how they used to. Today, planners are racing to adapt to trends that make conferences and events more engaging and dynamic than ever before. But when it comes to trends, where should meeting industry professionals put their focus? Here are five meeting industry trends that are changing the game.

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Meetings 2016 Trade Shows Social Media 157

The MICE

MARCH 11, 2021

In the beginning, we looked at what was on the market and saw that many online event platforms attempt to mimic real life. We used meeting design to do that, which already had some gamification elements to it. Offline, we created a highly artistic experience that got everyone into a collaborative mindset.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 30, 2018

Afterwards, we saw many people swapping business cards and making arrangements to meet up again. Such workshops routinely meet the outcomes they’re designed to achieve: creating useful and memorable learning experiences and connections. A participant started crying and his group members rushed to console and support him.

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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. Every event has a unique set of objectives when it comes to what you are trying to accomplish.

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Speakers Trade Shows Conference Entertainment 95

PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

Because the meeting and event professionals who are honored are rather young and already quite accomplished. This is our fourth class,” said PCMA President and CEO Deborah Sexton, “and with each one, we are struck by the passion and insights these individuals bring to the business-events community. Derek Anderson.

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2017 Education Hospitality Meetings 69