#eventprofs
Earlier this year, I designed and facilitated an online workshop that was marred by technical difficulties. Luckily, it didn't matter.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2022/09/technical-difficulties
The old meeting industry normal is long over, and many event professionals are still hoping and waiting for a new normal…
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/meeting-industry/2022/02/meeting-industry-normal-3
#meetings #NewNormal #COVID #AirQuality #masking #vaccination #eventprofs
My second post on implementing participant-driven breakouts in Zoom. Here, I explain how to prepare to run "The Three Questions" online.
#meetings #EventDesign #OnlineMeeting #PeerConference #TheThreeQuestions #Zoom #eventprofs
Nick Martin of Denmark's workshopbank interviews me about how to design events that get amazing participant feedback.
#meetings #MeetingDesign #workshopbank #NickMartin #interview #AmazingParticipantFeedback #eventprofs
How can we minimize vendor pitches during conference sessions? You'll find that moving to a peer conference format does the trick!
#meetings #vendors #suppliers #TradeShows #pitches #events #eventprofs
Mastodon is the old Twitter. What do I mean by that? Well, sit down at your mobile device, lad, and I'll tell you a story. Once upon a time…
#SocialMedia #Twitter #Mastodon #enshittification #eventprofs #assnchat #newpost
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/social-media-2/2023/11/mastodon-is-the-old-twitter
Gamification makes about as much sense as chocolate-dipped broccoli. That's as true for educational game design as it is for meetings.
#events #gamification #design #games #education #learning #learning #eventprofs
Lessons from the $1 million Netflix Prize. How can we build great conference programs? By creating programs at the event, which, IME, are better than those chosen in advance.
#meetings #EventDesign #MeetingPrograms #unconference #Netflix #eventprofs
Mastodon is the old Twitter. What do I mean by that? Well, sit down at your mobile device, lad, and I'll tell you a story. Once upon a time…
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/social-media-2/2023/11/mastodon-is-the-old-twitter
#newpost #SocialMedia #Twitter #Mastodon #enshittification #eventprofs #assnchat
Healthcare professionals want participant-driven events. Yet 36% have never been asked to provide input into any agenda or program.
#meetings #EventDesign #pharma #healthcare #conferences #eventprofs
The German Convention Bureau's free report of global meetings megatrends that will shape our industry through 2030
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2013/10/eight-global-meetings-megatrends
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
#meetings #EventDesign #curation #myth #ParticipantDrivenEvents #eventprofs
It doesn't take much to get theater seating right. Face chairs correctly; set them long; flare aisles off-center front at 45°; and keep unbroken rows short.
#seating #meetings #EventDesign #TheaterSeating #events #eventprofs
It doesn't take much to get theater seating right. Face chairs correctly; set them long; flare aisles off-center front at 45°; and keep unbroken rows short.
#seating #meetings #EventDesign #TheaterSeating #events #eventprofs
Mastodon is the old Twitter. What do I mean by that? Well, sit down at your mobile device, lad, and I'll tell you a story. Once upon a time…
#newpost #SocialMedia #Twitter #Mastodon #enshittification #eventprofs #assnchat
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/social-media-2/2023/11/mastodon-is-the-old-twitter
Taking time to publicly recognize the people who made your event possible is an easy thing to do and the right thing to do.
#events #ThankingPeople #acknowledgement #appreciations #eventprofs #assnchat
Here's how a medical association was able to add participation into its conference and market the event effectively.
#marketing #conference #participation #MGMA #eventprofs #assnchat
Free report! Convenings 2.0: Connecting adult learning, communication strategies, and event logistics to build stronger relationships.
#meetings #MeetingDesign #report #learning #communication #logistics #relationships #standards #eventprofs #assnchat
A great, permanent, personal, and inexpensive appreciation that you can provide to meeting volunteers and staff during an event
#events #tip #volunteers #appreciations #thanks #meetings #eventprofs
Mastodon is the old Twitter. What do I mean by that? Well, sit down at your mobile device, lad, and I'll tell you a story. Once upon a time…
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/social-media-2/2023/11/mastodon-is-the-old-twitter/
#SocialMedia #Twitter #Mastodon #enshittification #eventprofs #assnchat
An introduction to six fundamental core processes that will make your conference a better conference, including links & additional resources
#meetings #agreements #TheThreeQuestions #fishbowl #PairShare #PersonalIntrospective #GroupSpective #eventprofs
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, what can meeting planners who support women's rights do? I have two suggestions.
