Reflections on how the decades-old motto of an association encapsulates the power and empowerment of a peer conference to change lives

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/associations-2/2019/09/i-am-crazy-but-im-not-alone

#meetings #EventDesign #PeerConference #community #edACCESS #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

Four hundred scientists walk into a conference. And perhaps improve the health of the lands and waters on which all our lives depend.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2018/03/two-scientists-walk-into-a-conference

#meetings #EventDesign #PeerConference #eventprofs

Here are four tools for creating, supporting, and enriching communities of practice: peer conferences, listservs, Slack, and Zoom

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/learning/2017/10/four-tools-for-communities-of-practice

#community #CommunityOfPractice #tools #PeerConference #listserv #Slack #Zoom #assnchat

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

The Future Of Conferences Is Unconferences. That's the published conclusion of social and computer scholars in a 2023 #ACM paper.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2023/10/the-future-of-conferences-is-unconferences

#meetings #EventDesign #unconference #PeerConference #events #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 fifth in my series of posts on how to implement participant-driven breakouts in Zoom. Here's how to run your peer conference using Zoom breakout rooms.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2020/06/participant-driven-breakouts-zoom-5

#meetings #EventDesign #OnlineMeeting #PeerConference #BreakoutRooms #Zoom #eventprofs

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

The Association for Software Testing issued a free guide to creating peer conferences. I contributed suggestions and it's well worth a look!

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2020/01/free-peer-conference-guide

#meetings #EventDesign #PeerConference #unconference #free #guide #AssociationForSoftwareTesting #eventprofs