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Share information; don’t hoard it

Conferences that Work

Why would you want to share information, not hoard it? This is a touching, century-old example of how communities of practice benefit from sharing information. Share information; don’t hoard it. Share information; don’t hoard it. Well, if you’re a stock trader or house flipper, maybe. Stop the presses.

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Alexander von Humboldt: A meeting designer way ahead of his time

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I’m indebted to Martin Sirk for sharing remarkable information about an 1828 conference designed by the German geographer, naturalist, and explorer Alexander von Humboldt. Read what follows to discover that Humboldt was also a meeting designer way ahead of his time! Martin Sirk Modern meeting design!

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Community versus audience in journalism and meetings

Conferences that Work

So that’s what made me think that journalism, properly conceived is a service.” — Interview of Jeff Jarvis by David Weinberger A new definition of journalism: “…convening communities into civil, informed, and productive conversation, reducing polarization and building trust through helping citizens find common ground in facts and understanding.”

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Five reasons NOT to use a Conferences That Work meeting design

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Participant-driven and participation-rich events are messy and, by the standards of a content-dump-into-listeners-ears event, relatively inefficient. You can share some good information in a ten-minute talk, even if most of the audience will have forgotten it a month later. I thought you’d never ask.

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5 Trends That Are Changing Meeting Design

PCMA Convene

Businesses that are setting up smart systems and underlying infrastructure to collect information, make sense of it, and translate it into tangible action are increasingly coming out on top. More Meeting Trends. What the ‘Sense of Place’ Travel Trend Means for Event Design. PCMA and Marriott on the Future of Events.

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New Research Considers Human-Centered Meeting Design

PCMA Convene

I care about what we do and that the information is very usable. And while I want to advance the knowledge in our event-professional academic world, I still want to help the people doing the work do the best work they can do.”. EVENT DESIGN. “My I’m a person who really cares about practical work.

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Which meeting design books should I buy?

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Here are five meeting design books I especially recommend. Into the Heart of Meetings: Basic Principles of Meeting Design ( ebook or paperback ). Into the Heart of Meetings: Basic Principles of Meeting Design ( ebook or paperback ). Intentional Event Design ( ebook or paperback ).