Adrian SegarTraditional conferences assume that conference sessions should be used primarily to transmit pre-planned content. We can do better!
#meetings #EventDesign #assumptions #broadcast #content #participation #events #eventprofs
How to make your workshop/meeting/conference middle-aged friendly? Consider participants' memory, vision, hearing, physicality, and content.
#meetings #EventDesign #MiddleAgedFriendly #memory #vision #hearing #physicality #content #eventprofs
Patricia Madson’s first improv maxim is "Say Yes!" This reminds me of a harrowing incident at the closing session of a three-day conference…
#meetings #facilitation #improv #EventDesign #SayYes #events #eventprofs
Freeman's Trends Report Q4 2024 is a must-read to discover if you're doing what's needed to improve your events for your attendees
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2024/10/freeman-trends-report
#eventprofs #EventTrends #EventDesign #AttendeeExperience #FutureOfEvents #leadership
Supporting connection between participants at our events allows them to take full advantage of the collective wisdom in the room.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2015/04/supporting-connection
#meetings #EventDesign #connection #ActiveLearning #SocialLearning #eventprofs
Whenever possible, avoid squaring the circle of a room set design. Here's what to do when you can't use circular seating layouts.
#meetings #EventDesign #RoomSetDesign #CircleSeating #CurvedRowSeating #eventprofs
Why 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
