Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Designing Participation Into Your Meetings No, that’s not me up on the stage, and that’s not the kind of session I’ll be leading next Tuesday, May 22, at the MPI New England 2012 Northeast Education.

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MAY 29, 2017

Pivoting to the world of events, this means if we want to give attendees the best possible experience, we need to minimize the quantity and severity of physical comfort issues that are under our control. Whoever they are—young developing leaders, Ask Me Anything About Event Production—Today!

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JULY 10, 2017

The Solution Room—a powerful conference session There’s been a lot of interest in The Solution Room, a session that I co-facilitated last July at Meeting Professionals International World Education Congress in Orlando, Florida.

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APRIL 3, 2017

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APRIL 29, 2019

The Solution Room—a powerful conference session There’s been a lot of interest in The Solution Room, a session that I co-facilitated last July at Meeting Professionals International World Education Congress in Orlando, Florida. It is one.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Design now for immediate reassurance and future-proofed event success. As the event industry emerges from lockdown the focus right now is on providing safe and hygienic spaces for exhibitors and attendees. Busy events can be particularly disruptive for individuals who are neurodiverse. www.nookpod.com. Long-term vision.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 11, 2020

I’ve been designing and facilitating participant-driven and participation-rich in person meetings — aka peer conferences — for almost thirty years. Unfortunately, most online events are still using a traditional webinar/broadcast-style approach: presenters speaking for long periods, interspersed with chat-mediated Q&A.

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MAY 21, 2018

Invented at MPI’s 2011 European Meetings and Events Conference, the session fosters active meaningful connections between attendees, and provides peer support and solutions to the real professional challenges currently faced by participants. Want to learn more about how to incorporate The Solution Room into your next event?

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JUNE 5, 2017

The Solution Room—a powerful conference session There’s been a lot of interest in The Solution Room, a session that I co-facilitated last July at Meeting Professionals International World Education Congress in Orlando, Florida. All meetings incorporate power relationships that fundamentally affect their dynamics and potential.

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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. This arc creates a seamless conference flow where each phase builds on what has come before.

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JUNE 19, 2017

The Solution Room—a powerful conference session There’s been a lot of interest in The Solution Room, a session that I co-facilitated last July at Meeting Professionals International World Education Congress in Orlando, Florida. It is one.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

And Marriott partnered with Google on The NEU Project to pioneer ways to design more neuro-diverse-friendly events. Events Industry Council (EIC) in partnership with its global EIC Equity Task Force, released the results of its 2022 Equity Benchmarking Study at an IMEX press conference. at the iconic resort. “At

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MAY 14, 2018

Mythodology: Event socials are a good way to meet people. Reality : People tend to stay with people they already know at event socials. Participant-driven and participation-rich events provide far more opportunities to meet people you actually want to meet. Mythodology: Learning occurs through events. It is one.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2018

The Solution Room—a powerful conference session There’s been a lot of interest in The Solution Room, a session that I co-facilitated last July at Meeting Professionals International World Education Congress in Orlando, Florida. It is one.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

The Solution Room—a powerful conference session There’s been a lot of interest in The Solution Room, a session that I co-facilitated last July at Meeting Professionals International World Education Congress in Orlando, Florida. It is one.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 17, 2022

IMEX America, which returns to Las Vegas October 10 – 13, is set to address the new needs of the industry head on, bringing together the global business events community in a four-day event designed to deliver a tailored, targeted and enjoyable business experience.?? . 3,000+ global buyers.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2016

So how can you get authentic audience engagement at your events? When I facilitate longer conferences I can assure you that almost everyone will ask questions in public at some point during the event. Most people won’t ask questions at meetings. Conclusion. Read the full article at Conferences That Work. It is one.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Meeting professionals have always shouldered a hefty bag of tricks to fix the jagged edges that emerge at even the most meticulously polished events. Right now, those sorts of challenges are popping up at events all over the world. See also : 6 F&B Trends That Will Shape 2021 Events. “A Click to see full results.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 19, 2016

When 19,000 attendees descended on Orlando this week for SAPPHIRE NOW and the ASUG Annual Conference — hosted by SAP and ASUG (America’s SAP Users’ Group) and billed as the largest global business technology event — they weren’t dreading long registration and check-in lines at the Orange County Convention Center (OCCC). .

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Conferences that Work

MAY 23, 2016

Plus/Delta : A review tool that enables participants to quickly identify what went well at a session or event and what could be improved. the number of years they’ve been in their current profession.). Post It! : A simple technique that employs participant-written sticky notes to uncover topics and issues that a group wants to discuss.

