#eventdesign — Public Fediverse posts

Two principles for designing conference ground rules. They should 1) increase participants' freedom, and 2) be measurable.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2011/06/principles-designing-conference-ground-rules

#EventDesign #agreements #freedom #eventprofs #events

Short-term traditional meeting evaluations are unreliable. They tell you nothing about the long-term effects of a session. We can do better.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2015/11/why-meeting-evaluations-are-unreliable-and-how-we-can-improve-them

#meetings #EventDesign #evaluations #bias #unreliable #HowToImprove #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

#meetings #EventDesign #tourism #tourists #eventprofs

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

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

#meetings #EventDesign #OpenSpace #critique #eventprofs #assnchat

My firsthand experience with BondAI, an AI-driven voice matchmaking app that interviews attendees to help them find their tribe at events.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/technology/2025/11/bondai-demo-imex-america

#EventTech #AI #EventDesign #EventProfs #Networking #IMEX #Innovation

Conferences are containers for ideas. Especially when they're places where participants share and co-create ideas, rather than just listen.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2013/08/conferences-are-containers-for-ideas

#meetings #ideas #containers #EventDesign #events #conferences #eventprofs

If your event had a mouth, what would it say? How to use powerful visualization techniques to uncover client meeting objectives.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2014/04/if-your-event-had-a-mouth-what-would-it-say

#meetings #EventDesign #visualization #MeetingObjectives #eventprofs

The "conference curator" is a myth. Instead, allow participants to do amazing and generous work by using appropriate participation tools.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2013/04/the-myth-of-the-conference-curator-part-2

#meetings #EventDesign #curation #ConferenceCurator #myth #participation #tools #events #eventprofs

Want to get a taste of what I do? Here's a two-minute video of some scenes from a peer conference (with cameo appearances!)

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/peer-conference-2/2016/03/scenes-from-peer-conference-2

#meetings #EventDesign #Vermont #unconference #eventprofs #assnchat