#meetings — Public Fediverse posts

Nick Martin of Denmark's workshopbank interviews me about how to design events that get amazing participant feedback.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/interviews/2012/12/design-events-that-get-amazing-participant-feedback

#meetings #MeetingDesign #workshopbank #interview #eventprofs

Good design can improve a humble bucket. Good meeting design can radically improve conferences. Why not add it to your bucket list?

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2014/01/if-we-can-improve-a-bucket-we-can-improve-conferences

#meetings #EventDesign #redesign #eventprofs

The meeting industry old normal is over, and many event professionals are hoping and waiting for a meeting industry new normal—Part 1

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/meeting-industry/2020/10/meeting-industry-old-normal

#meetings #EventIndustry #OldNormal #NewNormal #myth #eventprofs

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

Finished out the #work day with one of those #meetings that makes me want to fire every #Excel sheet ever made into the sun.

Traditional conferences are obsolete because a standardized approach for education & training to support creative work is obsolete.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2016/10/traditional-conferences-are-obsolete

#meetings #EventDesign #obsolescence #PeerLearning #eventprofs

Knowledge increasingly resides in our social networks. Are your conferences designed for a connection economy or an industrial economy?

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2016/03/conferences-connection-economy

#meetings #EventDesign #ConnectionEconomy #choices #eventprofs

Here's a favorite site visit tool. The Bosch Distance Measurer makes it a snap to quickly and accurately measure room dimensions.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/technology/2011/03/site-visit-tool

#meetings #EventDesign #SiteVisit #tool #Bosch #eventprofs

Event design changes society! Why? Because humans evolutionarily adapt their ways of thinking to fit communication technologies.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2019/07/event-design-changes-society

#meetings #EventDesign #change #society #MarshallMcLuhan #communication #technology #eventprofs

Give attendees the best possible experience by minimizing the quantity and severity of physical comfort issues that are under our control

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2017/05/six-ways-keep-attendees-comfortable-improve-event

#meetings #EventDesign #venues #attendee #comfort #mistakes #seating #temperature #noise #safety #breaks #eventprofs

Here's how I designed an online memorial service that transitioned attendees between formal and informal experiences

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2020/09/designing-online-memorial-service

#meetings #EventDesign #OnlineMemorialService #funeral #wake #death #eventprofs

Supplying small bites of learning during your conferences is an effective way to feed the minds and souls of your participants.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2014/07/small-bites

#meetings #EventDesign #learning #dining #SmallBites #events #eventprofs

How to run a human spectrogram map that allows participants to quickly discover others who live or work near them — plus some new ideas I haven't tried yet!

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2020/02/human-spectrogram-map

#meetings #EventDesign #HumanSpectrogram #map #BodyVoting #eventprofs

We are becoming a patron economy. In the future, content creation will be increasingly supported by the subsidy of patrons.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2011/03/new-patron-economy-part-1

#economy #PatronEconomy #CopyProtection #meetings #eventprofs

Stop calling meetings that aren't in-person "virtual" meetings. Here's why you should call them "online" meetings instead.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2020/06/dont-call-them-virtual-meetings

#meetings #NotVirtual #online #eventprofs

What is leadership? I make the case for leadership at conferences that confronts people with their freedom

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/leadership/2011/01/leadership-conferences-and-freedom

#meetings #leadership #control #freedom #eventprofs

The third in my series of 5 posts on how to implement participant-driven breakouts in Zoom. Here, I explain how to run "The Three Questions" online.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2020/05/participant-driven-breakouts-zoom-3

#meetings #EventDesign #OnlineMeeting #PeerConference #TheThreeQuestions #Zoom #eventprofs

Here are eight pieces of information needed for event design before a meeting designer can commence their work.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2015/09/eight-pieces-of-information-needed-for-event-design

#meetings #MeetingDesign #InformationNeeds #eventprofs #assnchat

Unconferences are thriving—and well-designed and facilitated events endure. But why aren't unconferences more popular? Here are six reasons.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2023/09/unconferences-popular

#meetings #EventDesign #unconferences #PeerConferences #popularity #eventprofs #assnchat

An example of successful viral work: I share what happens when the audience can't stop talking about what they just experienced.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2017/11/when-the-audience-cant-stop-talking-about-what-they-did

#meetings #EventDesign #ViralWork #example #TheSolutionRoom #eventprofs #assnchat

Do they want to be here? You are leading a workshop, conference, or session. How can you best serve people who don't want to be there?

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2021/08/want-to-be-here

#meetings #EventDesign #facilitation #workshop #BeingHere #engagement #eventprofs #assnchat

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

How can you support a community online? Here's what I've learned from the many online meetings I've designed & facilitated.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2020/03/support-community-online-covid-19

#meetings #online #LessonsLearned #preparation #agreements #BreakoutRooms #tips #eventprofs #assnchat

You can’t make people change. But you can create an environment where they choose to. Peer conferences provide such environments.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2019/09/cant-make-people-change

#meetings #EventDesign #FacilitatingChange #PeerConferences #safety #support #ParticipationRich #freedom #eventprofs

Here are four unquestioned assumptions that lay at the heart of a traditional conference format

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/uncategorized/2009/12/four-unquestioned-assumptions-of-a-traditional-conference

#meetings #EventDesign #assumptions #TraditionalConference #eventprofs

#Warnung aus gegebenem Anlass!
#Donnerstag ist der schlimmste #Arbeitstag und sollte daher so kurz wie möglich gehalten werden.
Schließen Sie die Bürotür und begeben Sie sich in sichere #Meetings. Wenn der #Tassenfreitag beginnt ist die Gefahr vorüber.

Danke für Ihre Aufmerksamkeit.

Here is my summary of some interesting lessons learned from organizing six scientific online meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2021/08/lessons-online-meetings-covid-19

#online #meetings #LessonsLearned #ScienceConferences #hybrid #eventprofs #assnchat

Here is a real-life comparison of pre-conference and at-conference crowdsourcing at a peer conference (aka #unconference)

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2010/07/comparing-pre-conference-and-at-conference-crowdsourcing

#meetings #EventDesign #crowdsourcing #events #eventprofs

Here's a worthy initiative to create standards for safer events: The Public Health Event Badging Standard. Sign the Public Health Pledge!

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2023/02/standards-for-safer-events

#meetings #PublicHealth #safety #inclusion #eventprofs #assnchat

This video of a Personal Introspective illustrates why I love conference facilitation and design

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2019/04/love-meeting-facilitation-design

#meetings #love #EventDesign #facilitation #video #connection #learning #eventprofs