#meetings #WomensRights #abortion #RoeVersusWade #MeetingPlanners #action #eventprofs #assnchat
How to improve our conferences, both in-person and online, by designing hallway learning into our meeting sessions.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/learning/2022/01/the-hallway-of-learning
#meetings #MeetingDesign #HallwayLearning #learning #connection #eventprofs #assnchat
The German polymath, geographer, naturalist, and explorer Alexander von Humboldt was a meeting designer way ahead of his time!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2023/11/alexander-von-humboldt/
#Humboldt #meetings #MeetingDesign #science #history #events #eventprofs
Event professionals: let's talk about COVID and duty of care. We are abrogating our responsibilities to keep attendees and staff safe.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/meeting-industry/2022/07/covid-duty-of-care
#meetings #COVID #DutyOfCare #LongCovid #eventprofs #assnchat
Why you need to make sure event evaluations don't disappear into the hands of the organizers, never to see the light of day again
#meetings #EventDesign #events #evaluations #surveys #CommunityBuilding #improvement #eventprofs
Meeting participants deserve real choices, not just window dressing. Yes, it's scary. But we owe it to our clients.
#meetings #MeetingDesign #choices #events #eventprofs #assnchat
The German polymath, geographer, naturalist, and explorer Alexander von Humboldt was a meeting designer way ahead of his time!
#Humboldt #meetings #MeetingDesign #science #history #events #eventprofs
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2023/11/alexander-von-humboldt
Here's a favorite site visit tool. The Bosch Distance Measurer makes it a snap to quickly and accurately measure room dimensions.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/technology/2011/03/my-new-favorite-site-visit-tool
#meetings #EventDesign #SiteVisit #tool #Bosch #DistanceMeasurer #RoomDimensions #eventprofs
If you want to make conference socials a maximally effective opportunity for interaction and engagement, keep them music-free
#meetings #socials #EventDesign #events #music #CantHearYou #eventprofs
If you want to make conference socials a maximally effective opportunity for interaction and engagement, keep them music-free
#meetings #socials #EventDesign #events #music #CantHearYou #eventprofs
When we maximize social connection around relevant content we also maximize the event's value to participants
#meetings #EventDesign #social #connection #ConnectionAroundContent #eventprofs
Motivational speaker topic needs a good home! Can you help? No fee, free to use, no salesperson will call! This one MUST GO!
Too many events still use child-based pedagogical instead of adult-centered andragogical modalities. Concentrate on the latter.
#meetings #events #EventDesign #learning #andragogy #pedagogy #eventprofs
The German polymath, geographer, naturalist, and explorer Alexander von Humboldt was a meeting designer way ahead of his time!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2023/11/alexander-von-humboldt
#Humboldt #meetings #MeetingDesign #science #history #events #eventprofs #newpost
Answers to participant-led event questions asked at our MeetingsNet webinar. Topics include: Open Space, marketing, event size, & more.
#meetings #innovation #EventDesign #MeetingsNet #webinar #questions #answers #events #eventprofs
Can we do better than novelty at our meetings? Yes! Don't fob off your meeting attendees with new" or "different". Go for "better"!
#meetings #EventDesign #novelty #better #different #eventprofs
A standing invitation for event and hospitality teachers. I will meet online with your class for free to talk about event process design.
#meetings #education #EventIndustryTeachers #HospitalityTeachers #offer #FreeMeetingWithYourClass #eventprofs
How can we better support event professionals? Some thoughts from a 2010 chat that are still relevant today.
How can we build the right conference? Perhaps we can learn from the building industry's boom and bust cycle between 2005 and 2009.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/uncategorized/2010/01/building-the-right-conference
The German polymath, geographer, naturalist, and explorer Alexander von Humboldt was a meeting designer way ahead of his time!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2023/11/alexander-von-humboldt
#newpost #Humboldt #meetings #MeetingDesign #science #history #events #eventprofs
How can we create the best learning environment for meeting attendees? It turns out that trust and safety are prerequisites for optimum learning.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/learning/2021/04/trust-safety-learning
#meetings #facilitation #learning #trust #safety #eventprofs
🌟 I am honored to be nominated for The Most Influential People in the Events Industry for 2023! 🌟
Let's make it five years in a row!
