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3 Tips for Shifting to an Architectural Model for Meeting Design

Smart Meetings

For the last 25 years, a former drama teacher from The Netherlands has been advocating for taking a similar approach to event planning. Real meetings are all about content,” he says. The power of meetings depends on the human dynamics they are capable of unleashing. “The Then he designed the agenda backward from that point. “A

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Are Online Meetings Reducing Our Collective Intelligence?

Conferences that Work

Are online meetings reducing our collective intelligence [CI] ? New research about online meetings. Translation: in the experimental setup used , the researchers found that online meeting participants were: better able to avoid interrupting each other; and. ” Artificial online meetings. I don’t think so.

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Podcast: The Importance of Reconnecting

EventMB

Egurrola-Wienke, strategic accounts executive at Cvent Roel Frissen, co-Founder at Event Design Collective Krzysztof Celuch, associate professor at Vistula School of Hospitality Antonio Ducceschi, chief commercial officer at Starhotels Group. The post Podcast: The Importance of Reconnecting appeared first on Skift Meetings.

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5 Innovative Meeting Formats

PCMA Convene

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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C&I Is the New Q&A

PCMA Convene

The European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) Congress had been held annually for more than three decades when the organization reached out in 2015 to Maarten Vanneste, president of the Meeting Design Institute, based in Turnhout, Belgium. That is what we need in meetings.”. EAACI vice president, congresses.

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U.S. and Europe Power of Participation Workshops registration opens!

Conferences that Work

February 2-3, 2017: RAI Amsterdam , The Netherlands 1½-day workshop, registration now open — €895. The POPWORKS format focuses on active learning through direct experience of a multitude of participatory meeting techniques. significantly increase owner and attendee satisfaction and participation at your sessions and events.

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PCMA’s 20 in Their Twenties Class of 2017

PCMA Convene

Because the meeting and event professionals who are honored are rather young and already quite accomplished. As a “government” meeting planner, I am con-stantly challenged with limited budgets, outdated technology, and long-lasting traditions. What’s the best day you’ve had in the meetings industry so far?

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