Adrian SegarWhy you should provide clearings for your event. Physical, freedom, and permission clearings make space for something new to happen.
#meetings #EventDesign #physical #freedom #permission #clearings #events #eventprofs
Meeting planners put too much energy and resources into "cosmetic" conferences and too little into the format and underlying process.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2014/06/cosmetic-conferences
#meetings #EventDesign #CosmeticConferences #SatisfyingRealNeeds #NoGlitz #eventprofs
Disasters & over-the-top production can make conferences memorable, but they score poorly on ROI. Instead, give attendees an environment to share stories.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2012/08/make-conferences-memorable
We need less perfection and more risky learning at our events, to avoid meetings that are invariably safe at the expense of effectiveness
Sandy Pentland's research findings on social physics and meetings echo the focus of my meeting design work for over thirty years
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2014/05/social-physics-and-meetings
#meetings #EventDesign #SocialPhysics #SandyPentland #CollectiveIntelligence #eventprofs
For better event outcomes, how can we maximize the likelihood that attendees will make good resolutions and keep them?
#resolutions #meetings #EventDesign #FacilitatingChange #motivation #psychology #success #eventprofs
Designer Jony Ive explains how learning in community helped Apple make the iPhone. We learn better at conferences when we learn in community.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/learning/2018/12/learning-better-community-conferences
#meetings #EventDesign #learning #LearningInCommunity #CooperativeLearning #eventprofs
You can't please everyone, so get used to it. Try to create events that work for everyone? You'll likely get one that works for no one.
#meetings #EventDesign #participation #PleasingEveryone #PleasingNoOne #events #eventprofs
I am looking for your help to hold workshops that I believe significantly improve the quality of meetings.
#meetings #EventDesign #workshop #ParticipateLab #help #request #eventprofs #assnchat
A (slightly edited) interview "Q&A with Adrian Segar on Crowdsourcing" by JT Long in Smart Meetings Magazine.
#meetings #EventDesign #interview #SmartMeetings #crowdsourcing #eventprofs