You can support me by voting at https://eventex.co/people2023 🙏 🗳️
Survey says the top educational meeting format is a workshop-style, participatory session. Do you incorporate such sessions into your events?
#meetings #EventDesign #BestMeetingFormat #FacilitatedWorkshop #ParticipatorySession #eventprofs
About communities of practice, why they are important, and how peer conferences/unconferences support them
#communities #CommunitiesOfPractice #meetings #events #PeerConferences #unconferences #eventprofs
Unconferences are thriving—and well-designed and facilitated events endure. But why aren't unconferences more popular? Here are six reasons.
#meetings #EventDesign #unconferences #PeerConferences #popularity #eventprofs #assnchat #newpost
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2023/09/unconferences-popular
Four hundred scientists walk into a conference. And perhaps improve the health of the lands and waters on which all our lives depend.
#meetings #EventDesign #ScienceConference #collaboration #PeerConference #eventprofs
Here's why the quality of meeting industry education has deteriorated significantly over the last ten years and what we can do about it
#meetings #EventDesign #MeetingIndustry #education #deterioration #eventprofs #assnchat
Don't improve meetings by augmenting them with technology. To maximize learning and connection, augment human beings with other human beings.
#meetings #EventDesign #EventTech #connection #learning #eventprofs
Make sure you have all the basics down for event promotion and PR, so you can line 'em up at the gates:
https://www.tourismcurrents.com/anatomy-of-event-marketing-and-pr/
#SocialTown #tourism #tourisme #turismo #EventProfs #marketing #PublicRelations
What's the biggest unconference mistake you can make? Probably, adding an unconference track to a conventional conference program!
#meetings #EventDesign #unconference #track #mistake #eventprofs
My review of Butter, a meeting and workshop platform for facilitators to shine. With well-integrated tools, it's great for participants too!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/review/2022/02/review-butter-meeting-platform/
#meetings #facilitation #online #MeetingPlatform #Butter #review #workshop #eventprofs #assnchat
Most meeting planners think that conference session topics must be preplanned. Instead, build a program that reflects actual wants and needs.
#meetings #EventDesign #predetermined #MeetingProgram #unconference #PeerConference #eventprofs #assnchat
My process “The Three Questions” has become a popular opening session for conferences. Here's how to get better answers to The Second Question.
https://t.co/3ObGz7Yd7v
#facilitation #meetingdesign #eventprofs #assnchat #questions https://t.co/t6ErqZ7LPB
Four important truths about conference evaluations #eventprofs #assnchat https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2013/09/four-important-truths-about-conference-evaluations/?utm_source=ReviveOldPost&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ReviveOldPost
Today's #ThrowbackThursday and I'm still on the nostalgia train for past events we’ve produced—this time it's the Young Architect Conference from August 2019!
(And for those of you itching for content of yours truly, I do have a cameo in this vid 😂)
Over the last 20 years, the Washington Speakers Bureau has brought me into many events as a keynote speaker. As one of the pre-eminent bureaus in the world, it's always a thrill to work with them on various projects.; I value my relationship with them so much! (They're one of about 40 bureaus that book me, though this is one of my favorite relationships)
With that, they have just published a custom blog post I wrote for them on the future of AI and all things legal.
You want to give it a read. You know that everyone is talking about the upside of AI. But what about a hard analysis of the downside risk? That's where I go in this long analysis. Read it and share it!
And think about what it means for your company, association, and conference event. And then - reach out to the folks at WSB to learn how you can bring me in for a realistic talk on the perils and opportunities of what is unfolding.
Also, they just signed Alex Rodrigues, and so between him and a few others, I'm in wonderful company. Pinch me moments every day!)
https://www.wsb.com/blog/artificial-intelligence-the-acceleration-of-risk-and-legal-complexity/
#ai #legal #law #artificialintelligence #eventprofs #eventplanning#leadership #riskmanagement
https://www.wsb.com/blog/artificial-intelligence-the-acceleration-of-risk-and-legal-complexity/
The Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) has published some useful lessons learned from organizing six online scientific meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here is my summary of what I think are the most interesting findings, plus some commentary.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2021/08/lessons-online-meetings-covid-19/
#eventprofs #assnchat #pandemic #covid #meetings #meetingdesign #diversity #inclusion #online #science
In a new paper, a transdisciplinary collective of scientists argues that “interaction is at the heart of cognition".
