Gallus Events

MARCH 22, 2016

3 Use meeting design to create the framework for great content. With these first two steps covered: bringing together the content expert and the programme expert, the next step was to add some meeting design. and in small groups. That’s Meeting Design. Bad speakers can ruin great content.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 9, 2018

Also solicited/accepted are keynote/motivational speakers who get paid large fees and provide exciting presentations with, in my experience, little or no content of long-term value to the meeting attendees. In my case, the demand for the meeting design and facilitation services I provide has been exploding. (In

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 1, 2022

Designed by an event planner, this company curates fun virtual experiences in addition to their signature gift boxes. Give speakers, committee leaders, or your team a feel good moment by purchasing a bracelet with a favorite animal to track in the wild. Throw a party in Zoom with access to over 70k karaoke songs. Fill It Forward.

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Gallus Events

MARCH 22, 2016

3 Use meeting design to create the framework for great content. With these first two steps covered: bringing together the content expert and the programme expert, the next step was to add some meeting design. and in small groups. That’s Meeting Design. Bad speakers can ruin great content.

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Conference Meeting Design Speakers Fashion 100

Conferences that Work

JULY 31, 2017

Although I have good reasons to champion meeting designs where the participants get to choose what they want and need to discuss and learn rather than a program committee , there is invariably a place for some predetermined presentations at conferences. Read the full article at Conferences That Work.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 16, 2018

When FRESH18 — which bills itself as the first annual conference focused exclusively on meeting design — gets underway Feb. 27-28, it will be showcasing its own solution to a common event-design problem: getting the audience to participate. The speaker is encouraged to remain on hand to join discussions and answer questions.

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 11, 2021

For example, a company may be concerned with how teamwork is affected by inclusion, meeting design or event experiences that simulate common issues and illustrate solutions. Before the conference, create a control group so you can monitor how learning is used post-meeting. Design for application and impact.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

We’re tapping the talent of PCMA’s staff so they can share the design thinking and process behind the innovative experiences they create for PCMA events. Most meeting designers know that beginnings and endings matter, but struggle to craft meaningful experiences that resonate with attendees. There was at least one group hug.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 1, 2019

At the EAACI Congress, presenters speak for seven minutes, groups discuss what they heard for seven minutes, and share-outs take seven minutes. The association was looking for some ideas on how to freshen up the meeting for its approximately 8,000 attendees. Photo by Robert Hausmann and property of EAACI Congress).

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Korea Tourism Organisation, VisitDenmark and Gibraltar Tourist Board are just a handful of the international destinations ready to help planners find the perfect location for their next meeting or event while a large number of UK destinations, including Conference Leeds, Meet Leicester and London Convention Bureau will be doing the same.

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Meetings Tourism 2021 Sustainability 83

Event Marketer

MAY 17, 2023

While speakers shared proven tips and tricks, best practices and trends in sustainability, design, DE&I, tech and more, one theme in particular wove throughout several sessions: the importance of building one-of-a-kind experiences. The group also talked about growth strategies, including a smaller, but stronger, approach.

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Hubilo Blog

MARCH 7, 2020

They may be event tech enthusiasts, event planners , event speakers , but all of them are influencers for event enthusiasts and followers. With more than a decade of experience as a professional speaker, Dahlia founded The Meeting Pool , a great source of information for event professionals. Liz launched Liz King Events.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 16, 2018

Fun fact: the testing community often uses my term “peer conferences” for their get-togethers, due to a chat about meeting design I had with tester James Bach at the 2004 Amplifying Your Effectiveness conference.) Most meeting conveners concentrate on feedback about meeting content (“great speakers!”)

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The MICE

JULY 27, 2022

According to Felix, the term ‘participant experience design’ is a work in progress. It was established based on the theory of meeting design, a well-known ‘tool kit’ used by planners worldwide. These elements — curiosity, openness, flow and willingness to learn – can be planned with the methods of ‘meeting design.’

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Slido

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Is it to help people get to know each other, start collaborating, or engage with speakers? Two truths and a lie This icebreaker works well for both small groups and large audiences. At the FRESH conference in Copenhagen, facilitator Martijn Timmermans split the audience into groups of five and gave everyone one task.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 1, 2019

Where past generations of meeting-goers might have been content as spectators, attendees today are looking for more active participation and experiential learning — starting with the fact that much of what they used to travel for is now available digitally. Some speakers might be concerned about giving up the ability to manage the material.

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Meetings 2017 Meeting Design Speakers 85

SmartMeetings

AUGUST 13, 2018

Last month , we addressed how planners can become more hands-on in content creation and speaker preparation. Yes, most every meeting has after-the-fact attendee evaluations. Rob Carey is a business journalist and principal of Meetings & Hospitality Insight, a content marketing firm for the group-business market.

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Education Transportation Hospitality Events 170

PCMA Convene

JUNE 1, 2017

Where past generations of meeting-goers might have been content as spectators, attendees today are looking for more active participation and experiential learning — starting with the fact that much of what they used to travel for is now available digitally. Some speakers might be concerned about giving up the ability to manage the material.

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Meetings Meeting Design Speakers Tech 103

Gallus Events

JULY 19, 2018

It’s not just the content and the speakers, it’s also about having time and a space to think about things differently, and perhaps see challenges in a different light. As conference were§ common across our group (and the association sector) I explained the reasons why we ran shorter more simple formats.

