Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #meetingdesign, aggregated by home.social.
A controversial approach by Microsoft to community town halls around data centers shows how good meeting processes can fail when they serve the wrong purpose.
Fishbowls, small group discussions, and other participatory techniques can collect input effectively while avoiding the conversation that matters.
Good meeting design requires choosing and sequencing processes that move beyond collecting input to creating real engagement.
A controversial approach by Microsoft to community town halls around data centers shows how good meeting processes can fail when they serve the wrong purpose.
Fishbowls, small group discussions, and other participatory techniques can collect input effectively while avoiding the conversation that matters.
Good meeting design requires choosing and sequencing processes that move beyond collecting input to creating real engagement.
In 2009, the biologist E.O. Wilson described what he saw as humanity's problem. I think it’s also a fundamental meeting problem.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2021/10/humanity-meeting-problem
#meetings #MeetingDesign #humanity #FundamentalProblem #ActiveLearning #emotions #institutions #technology #eventprofs
A controversial approach by Microsoft to community town halls around data centers shows how good meeting processes can fail when they serve the wrong purpose.
Fishbowls, small group discussions, and other participatory techniques can collect input effectively while avoiding the conversation that matters.
Good meeting design requires choosing and sequencing processes that move beyond collecting input to creating real engagement.
Instead of paying for an app, use participant-driven and participation-rich design techniques to make your entire conference a braindate!
#meetings #MeetingDesign #BrainDate #connection #ParticipantDriven #ParticipationRich #eventprofs #assnchat
A controversial approach by Microsoft to community town halls around data centers shows how good meeting processes can fail when they serve the wrong purpose.
Fishbowls, small group discussions, and other participatory techniques can collect input effectively while avoiding the conversation that matters.
Good meeting design requires choosing and sequencing processes that move beyond collecting input to creating real engagement.
A controversial approach by Microsoft to community town halls around data centers shows how good meeting processes can fail when they serve the wrong purpose.
Fishbowls, small group discussions, and other participatory techniques can collect input effectively while avoiding the conversation that matters.
Good meeting design requires choosing and sequencing processes that move beyond collecting input to creating real engagement.
Do you treat your conference attendees as adults? Give them the freedom to question, comment, make suggestions, and influence what happens!
"Interaction is at the heart of cognition," say 28 scientists. I think they're right—and it's at the heart of events too!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2023/02/interaction-heart-cognition
#meetings #MeetingDesign #interaction #cognition #eventprofs #assnchat
Satisfying wants and needs at meetings is what I do. But there's a subtle interplay between wants and needs at my conferences that isn't obvious.
My and others' experiences and lessons learned when I facilitated an online workshop using the Gatherly meeting platform.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2022/03/online-workshop-in-gatherly
#meetings #MeetingDesign #facilitation #Gatherly #OnlineSocial #MeetingPlatform #workshop #LessonsLearned #eventprofs
Here are the three things that conference attendees really want to know about each other.
#TheThreeQuestions #meetings #MeetingDesign #eventprofs #assnchat
Don’t feel that you need to provide entertainment at meetings regardless of circumstances. Undistracted free time is valuable too!
#meetings #MeetingDesign #entertainment #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
"There are no wrong answers to these questions." That's the most important instruction I give when I introduce The Three Questions.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/learning/2011/10/no-wrong-answers
#MeetingDesign #TheThreeQuestions #NoWrongAnswers #eventprofs #assnchat
Small is the new big in the meeting industry. Learn why and how smaller, well-designed events foster deeper connections and engagement.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2024/11/small-is-the-new-big
Is Conferences That Work the right choice for every meeting? No! Here are five reasons not to use a Conferences That Work meeting design.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2016/09/five-reasons
#meetings #MeetingDesign #ConferencesThatWork #unconference #eventprofs
The Conference Arc contains the key components of every successful participation-rich conference: a structured beginning, middle, and end.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2018/02/the-conference-arc
#meetings #MeetingDesign #TheConferenceArc #unconference #eventprofs
Don't make the meeting bigger! Instead, make the meeting design right. You and your stakeholders will be glad you did.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2022/01/make-meeting-bigger
#meetings #MeetingDesign #LargeMeetings #status #DesignTrumpsSize #eventprofs #assnchat
The meeting session is over. Did anyone learn anything? And how would you know? Here are some ways to maximize learning at meetings.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/learning/2021/11/did-anyone-learn-anything
#meetings #MeetingDesign #engagement #learning #SocialLearning #UncoveredLearning #TheReminder #eventprofs #assnchat
In addition to private and public production, social production is the third way to make something happen.
#MeetingDesign #impact #society #SocialChange #SocialProduction #participation
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
Two-thirds of meeting planners now rank flexible meeting space as a top priority when choosing a venue. Venues, are you ready?
#MeetingDesign #VenueDesign #venues #FlexibleSpace #eventprofs
As a facilitator, working with both sides of an issue with a group can be hard. Doing so challenges me to practice non-attachment.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/facilitation/2023/03/working-with-both-sides
#facilitation #moderation #attachment #WinLose #WinWin #MeetingDesign #assnchat
Tension between the wants and needs of suppliers and practitioners at meetings is common and rarely acknowledged. Here's how to handle it.
#meetings #MeetingDesign #suppliers #sponsors #participants #practitioners #eventprofs #assnchat
Nick Martin of Denmark's workshopbank interviews me about how to design events that get amazing participant feedback.
#meetings #MeetingDesign #workshopbank #interview #eventprofs
Here are eight pieces of information needed for event design before a meeting designer can commence their work.
#meetings #MeetingDesign #InformationNeeds #eventprofs #assnchat
Learn how human spectrograms can reveal organizational structure, improve communication, and explore important issues at in-house events
#CorporateEvents #MeetingDesign #EmployeeEngagement #facilitation
In 2009, the biologist E.O. Wilson described what he saw as humanity's problem. I think it’s also a fundamental meeting problem.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2021/10/humanity-meeting-problem
#meetings #MeetingDesign #humanity #FundamentalProblem #ActiveLearning #emotions #institutions #technology #eventprofs
To support our peers, prioritize conversations over stories. Here's why events and associations should prioritize interaction.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/associations-2/2025/06/power-peer-conversation/