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

Conferences that Work

Read what follows to discover that Humboldt was also a meeting designer way ahead of his time! Martin Sirk Modern meeting design! In September 1828 he invited hundreds of scientists from across Germany and Europe to attend a conference in Berlin.* Cross-disciplinary. New insights-oriented. Participant-centred.

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The production line approach to meeting design

Gallus Events

I have always used the metaphor of a production line to explain the need for meeting design. Well, after a visit to two modern production lines in Germany (as part of a fantastic familiarisation trip to Dresden and Leipzig – you can read reviews of both of those fantastic cities) I have to find a new metaphor.

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New Research Considers Human-Centered Meeting Design

PCMA Convene

That observation is at the heart of a new study that Sperstad, program director of the meeting and event management degree at Madison College, is writing with Amanda Cecil, Ph.D., Sperstad will present results from the study at IMEX in Frankfurt, Germany, this month. I’m a person who really cares about practical work.

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Doing peer conferences right

Conferences that Work

After I talked about my meeting design work with pioneer tester James Bach at the 2004 Amplifying Your Effectiveness conference, the testing community somehow adopted the term peer conference for their get-togethers. I miss hanging out with the folks I got to know at these events. My code development days are long gone.

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Driving team building and networking through interactive event technology

Event Industry News

During all our years designing and deploying event technology for events, one thread remains a constant – that technology adds the most value when it succeeds in actively facilitating human connection and communication. Bringing teams together with event technology. Motivating and unifying the team.

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New Event Formats and What They Mean for Business Networking

Converve

For some time, more and more event managers have been concerning themselves with the topic of meeting design. There is still however no clear description of what meeting design actually means. It tries to research the influences of technology on event design. (updated 18 July 2018).

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We’re Not Going It Alone

PCMA Convene

Our new mission statement unveiled earlier this year makes our continued focus on education clear: “Through education, PCMA inspires, connects, and innovates the business-events community globally.”. A few months ago, we announced the acquisition of Singapore-based Incentive, Conference & Event Society Asia Pacific (ICESAP).