Conferences that Work

JUNE 7, 2021

Why am I writing about social learning on a blog that’s (mainly) about meeting design? Which means, to create the best meetings we need to maximize the social learning that takes place. Instead, build social learning into your meetings as much as possible. Humans’ true superpower.

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Meeting Design Conference Meetings Event Design 284

PCMA Convene

APRIL 4, 2019

The appetite for experiential tours among those who come to Portland for meetings and conventions has grown noticeably in the last two years, Morgan said. Morgan plans her tours using some of the same skills and insights that event designers employ — her events just happen to be mobile. No, Don’t Give Them the Generic.

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Meeting Design Meetings Food and Beverage Hotels 40

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.

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Contracts 2011 Conference Education 175

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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2011 2012 Education Meeting Design 200

PCMA Convene

MAY 24, 2019

Convene ’s own look at the attitudes toward homelessness in the meetings industry show that a number of meeting professionals are bucking that trend: Thirty-five percent of those who responded to a survey last August reported they had organized CSR activities to benefit homelessness in the destinations where they hold meetings.

2019 94

2019 Meetings 2009 Education 94

PCMA Convene

JANUARY 25, 2019

The appetite for experiential tours among those who come to Portland for meetings and conventions has grown noticeably in the last two years, Morgan said. Morgan plans her tours using some of the same skills and insights that event designers employ — her events just happen to be mobile. No, Don’t Give Them the Generic.

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Travel Event Design Food and Beverage Hotels 74

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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Meetings Meeting Design Speakers Tech 103

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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Social Media 2018 Retail Meeting Design 55

Conferences that Work

APRIL 18, 2022

I’ve been writing about hybrid meetings for a long time; my first post was in February 2010. The COVID19 pandemic created an explosion of interest in hybrid meetings, and the marketplace and event professionals are still defining what “hybrid” means. (No, Want to read my other posts on hybrid meetings?

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2010 Meetings Conference Travel 411

Conferences that Work

JULY 30, 2018

I often design and facilitate workshops for association members who mostly haven’t met before. During the workshops each participant shares and receives consulting from a small peer group on a current personal professional challenge. Why are these workshops successful?

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2011 Education Consulting Conference 136

Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

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. Together they co-produce strategic sales series workshops at Stanford University. Where to find him? Brian Tracy Who is he? Where to Find him?

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Speakers Consulting Healthcare Financial 101

Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

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. Together they co-produce strategic sales series workshops at Stanford University. Where to find him? Brian Tracy Who is he? Where to Find him?

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Speakers Healthcare Consulting Financial 98

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. Banquet Setup.

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Speakers Trade Shows Conference Entertainment 95