Jeff Jarvis's definition of journalism exposes parallels between the missions of journalism and participant-driven & participation-rich events
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2018/01/journalism-events
Jeff Jarvis's definition of journalism exposes parallels between the missions of journalism and participant-driven & participation-rich events
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2018/01/journalism-events
Ever experienced a collision of agreements? Here's an example — and what I learned — during a one-day workshop with 24 college presidents.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2016/09/collision-agreements
How can we build connection and engagement with the people with whom we work? By giving up control over the choices they're offered.
A great, permanent, personal, and inexpensive appreciation that you can provide to meeting volunteers and staff during an event
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
The architecture of assembly influences what happens at events. Room sets affect the quality of democracy, sharing, & equality participants experience.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2017/04/architecture-assembly
A potential drawback to hybrid events that hasn't been widely mentioned to date
Associations exist only in the mind. As evidence, here's the story of the birth of VISA, an association of tens of thousands of member banks.
It's Pecha Kucha, not Ashton Kutcher. A quick introduction to this excellent dynamic presentation format that makes attendees stars.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/presentations/2010/07/pecha-kucha-not-ashton-kutcher
Ever since my first encounter with hybrid hub and spoke meetings at Event Camp Twin Cities in 2011, I've been a big fan of the format.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2021/07/hub-spoke-meeting
#meetings #EventDesign $hybrid #HubAndSpoke #eventprofs #assnchat
Linda attends two different kinds of conferences and experiences the big difference that good process can have on the learning environment.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2014/12/tradconf-or-partconf
What happens when you truly listen?
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/learning/2013/07/what-happens-when-you-truly-listen
Here's how to improve your events in five minutes by sharing and obtaining participant agreement on explicit covenants
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
Give attendees experiences, not things, at your events. Doing so fosters connection between participants and motivates FOMO.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2016/03/give-attendees-experiences
Sometimes, letting silence grow for a while is the right thing to do. That's why we need to become comfortable with silence at meetings.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2014/08/comfortable-with-silence
Not long ago, 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
Are online meetings reducing our collective intelligence? New research says maybe. A close look at the experiment tells a different story.
Traditional conferences are obsolete because a standardized approach for education & training to support creative work is obsolete.