I agree—and interaction is at the heart of events too!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2023/02/interaction-heart-cognition/
Dear Adrian—How can we incorporate exercise into event programs? #eventprofs #assnchat https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/dear-adrian/2015/12/dear-adrian-how-can-we-incorporate-exercise-into-event-programs/?utm_source=ReviveOldPost&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ReviveOldPost
Here's an important initiative to create standards and commit to safer and more inclusive events. Join and sign on to the Public Health Pledge!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2023/02/standards-for-safer-events/
#PHPledge #IAQ #COVID19 #HealthAndSafety #AIVC #hvac #health #inclusion #eventprofs #assnchat
Here's an important initiative to create standards and commit to safer and more inclusive events. Join and sign on to the Public Health Pledge!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2023/02/standards-for-safer-events/
#PHPledge #IAQ #COVID19 #HealthAndSafety #AIVC #hvac #health #inclusion #eventprofs #assnchat
Here's a thoughtful and well-informed analysis of the current state of in-person and online conferences.
Although @remotesynth concentrates on developer conferences, I think hIs conclusions are relevant to the #events industry as a whole.
Here's an important initiative to create standards and commit to safer and more inclusive events. Join and sign on to the Public Health Pledge!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2023/02/standards-for-safer-events/
#PHPledge #IAQ #COVID19 #HealthAndSafety #AIVC #hvac #health #inclusion #eventprofs #assnchat
Here's an important initiative to create standards and commit to safer and more inclusive events. Join and sign on to the Public Health Pledge!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2023/02/standards-for-safer-events/
#PHPledge #IAQ #COVID19 #AIVC #hvac #health #inclusion #eventprofs #assnchat
@josh I like these standards. And we need 'em.
But the elephant in the room is the mask exception for "attendees who are actively eating or drinking". Yes, this could be "robust" when outdoors or with excellent ventilation/filtering in place.
But in practice, event social activities are when most #COVID19 infection occurs.
(Also, dancing while wearing masks, is rare IME, so I wonder if "robust" would apply to many events with an evening social with music.)
I like these standards. And we need 'em.
But the elephant in the room is the mask exception for "attendees who are actively eating or drinking". Yes, this could be "robust" when outdoors or with excellent ventilation/filtering in place.
But in practice, event social activities are when most #COVID19 infection occurs.
(Also, dancing while wearing masks, is rare IME, so I wonder if "robust" would apply to many events with an evening social with music.)
#introduction time!
Kickass Conferences is a comprehensive event strategy and design agency for leaders of progressive, growing communities. We've been around since 2016 and have produced conferences across the country (and across the pond) for design, tech, architecture, business, science, and creative audiences.
We're a core team of 3 with a network of stellar producers, helmed by @ibwatson since 2016.
#EventProfs #events #community #design #tech #strategy #impact
A modest proposal for an #eventprofs alternative to Twitter, LinkedIn, & Meta—a better place for us to meet, convene, & converse online.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/eventprofs/2022/12/alternative-to-twitter-eventprofs/
Time for my #Introduction! I’m the founder and #EventZaddy of Kickass Conferences, a boutique event strategy/design agency. I’m passionate about communities, artful gatherings, and the power of finding one’s people. Fan of Lego, travel, design, cocktails, home stuff, cooking, learning to sew. Married to @ambulephabus, “Fun Dad” to our dog Zeus, jaded PNW native. And I speak French!
#EventProfs #Events #Lego #AFOL #Francais #DIY #cooking #travel #LGBTQIA #GayMasto #entrepreneur
@mmasnick When Twitter Spaces were first introduced, me and my friends in the #eventprofs and #assnchat worlds were excited to use them for chat. We quickly abandoned them because they were glitchy as hell. Your tweets, or everyone else's, suddenly wouldn't appear. Sounds like nothing has changed.
Don’t be a hero — solve small problems! #eventprofs #assnchat https://is.gd/750iSp
#introduction: I
…❤️ to facilitate connection, 🎤, 🕺🏻& 🧘♂️
…design & facilitate meetings that become what people want and need
…have written three books on meeting design
…am a recovering academic
…was born in England and live in Vermont
More about me & my work at https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/ 750+ posts—1/week for 13 yrs—on #meetings, #meetingdesign, #facilitation, #stories like being trapped in an elevator with a Nobel prize winner, and much more…
#eventprofs #assnchat #events #consulting #facilitation