My fourth post on implementing participant-driven breakouts in Zoom. Here's how to process participant input to create an optimum program.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2020/06/process-participant-information

#meetings #EventDesign #OnlineMeeting #Zoom #eventprofs

Avoid Briefer Madness! Ask conference presenters how much time they'll require to effectively deliver desired and needed outcomes.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2016/04/briefer-madness

#meetings #EventDesign #SessionLength #presenters #MessyLearning #eventprofs

In this issue of "Dear Adrian" I answer the question: Is there a way to crowdsource a conference program before an event?

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/dear-adrian/2013/01/crowdsource-conference-program

#meetings #EventDesign #events #crowdsourcing #eventprofs

A reprint of the start of Kelsey Ogletree's CONNECT article "How We Learn: Books That Changed Meetings" about my first book

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/uncategorized/2014/01/books-that-changed-meetings

#EventDesign #book #review #learning #change #meetings #events #eventprofs

Human process technologies can fundamentally improve your events at far less cost and in ways that a new device or app cannot. Don't reinvent the wheel!

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2013/11/event-technology-dont-reinvent-the-wheel

#meetings #EventDesign #EventTech #technology #events #eventprofs

Can we do better than novelty at our meetings? Yes! Don't fob off your meeting attendees with new" or "different". Go for "better"!

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2015/04/can-we-do-better-than-novelty-at-our-meetings

#meetings #EventDesign #novelty #better #different #eventprofs

My Powerful Panels interview with meeting panel doyen Kristin Arnold. We talk about various panel formats and how they make meetings better

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2021/06/powerful-panels-interview

#meetings #panels #MeetingDesign #eventprofs #assnchat

A Very Important Reminder: We Love #SXSW—But Accessibility Shouldn’t Be the Detail That Gets Ignored.
https://open.substack.com/pub/davidadler579345/p/a-very-important-reminder-we-love

#events #eventprofs #accessibility #accessibilitymatters

A Very Important Reminder: We Love SXSW—But Accessibility Shouldn’t Be the Detail That Gets Ignored.

In the rush to build the perfect pop-up, accessibility can quietly disappear but the reminder is that accessibility isn't a nice to have- it's the law.

Gathering Point News

Children and adults shouldn’t sit still in class. Yet we ignore established research when designing adult learning environments.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/learning/2017/04/sit-still-in-class

#meetings #EventDesign #movement #benefits #learning #AdultLearning #eventprofs