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Anca Trifan interviews me about participation-rich meetings and event design

Conferences that Work

We talk about all kinds of things, with a focus on my work and thinking about participant-driven and participation-rich meetings and event design. 07:45 Behind the scenes: How I got into designing and facilitating participant-driven and participation-rich meetings. 16:30 Online meetings benefit from these designs too.

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An Audience-First Approach to Meeting Design

SmartMeetings

Just like social media, event planning relies heavily on understanding ever-changing consumer preferences and behaviors. Meeting planners face the same problems as social media managers—competing for the time and attention of potential attendees. Not sure where to start? The Independent Traveler.

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40 Social Media Influencers Every Hospitality Professional Should Follow

Social Tables

These 40, follow-worthy social media influencers are highly engaged, limitless resources that are quick to share helpful content to help you succeed and grow your business. Meetings & Events. Tahira Endean tweets about the intersection of experiential, immersive meeting design and technology. TahiraCreates.

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What Meeting Profs Can Learn from Pop-Up Immersive Art Experiences

Smart Meetings

What can meeting professionals learn from this popular pop-up social media craze? Why not transform the welcome reception into a jungle or beach to fit your meeting theme and put everyone in a fresh frame of mind? Scarce, Personalized and Social-Media Optimized. Tell a Vivid Story.

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Which meeting design books should I buy?

Conferences that Work

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 ). The story is told in the book’s preface.)

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Winning at Maximizing Virtual Audience Engagement: 10 Fun Ideas from Dahlia El Gazzar

Smart Meetings

” Read More : Virtual and Hybrid Meeting Tech Updates You Need Now. Once your audience’s surprise and delight is captured, “help them share your message, reward them for posting on social media and make it easy for it to go viral,” says Dahlia. “No ” “What are you binging on Netflix?” Fill It Forward.

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Will Meeting Planners Be New Targets for Influencer Marketing?

PCMA Convene

Oklahoma City is using influencer marketing in the form of a travel-writing team who will highlight the city’s leisure attractions — and is also bolstering its meetings portfolio with a new convention center. But despite all of these shiny new additions, the one thing the CVB keeps hearing from meeting planners is, why Oklahoma City?