Scenes from a peer conference: The Third Annual Vermont Vision For A Multicultural Future peer conference, November 6-7, 2014

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/peer-conference-2/2014/11/scenes-from-a-peer-conference

#meetings #EventDesign #Vermont #PeerConference #unconference #MulticulturalFuture #eventprofs #assnchat

How do you market a new peer conference? Here's an example of marketing language you can use to address potential attendee concerns.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/dear-adrian/2013/09/market-new-peer-conference

#meetings #EventDesign #marketing #PeerConference #ideas #eventprofs

My second post on implementing participant-driven breakouts in Zoom. Here, I explain how to prepare to run "The Three Questions" online.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2020/05/participant-driven-breakouts-zoom-2

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

Most meeting planners think that conference session topics must be preplanned. Instead, build a program that reflects actual wants and needs.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/uncategorized/2009/12/unquestioned-traditional-conference-assumption-1-conference-session-topics-must-be-chosen-and-scheduled-in-advance

#meetings #EventDesign #predetermined #MeetingProgram #unconference #PeerConference #eventprofs #assnchat

A detailed and candid account of the development and testing of a meeting format used by The Ministry of Testing: The UnExpo experiment

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2018/04/the-unexpo-experiment

#EventDesign #SoftwareTesting #PeerConference #eventprofs

An article in Wired Magazine argues that "Science Conferences Are Stuck in the Dark Ages." I agree — but there's some light in the darkness!

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2020/01/science-conferences-stuck

#meetings #EventDesign #ScienceConferences #improvements #PeerConference #unconference #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

How to use sticky notes to crowdsource sessions and level of interest dot voting to choose the sessions your attendees need & want

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2017/09/dot-voting

#meetings #EventDesign #GroupWork #crowdsourcing #SessionSelection #DotVoting #PeerConference #unconference #eventprofs

Want to discover the experts at your conference? Peer conferences allow participants to discover the experts in the audience.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/learning/2013/11/drive-by-experts-at-your-conference

#meetings #EventDesign #experts #PeerConference #unconference #events #eventprofs

The first of 5 posts on how to implement participant-driven breakouts in Zoom. Here, I explain the "Why?" and an overview of the entire process.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2020/05/participant-driven-breakouts-zoom-1

#meetings #EventDesign #OnlineMeeting #PeerConference #TheBigPicture #Zoom #eventprofs