A black and white photo of Simon and Garfunkel singing "The sound of silence"
It's time for a "sound of silence" roundup of meetings industry pet peeves. Do they resonate? What am I missing?
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#meetings #PetPeeves #AirQuality #evaluations #PayingSpeakers #eventprofs #assnchat
A smiling woman, full of nervous excitement, sits on a train with the blurred world speeding past her window.
Nervous excitement is back! Here's what (I think) it is, why I feel it when I'm live on stage — and why it doesn't usually last long!
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#facilitation #speaking #excitement #eventprofs #assnchat
The meeting session is over. Did anyone learn anything? And how would you know? Here are some ways to maximize learning at meetings.
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#meetings #MeetingDesign #engagement #learning #SocialLearning #UncoveredLearning #TheReminder #eventprofs #assnchat
looking for help: A photographic montage of various scenes from Adrian Segar's facilitated events and workshops
I am looking for your help to hold workshops that I believe significantly improve the quality of meetings.
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#meetings #EventDesign #workshop #ParticipateLab #help #request #eventprofs #assnchat
A composite image created from images in Volume 30, Issue 1 of the Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin, illustrating lessons learned from online meetings during COVID-19
Here is my summary of some interesting lessons learned from organizing six scientific online meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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#online #meetings #LessonsLearned #ScienceConferences #hybrid #eventprofs #assnchat
Illustration of The Public Health Pledge, creating standards for safer events
Here's a worthy initiative to create standards for safer events: The Public Health Event Badging Standard. Sign the Public Health Pledge!
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#meetings #PublicHealth #safety #inclusion #eventprofs #assnchat
scenes from a peer conference: screenshot from a video about the 2014 VT Vision for a Multicultural Future Peer Conference
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!)
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#meetings #EventDesign #Vermont #unconference #eventprofs #assnchat
Why do we lie? Is it to please others? Or to please and protect ourselves? Discover the reasons behind our lies. #performance #transformation #datadriven #selfawareness #assnchat #manipulation #deception #humanbehavior #judgement #fearoffailure
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Why do we lie? Is it to please others? Or to please and protect ourselves? Discover the reasons behind our lies. #performance #transformation #datadriven #selfawareness #assnchat #manipulation #deception #humanbehavior #judgement #fearoffailure
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Why do we lie? Is it to please others? Or to please and protect ourselves? Discover the reasons behind our lies. #performance #transformation #datadriven #selfawareness #assnchat #manipulation #deception #humanbehavior #judgement #fearoffailure
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Why do we lie? Is it to please others? Or to please and protect ourselves? Discover the reasons behind our lies. #performance #transformation #datadriven #selfawareness #assnchat #manipulation #deception #humanbehavior #judgement #fearoffailure
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Why do we lie? Is it to please others? Or to please and protect ourselves? Discover the reasons behind our lies. #performance #transformation #datadriven #selfawareness #assnchat #manipulation #deception #humanbehavior #judgement #fearoffailure
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Photograph of two tiny vehicles parked in one parking space. Photo attribution: Flickr user caribb.
At MGM Resorts, 80% of group business is 100 rooms or fewer at peak, and 62% is 50 rooms or fewer. Most meetings are small meetings!
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#hospitality #meetings #size #SmallVersusLarge #events #conferences #eventprofs #assnchat
conference evaluations: a photograph of a milk carton with a message on the side "MISSING: HAVE YOU SEEN ME?" surrounding an evaluation sheet
Some important metrics for conference evaluations that inform you about crucial aspects of the effectiveness of your meetings.
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#meetings #MeetingDesign #improvements #RatingKPIs #events #eventprofs #assnchat
An illustration of an audience at a meeting with coronavirus molecules floating in the air above them
Event professionals: let's talk about COVID and duty of care. We are abrogating our responsibilities to keep attendees and staff safe.
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#meetings #COVID #DutyOfCare #LongCovid #eventprofs #assnchat
Scratching the surface: A photograph of my green fluorite crystal from the William Wise Mine in Westmoreland, NH
Sometimes, it's only at the end that we realize we're just scratching the surface. Here's why some meetings end in disappointment—or do they?
