Gallus Events

MAY 15, 2017

How to cope with delegates leaving early. Meeting design. The post delegates leaving early how to cope appeared first on Gallus Events. I know this isn’t the case for other planners, but in terms of benchmarking: If your conference thins out by 25% after the final refreshment break YOU ARE DOING FINE. .

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 3, 2022

Here’s a rare opportunity to ask me anything about meeting design and facilitation at a unique, free, online workshop. You’ll learn through doing, both about other participants and how to implement what you experience into your own events. Meet, workshop with, and learn from other event professionals.

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

But what most event owners don’t know is how to satisfy them. So, if you’re one of the thousands of people who have purchased my books or the hundreds of clients who have benefited from my meeting design and facilitation services, please don’t keep me a secret!

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 13, 2018

Yes, most every meeting has after-the-fact attendee evaluations. Instead, content-involved planners must develop both on-site evaluations and post-event evaluations that determine how much the meeting furthered the specific goals and objectives of the executive stakeholders who own the meeting.

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 28, 2021

During our 25 minutes together, we discussed various panel formats, their value, and how to structure and design powerful panel discussions into the larger context of meetings, conferences, and events. 2:30 A brief history of meetings; why lecture formats are still so popular; how panels fit into the larger context of meetings.

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Gallus Events

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

I visited the most amazing Zoo in Leipzig and while on the trip I was thinking about how much fun I could have if I could persuade a client to take a conference or a dinner to a space like that! With plenty of colour, light and truly unique features, the spaces really supported the ideas behind Meeting Design.

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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.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 24, 2020

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 ).

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Event Leadership Institute

JANUARY 19, 2022

We should all be looking for the best tools, resources, designations, and skills to acquire into our professional toolkit, but we know this can be an overwhelming and time-consuming feat.

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

03:30 How Anca and I met. 07:45 Behind the scenes: How I got into designing and facilitating participant-driven and participation-rich meetings. 11:00 What participant-driven and participation-rich meeting design means, and the core components. Timeline MM:SS Content 02:00 Anca introduces me.

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Endless Events

JUNE 21, 2019

More specifically, how often do you think about the acronyms that are part of the event industry? But on the matter of inclusion at events, our host Tahira Endean sat down with Maarten Vannest e of the Meeting Design Institute. Well, probably not frequently enough – none of us do!

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 16, 2019

If you had told me forty years ago, a freshly minted high-energy particle physics postdoc, that I’d go on to have four additional careers (owner of a solar manufacturing business, computer science professor, independent IT consultant, and meeting designer/facilitator) I wouldn’t have believed you. Hire curious people.

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EventMB

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

The post How to Know if Gamification is Right For Your Event by QuickMobile appeared first on [link]. And it’s not only in the events industry—gamification has a major presence in any field where motivation and engagement is a factor of success. It’s about more than just playing games. Applying game […].

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 12, 2023

It includes the stories of 66 “talented connectors” who share insights on how they create transformative experiences. The primary professions of the collaboration artists the authors include are wide-ranging—to say the least.

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EventMB

AUGUST 22, 2018

We all seem to get what that means, but how do we translate such an important concept to practice? The post How to Design Experiences in 2018 [Free Report] by EventMB Team appeared first on [link]. We bring you one of the most complete guides to kickstart your transition […].

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Gallus Events

JULY 1, 2019

We then jumped into the details of how to make online events sparkle! Within the 60 minutes I focussed on these three important areas: How to ensure your content is as good as it can be. How to ensure you have as much online engagement as possible and. How you ensure you have the correct objectives. Engage your audience.

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EventMB

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Yet some organizations and clients insist upon a ‘design by committee’ approach, which possibly compromises your reputation. So how do you avoid turning out a mediocre event when you’re not […]. The post How to Navigate the Dreaded Design by Committee Event by EventMB Team appeared first on [link].

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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. .” [Hint: We’re not more intelligent than other species.] ” [ emphasis added, illustration based on this research ].

