Event planners often overlook the importance of attendee conversations. Why? For a clue, read this ad promoting telephones in the 1900s!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2025/02/attendee-conversations/
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In 2011, I wrote about why hybrid events "aren't going away". Tech has significantly improved since then…but the article is still relevant.
"Any questions?" How often have you heard this at the end of a conference session? Here are better ways for audiences to learn than the traditional Q&A.
#meetings #EventDesign #improvement #Q&A #lectures #eventprofs
Freeman's Trends Report Q4 2024 is a must-read to discover if you're doing what's needed to improve your events for your attendees
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2024/10/freeman-trends-report
Design events with an overall structure in mind — and where you and the participants are open to the unexpected
I don't think the popular meeting format Open Space works very well for many participants. Here is a short critique of Open Space.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2012/03/a-short-critique-of-open-space
The Future Of Conferences Is Unconferences. That's the published conclusion of social and computer scholars in a 2023 #ACM paper.
A false assumption: Supporting meaningful connections with other attendees is not the conference organizers’ job.
I am looking for your help to hold workshops that I believe significantly improve the quality of meetings.
To improve the learning at your events, ensure your meeting messages are received. That's what I learned from the improv exercise "You".
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2016/10/meeting-messages-received
At BizBash Live DC, David Adler and I discuss the best formats for live experiences in front of an invited crowd of meeting professionals.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/interviews/2019/11/best-formats-for-live-experiences
The fifth in my series of posts on how to implement participant-driven breakouts in Zoom. Here's how to run your peer conference using Zoom breakout rooms.
Setting good explicit ground rules at the start of a conference may be the most transformative change you can make to improve your event
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2010/08/explicit-ground-rules
An article in Wired Magazine argues that "Science Conferences Are Stuck in the Dark Ages." I agree — but there's some light in the darkness!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2020/01/science-conferences-stuck
RIP, Conference Curator! The fantasy of the conference curator is dead. Instead, let conference attendees choose conference content.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2014/11/rip-conference-curator
How does group size impact process design? It affects the tension between intimacy (going deep) and discovery (uncovering possibilities).
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Wake up to the many gifts you are receiving every day! Yet another Lesson From Improv: Giving Appreciations at Conferences.
Crowdsourcing events is hot! Here's my take on three articles about meeting and session crowdsourcing.
Would you like to create breakthrough meeting designs? Here's how Elementary Meetings suggest environments for participation at events.
Answers to participant-led event questions asked at our MeetingsNet webinar. Topics include: Open Space, marketing, event size, & more.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/dear-adrian/2014/02/meetingsnet-webinar
