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Facilitating an online participation-rich workshop in Gatherly

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Earlier this month, the folks at Gatherly kindly invited me to host an event of my choosing for their clients and potential users. I decided to facilitate an online workshop in Gatherly that took full advantage of the platform. So I designed the workshop as an “ Ask Adrian Anything ” about meeting design and facilitation.

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Lessons I learned from an online workshop

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I recently ran a workshop , hosted by the Manitoba Chapter of the Canadian Society of Association Professionals (CSAE), on the design of participation-rich events. Here are the lessons I learned from this online workshop. Note: This event was a workshop , not a presentation. I asked for the maximum.

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9 Fun Ideas to Spice Up Your Workshop and Engage Your Audience

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Ready to set aside those snore-inducing lectures, and make your events fun and interactive? Start with these 9 fun workshop ideas:

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The workshop that wasn’t

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Last week, my friend Traci Browne wrote to me about a workshop that wasn’t. “You’ll love this…I went to a 4 hour morning workshop at this digital conference. I did learn stuff and it prompted some ideas, but imagine how much better they might stick if it actually was a workshop. ” Workshops that are.

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We are biased against truly creative event design

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A “creative” event design is one with a novel venue and/or decor and lighting and/or food and beverage. Consequently, planners restrict the entire focus of creative event design to novel visual and sensory elements. Truly creative event design We are biased against truly creative event design.

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Scenes from a Participate! Workshop and Solution Room

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workshop and Solution Room I recently facilitated for the New York State Bar Association. [link] 40-seconds of highlights from the Participate!

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Lessons for #eventprofs from an improv and mindfulness workshop — Part 1

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In this case, “there” was a wonderful five-day improv and mindfulness workshop Mindful Play, Playful Mind , held June 8-13 2016, at Mere Point on the beautiful Maine coast. In this two-part article I’ll share a little of my experience and takeaways, followed by their relevance to event design ( red ).

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