To belong, to hang out with people you care about, is almost always worth doing. It's also the promise of participation-rich conferences.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/connection-2/2014/02/what-it-means-to-belong
#meetings #EventDesign #belonging #JohnChen #SuperBowl #eventprofs
What's the best way to hold a discussion with hundreds of attendees? A fishbowl sandwich can really get your attendees talking!
#meetings #EventDesign #SessionFormat #fishbowl #FishbowlSandwich #PairShare #facilitation #eventprofs
We often let the tech tail wag the event dog. Instead, incorporate processes & formats that improve the quality and value of learning.
Conferences That Work continually evolve. That's why I published and then updated a free supplement to my first book on meeting design.
#meetings #EventDesign #evolution #learning #emergence #events #eventprofs
The first of 5 posts on how to implement participant-driven breakouts in Zoom. Here, I explain the "Why?" and an overview of the entire process.
#meetings #EventDesign #OnlineMeeting #PeerConference #TheBigPicture #Zoom #eventprofs
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
#meetings #EventDesign #GroundRules #agreements #safety #eventprofs
To convert a traditional conference into a connection-rich conference, we need to replace lectures with connection-rich sessions
#meetings #EventDesign #events #participation #connection #SessionIntegration #eventprofs
One day, participant-driven and participation-rich formats will become the norm for events. Until then, remember that words are not enough.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/participation/2014/09/sometimes-words-are-not-enough
While facilitating, I try to remember that we are all different. Though this is challenging work, it engenders rich rewards.
#facilitation #meetings #events #differences #EventDesign #eventprofs
Does asking attendees in advance for conference program suggestions work? No, it doesn't! Here's what does work…
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/uncategorized/2010/02/conference-program-suggestions
#meetings #EventDesign #ConferencePrograms #crowdsourcing #eventprofs
What is the return on investment (ROI) from attending an event? Here's my definition: Conversations => Relationships => Value.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2011/04/conversations-relationships-1
#meetings #EventDesign #ROI #conversation #relationships #eventprofs
What's the best learning model for conference sessions? Uncovered learning, providing active learning that uses all the resources in the room.
#meetings #EventDesign #learning #model #SocialLearning #covered #discovered #uncovered #eventprofs
Here's how to improve your events in five minutes by sharing and obtaining participant agreement on explicit covenants
#meetings #EventDesign #improvement #agreements #covenants #eventprofs
Design events with an overall structure in mind — and where you and the participants are open to the unexpected
#meetings #EventDesign #impromptu #serendipity #bagpipes #events #eventprofs
Here's my letter to every event technology company trying to sell me stuff. Please read it, folks—what I describe is far too common!
#meetings #EventDesign #selling #sales #products #services #pitching #freemium #NoPrices #eventprofs
The most popular of the in-person sessions I design and facilitate is The Solution Room. Here's how to run The Solution Room online.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2020/11/run-solution-room-online
#meetings #EventDesign #TheSolutionRoom #HowTo #online #plenary #eventprofs
When everyone shares at a meeting, someone has to start! Here are options for determining who goes first for both single and multiple-group scenarios.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2020/04/who-goes-first
#meetings #EventDesign #facilitation #WhoGoesFirst #eventprofs
Five science-based reasons to provide white space at events that incorporate biology, physics, physiology, social science & neuroscience
#meetings #breaks #downtime #socials #EventDesign #events #eventprofs
What kind of event tourist are you? Do you go for the content and/or connections? What kind of event tourists do you cater to at your events?
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2012/02/event-tourist
A mythodology is an erroneous but commonly held belief about how something should be done. Here are nine mythodologies about conferences.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2018/05/nine-conference-mythodologies