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 18, 2023

To this end, they contracted a well-known futurist who offered a short opening keynote on how to think about the industry’s future, followed by a panel of leading industry experts who discussed how his ideas could be applied in detail. The winners receive the “Golden Elephant” trophy at a black-tie awards ceremony.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

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. The conference designers invented a way to create “highly engaging, interactive and fun” poster sessions.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 11, 2022

How to maximize the benefits of meetings and sessions that include both suppliers and practitioners. Most meetings simply don’t address the conflicting wants and needs described above. First, you need to understand before the meeting what your practitioners and suppliers want, need, and expect.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Conveners of well-designed unconferences explain, in general terms via pre-event communications what the unconference will be like and how to prepare for it. To conclude When designed and executed well, unconferences tend to endure. This is not a big deal, but it needs to be done.

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GEVME

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Today, we see professionals from the UX & Design field apply design thinking to meetings to explore how to reinvent them. Kevin Hoffman has written a pretty good book about it: Meeting Design. There is already some effort ongoing.

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Participant-driven and participation-rich peer conference designs improve on traditional events because they don’t treat openings and closings as necessary evils but as critical components of the meeting design. Let’s examine each phase of the peer conference arc in more detail.

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Plan Your Meetings

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Take a look below at a handy downloadable graphic for you to keep close at hand to reference when you’re next hosting a meeting. The post How to improve your meeting outcomes appeared first on Plan Your Meetings @ Meeting Professionals International.

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 7, 2022

When time is short and the to-do list is long, the solution is often to bring in an expert contractor to help with everything from sourcing of space and technology solutions to meeting design and management. Architects learned long ago how to bid on a project without sketching out where the toilets and light fixtures should go.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 29, 2023

Here are my suggestions on how to handle three kinds of metaphorical holes. Meeting designers and facilitators like me get plenty of practice at this balancing act.) A s We’ll begin with a s. Most of the time, they are pretty easy to spot. The best way to deal with a s is to avoid them whenever possible. .”

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Event Leadership Institute

APRIL 30, 2021

Other sessions will address positioning your company for post-COVID growth and how the work-from-home culture and decrease in business travel will affect in-person meetings. We will also take a meaningful look at diversity, with Antwone Stigall advising how to make DEI principles part of your event DNA.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 9, 2018

(Think back to the big-name speakers you’ve listened to in the past and — be honest now — how many of them have changed your professional life in any significant way ?) In my case, the demand for the meeting design and facilitation services I provide has been exploding. (In Participate!

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

So here’s my review of Butter, a meeting platform for facilitators to shine. In this review of Butter, I’ll share a big picture overview, what I think is Butter’s finest feature, an example of how to implement a meeting design in Butter, and my closing thoughts. How Butter spreads. Butter rooms.

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Boomset

OCTOBER 28, 2018

Nonetheless, hosting a closed-door meeting is a simple matter that doesn’t require a conference room. That being said, here are several tips on how to design a conference room for a better even experience. An in-house conference, on the other hand, is a different thing altogether.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 5, 2016

From books that take an irreverent approach to meeting planning to comprehensive guides on everything from meeting design to green events , this reading list has everything the modern meeting planner needs for a relaxing day of poolside reading. Into the Heart of Meetings: Basic Principles of Meeting Design.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 21, 2020

How To Subscribe: Click here to watch the show live and get email notifications of new episodes. Meeting Design Toolbox for Meeting Architects. How To Engage Your Audience – #EventIcons Episode 87. Subscribe now to watch live! We’ll remind you of upcoming episodes.) Samme Allen ( @sammeallen ).

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

He is a meeting designer, facilitator and has also been acknowledged as one of the most innovative Events Professional by BizBash Magazine. Consulting : phone/video conferences with clients about their meeting design needs. Well, until 25 years ago just about all meetings would be rated a 1.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 1, 2022

Coming off her session at the Event Leadership Institute’s Innovation and Engagement Summit, we connected with Dahlia about how to maximize virtual event engagement today. Read More : Virtual Meetings Are Missing These Two Things, Meta Is Working on a Fix.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 24, 2021

My late mentor Jerry Weinberg encapsulated the overloading that occurs during an initial (consulting) meeting in his Five-Minute Rule : “Clients always know how to solve their problems, and always tell you the solution in the first five minutes.” ” Unbelievably, I’ve found this is true.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 22, 2023

It is critical to understand how to design conferences and events effectively. My books offer practical advice and best practices for designing and executing successful participant-driven and participation-rich meetings, whether they are virtual or in-person, and they are used by numerous meeting and hospitality education programs.

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