Want to get a taste of what I do? Here's a two-minute video of some scenes from a peer conference (with cameo appearances!)

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/peer-conference-2/2016/03/scenes-from-peer-conference-2

#meetings #EventDesign #Vermont #unconference #eventprofs #assnchat

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 five fundamental questions about conference design. Have you answered them to your satisfaction for your events?

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2010/01/five-fundamental-questions-about-conference-design

#meetings #EventDesign #questions #improvement #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

"Any questions?" How often have you heard this at the end of a conference session? Here are better ways for audiences to learn than the traditional Q&A.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2019/04/any-questions-rethinking-traditional-qa

#meetings #EventDesign #improvement #Q&A #lectures #eventprofs

Give attendees experiences, not things, at your events. Doing so fosters connection between participants and motivates FOMO.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2016/03/give-attendees-experiences

#meetings #EventDesign #experiences #connection #NotSchwag #motivation #FOMO #eventprofs

Here's why PK (Pecha Kucha) is OK.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/presentations/2010/08/why-pk-pecha-kucha-is-ok

#meetings #EventDesign #PechaKucha #EventFormat #brevity #eventprofs

For better event outcomes, how can we maximize the likelihood that attendees will make good resolutions and keep them?

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2016/02/successful-event-outcomes-strange-web-traffic-and-the-psychology-of-motivation

#resolutions #meetings #EventDesign #FacilitatingChange #motivation #psychology #success #eventprofs

How can we make conferences better? Here are two suggestions, plus my comments, by Samantha Whitehorn of ASAE's Associations Now.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2013/06/make-conferences-better

#meetings #EventDesign #associations #concierge #connections #events #eventprofs #assnchat

Knowing and not knowing at conferences through the lens of Mary Oliver’s poetry, where metrics meet wonder, connection, and the intangible

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2024/12/knowing

#eventprofs #metrics #wonder #knowing #MaryOliver #EventDesign #poetry #owl