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AUGUST 6, 2018

Summary Given the sheer volume of information available from the assembled scientific minds at this event and the considerable investment of time and money to hold this conference, it’s important to use session formats like these.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

When a group in the health-care and medical-research industry meeting at the Hilton Orlando needed an in-house broadcast studio, it turned the camera on the property’s Lake Eola room. . The team at the Hilton Orlando has witnessed livestreaming becoming more of a trend,” said Stacie Sargis, the hotel’s senior sales manager. “As

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Conferences that Work

MAY 25, 2020

Here’s a template you can download and adapt for your event. Ask your facilitators to read Chapter 18 of Event Crowdsourcing or Chapters 31 & 32 of The Power of Participation so they are familiar with running The Three Questions. Any online shared document can be used for this. A shared Google Doc is an obvious choice.

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MAY 18, 2020

You can find the most detailed implementation in Chapter 18 of my 2019 book, Event Crowdsourcing. Practice using them at small group meetings before employing them for a significant event! With care, more staffing, and a beefier Zoom license, The Three Questions can definitely be run successfully at larger online events.

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OCTOBER 10, 2016

The Solution Room—a powerful conference session There’s been a lot of interest in The Solution Room, a session that I co-facilitated last July at Meeting Professionals International World Education Congress in Orlando, Florida.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 3, 2017

Try this quick tip from Sharon Fisher, Idea Sparker (CEO) at Orlando-based Play With a Purpose. Want to make your general session more welcoming? read more.

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 15, 2020

As a result, moving between simultaneous breakouts is relatively rare at in-person events. As you know, peer conferences use the conference arc design, which includes closing process that’s tailored to the wants and needs of the meeting stakeholders ( here’s an example ). It is one.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 25, 2019

When meetings don’t stay on time, the event is out of control. Ultimately this is a matter of careful planning, firm and effective time management, and simple respect for everyone who spends time, energy, and money attending and producing an event. .”) Participants don’t know what the actual schedule is.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 31, 2016

In the first two parts of this series on participatory voting at events, I introduced the concept and compared low-tech and high-tech approaches. Now, let’s explore an issue that should (but often doesn’t) determine the specific voting methods we choose: knowledge about how other participants have voted. It is one.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 17, 2017

That’s why Rosen Shingle Creek is a leader in the meeting and event planning industry — it has the ability to create solutions in a unique way. . Recently, the hotel proved that it could indeed handle anything as it simultaneously hosted multiple events that catered to thousands. Clients hate to be told no. Butler Ballroom.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 31, 2016

I happened to stay at two Four Seasons hotels during one week in May — the Four Seasons Resort Orlando at Walt Disney World Resort and the Four Seasons Houston. In Orlando, I had used the jacket flap of a hardcover book I was reading to mark my page and left my book next to the bed. .”

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 5, 2016

I am well aware of the incredible demands made on meeting planners before and during events. I’ve had that role for hundreds of events, and know what it’s like. Things rarely go according to plan, and creative solutions need to be invented on the spot.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 9, 2017

We tend to focus on corporate marketing events in terms of their value to attendees and exhibitors, but there’s another important stakeholder group: a company’s sales team. How can you design an event that makes their jobs easier? Afterward, I spoke to Kerri Tenbrunsel, SAP America’s vice president sales, U.S.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 16, 2016

The news that dozens of people were killed in a mass shooting in Orlando — a tragedy that coincided with the opening night of the conference — lent gravitas to some of the events, especially a Tuesday-morning session titled “How Increased Situational Awareness and an Improved Guest Experience Can Improve Your Event’s Security.”. .

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Conferences that Work

JULY 18, 2016

Each session was designed to discover and meet wants and needs of the executive officers and volunteers of the association’s regional chapters’ members in an area of special interest. Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! Room set has a huge effect on the dynamics of a session.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 20, 2018

Orlando’s premier event venue, 3NINE at Rosen Plaza, offers organizers a space they truly can make their own. Self-expression is increasingly top of mind for event organizers and attendees — it made PCMA Convene ’s top-five list of trends to watch in 2018. I think the best part of the event was the inside/outside aspect.”.

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Social Tables

MAY 7, 2019

Featuring dozens of excellent wedding planners across the United States, you’re sure to find the people you need to pull off this extra special event. Now without further ado, here are the top 63 wedding event planners in the United States, organized by region and city. No ask is too big for your special day! Boston Wedding Planners 1.

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