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Event Industry News

JUNE 25, 2018

All three wearables feature colour changing LED lights which gives event organisers the unique ability to manage their attendees, by grouping them by colour, communicating with them via light paging, highlighting key moments at the event and creating memorable light shows. Value for attendees and event organisers.

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Gallus Events

APRIL 25, 2018

You will find me going on about the importance of the venue in a lot of posts (specially the ones that cover meeting design ) as the venue helps the organiser create the right atmosphere and environment. There are no speakers, exhibitors or performers. What I learned from organizing my first hackathon.

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Social Media Venues Fashion Speakers 145

PCMA Convene

JULY 10, 2018

And some meetings he’s attended as a speaker, he told Convene , have made him feel like he was back in the junior-high cafeteria. The following insights about timing and meeting design are from a longer conversation. When is the optimal time to start a conference program? At 7 in the morning? At 7 in the morning?

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 1, 2018

This means the tone of a meeting or event can change dramatically based on one person’s mood. Creating a safe, positive environment that fosters collaboration is of utmost importance in meeting design. Fight or Flight vs. Social Engagement.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 1, 2024

Paul Nunesdea : And hello, hello, dear viewers, this is a soft start of our third episode in 2024 of Talk to Your Meeting Doctors. As you probably know by now, we are pleased to entertain today our guest speaker Adrian Segar. Lovely to meet you, Adrian. It’s a four-day event, and it’s still designed the same way.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 17, 2022

We will have an intentional mix of physical and virtual presences with in-person gatherings driven by purpose and designed for collaboration.”. When it matters enough to gather, the meeting design could be much different that in the BC (before-Covid) times. That makes them the largest minority group in the country.

Tech 52

Tech Technology Meetings 2022 52

PCMA Convene

APRIL 4, 2019

We’re starting to see whole groups coming to Portland who want to experience the city in new ways,” she said, “ways that are more genuinely satisfying and exciting.”. As the building’s event coordinator, Ross works with clients to design events, including tours and hands-on experiences, ranging from turning wood on a lathe to screen-printing.

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The MICE

MARCH 11, 2021

The first speaker, Farshida Zafar, L.L.M., We used meeting design to do that, which already had some gamification elements to it. These themed nights will be two hours long and will also include a keynote speaker, presentations and panel discussions. Why use gamification? And we really wanted to bring that online.

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Plan Your Meetings

JUNE 27, 2016

Meeting or event design elements cover a wide array of details ranging from thematic tie-ins, signage, audiovisual production, speaker selection, technology use, seating, room set-ups, food and beverage menus and program content. Design program. Engage speakers and performers. Design site layout.

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Meetings Food and Beverage Risk Management Contracts 62

Event Industry News

MAY 3, 2019

” — Michelle Bruno , President at Bruno Group Signature Services and Publisher of Event Tech Brief. which helps people schedule meetings better; it’s more efficient than the typical multiple rounds of group email messages to find a time when several people can meet. Instead, you send x.ai

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 22, 2019

” — Michelle Bruno , President at Bruno Group Signature Services and Publisher of Event Tech Brief. which helps people schedule meetings better; it’s more efficient than the typical multiple rounds of group email messages to find a time when several people can meet. There are other types of AI like x.ai

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 4, 2022

Re-Think MS, a multi-hub, one-day medical conference organized by AIM Group International, was broadcast from a main studio to 13 sites across Italy. Courtesy of AIM Group International). Nine expert speakers (one remote) broadcast training sessions from the main studio in Rome, with 180 remote participants. Barbara Sambugaro.

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Conference Design Hotels Conference Hospitality 98

Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

An entrepreneur since he was only 18 years old, Maarten has over 35 years of experience in meeting design. He’s an author, a speaker, a trainer. Ready to hear all about the ground-breaking magic of multi-hub meetings? In 2006, Marteen started the Meeting Design Institute. These people are so in demand.

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Planning Pod

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

In addition, general managers, catering managers and group/event sales managers at restaurants, hotels, banquet halls and other event centers also want to optimize their space usage in order to maximize how many events they can book over a given time period. Look here for more best practices for event layout and design.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 30, 2018

During the workshops each participant shares and receives consulting from a small peer group on a current personal professional challenge. A participant started crying and his group members rushed to console and support him. (We Afterwards, we saw many people swapping business cards and making arrangements to meet up again.

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Social Tables

APRIL 17, 2019

Venues such as Wyndham Hotels are hearing the call and putting wellness front and center as they promote their groups and meetings product. of event professionals believe the seating process for groups needs to be improved. of event professionals believe the check-in process for groups arriving at venues needs to be improved.

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Hotels Food and Beverage Negotiating Venues 149

Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2018

All of the above is driving the generation’s expectations in regards to meetings and events, ultimately redefining the industry as a result. Control over the meeting agenda is moving to attendees. Gone are the days of static schedules that shuffle through speaker after speaker while attendees remain seated.

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Meetings 2016 Trade Shows Social Media 158

PCMA Convene

JANUARY 6, 2020

A conference rolled out plans for an all-women speaker lineup. And the Twittersphere erupted in fury and demanded change after a speaker shared how she was denied entry to a conference because she arrived with her still-breastfeeding baby. That order gets even taller when it comes to reflecting diversity in a speaker lineup.

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2020 Meetings 2019 Sustainability 128