Do beats Show and Tell. Multi-sensory environments improve our ability to learn, requiring us to be active participants in our learning.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2013/09/do-beats-show-and-tell
#meetings #EventDesign #learning #ActiveLearning #retention #participation #eventprofs
In 2011, I wrote about why hybrid events "aren't going away". Tech has significantly improved since then…but the article is still relevant.
#hybrid #meetings #connection #EventDesign #events #eventprofs
Software testers do peer conferences (aka unconferences) right! Here are three examples of software tester conference awesomeness.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2022/09/doing-peer-conferences-right
#meetings #unconference #SoCraTes #PeerConference #SoftwareTesting #eventprofs #assnchat
We'll all get a lot more out of our events when we practice wirearchy, not hierarchy. I encourage you to join me.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2012/10/wirearchy-not-hierarchy
#meetings #EventDesign #hierarchy #wirearchy #eventprofs #events
Traditional conferences have implicit ground rules. Surprisingly, it turns out we also need explicit ground rules.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2011/08/implict-ground-rules
#meetings #EventDesign #GroundRules #agreements #facilitation #events #eventprofs
Stay on time! How not keeping to your conference schedule plays havoc with your attendees' meeting experience and satisfaction.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2019/03/stay-on-time
#meetings #EventDesign #logistics #RunningLate #StayOnTime #agreements #eventprofs
What's the relationship between conference size and "success"? My experience? Small well-designed conferences beat the pants off huge events!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2014/03/conference-size-and-success
#meetings #success #EventSize #status #SmallMeetings #usefullness #relevance #events #eventprofs
How do you crowdsource a conference program in real time? I explain, using the 2017 Haute Dokimazo #unconference in Austin, TX as an example.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2017/08/crowdsource-conference-program-2
Here are two ways to take a hard look at your conference evaluations. You may be surprised by what you find.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2016/03/look-conference-evaluations
#meetings #EventDesign #evaluations #surveys #FacilitatingChange #eventprofs
Hack the peak-end rule to maximize conference impact by including many different kinds of short experiences in our events
#meetings #EventDesign #hack #PeakEndRule #ShortExperiences #eventprofs
Whenever possible, avoid squaring the circle of a room set design. Here's what to do when you can't use circular seating layouts.
#meetings #EventDesign #RoomSetDesign #CircleSeating #CurvedRowSeating #eventprofs
An independent review of my conference design work, published as a case study in Chapter 25 of "The Routledge Handbook of Business Events".
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2023/12/case-study
#CaseStudy #EventDesign #ConferencesThatWork #BusinessEvents #events #Eventprofs
Integrating participation into conference sessions to improve learning and connection. Simon Waddell interviews me at EIBTM 2012.
#meetings #participation #learning #connection #improvement #interview #events #eventprofs
I'm Torn About Technology. New tech isn't the only way to improve events—we can use different human process to improve learning & connection.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/presentations/2012/04/torn-about-technology
#meetings #technology #EventTech #ARS #voting #events #eventprofs
Post-It Plus makes categorizing and analysis of sticky notes post-session just about as simple as possible—and the price is right!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/technology/2014/10/post-it-plus
#meetings #GroupWork #Post-ItPlus #stickynotes #tool #app #eventprofs
Here are four unquestioned assumptions that lay at the heart of a traditional conference format
#meetings #EventDesign #assumptions #TraditionalConference #eventprofs
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
Can meetings where no one says a word exhibit significantly different interpersonal dynamics? After my third silent meditation retreat, I say: Yes they can!
#meetings #EventDesign #SilentRetreat #meditation #InterpersonalDynamics #eventprofs
A core claim of facial analysis technology — that it can reliably measure attendee emotions at events — is seriously flawed.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/technology/2024/06/facial-analysis-part-three
#eventprofs #FacialRecognition #privacy #FacialAnalysis #EventTech #events
Meeting planners try to minimize surprises. But incorporating planned surprises into our events can improve attendees' experience and learning. Here are three examples.
#meetings #EventDesign #surprise #SurprisingMeetings #eventprofs