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#meetings #MeetingDesign #ComplexProblems #Cynefin #eventprofs #assnchat
A person standing on a rural path, looking uncertain and contemplative. The path has a large wooden sign reading "Mistakes Ahead" in bold, red letters. The path fades into a misty forest and an open sunny field. The sky is overcast, with a break of sunlight in the distance. The person is dressed professionally, with hands on hips, conveying indecision.
Here are three lesser-known critical mistakes associations make. They can be summarized with the phrase "Don't do that!"
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#associations #nonprofit #mistakes #990 #consultants #assnchat
Meeting planners support women: An illustration of the US Supreme Court, including a pregnant Justice.
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, what can meeting planners who support women's rights do? I have two suggestions.
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#meetings #WomensRights #abortion #RoeVersusWade #MeetingPlanners #action #eventprofs #assnchat
Photograph of Rachel LaForgia sharing her visualization drawing of her organization's wants and needs
I love my clients, but some have a special place in my heart—those who generously give me feedback. Here's a terrific example of the value of client feedback.
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#EventDesign #feedback #eventprofs #assnchat
An illustration entitled "Human's true superpower" showing scores on four kinds of intelligence tests by chimpanzees, orangutans, and human toddlers. Illustration from "Humankind" by Rutger Bregman.
Social learning is humans' true superpower! And that's why we need to maximize social learning at meetings.
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#social #learning #superpower #meetings #eventprofs #assnchat
Screenshot from a Participate! workshop video of a participant listening
Want to significantly improve your meetings? A Participate! Workshop equips your organization with the tools needed to transform its events.
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#meetings #EventDesign #Participate! #workshop #MeetingImprovement #tools #eventprofs #assnchat
working smarter: An image of a window, a bicycle, and a plant box in front of a yellow wall. On the wall is a quote from Jay Cross: "Visualize the workflow of a physical job: produce, produce, produce, produce, produce, produce, produce, produce, produce. Now visualize the workflow of a creative knowledge worker: nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, flash of brilliance, nothing, nothing, nothing."
Here's a great introduction to working smarter: Harold Jarche's "Working Smarter with Personal Knowledge Mastery" free downloadable guide.
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#learning #WorkingSmarter #HaroldJarche #PersonalKnowledgeManagement #FreeGuide #assnchat
photograph of attendees at a peer conference: The Third Annual Vermont Vision For A Multicultural Future peer conference, November 6-7, 2014
Scenes from a peer conference: The Third Annual Vermont Vision For A Multicultural Future peer conference, November 6-7, 2014
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#meetings #EventDesign #Vermont #PeerConference #unconference #MulticulturalFuture #eventprofs #assnchat
Screenshot of my 21-minute presentation "How to trust your gut" recorded on Kiki L'Italien's Association Chat show
Here's how to trust your gut, how trusting your gut can change your life, how to get better at doing it…and when you shouldn’t.
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#intuition #HowTo #TrustYourGut #trust #assnchat
Bringing people together: photograph of a few attendees at a 2014 meetup I organized for friends and peers in Washington, DC
Once or twice a year, send out some invites for a casual get-together with your peers. You'll be bringing people together.
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#FacilitatingConnection #connection #meetups #eventprofs #assnchat
hallway learning: a photograph of a crowd of people talking in the hallway at a meeting. Attribution Wikimedia Commons under Creative Commons license Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0)
How to improve our conferences, both in-person and online, by designing hallway learning into our meeting sessions.
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#meetings #MeetingDesign #HallwayLearning #learning #connection #eventprofs #assnchat
Adrian Segar and friends at the September 2, 2011, Event Camp Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN
"It was rare, I was there, I remember it all too well." Hearing Taylor Swift's lament evokes my own grief about the loss of meeting in person.
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#meetings #InPerson #loss #grief #pain #memory #TaylorSwift #eventprofs #assnchat
Create amazing panels: Cartoon showing three panelists on a stage, a man with a microphone, and an audience. The man is saying "This is for anyone on the panel—how can I be up there instead of down here?" .Bruce Eric Kaplan cartoon displayed under license from The Cartoon Bank
Here's how to create amazing panels, where everyone has the opportunity to be up on stage, rather than passively listening.
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#meetings #EventDesign #panels #PanelDesign #eventprofs #assnchat
Not long ago, I designed and facilitated an online workshop that was marred by technical difficulties. Luckily, it didn't matter.
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#events #engagement #eventdesign #eventprofs #assnchat
hub spoke meeting: A diagram with a yellow circle at the center labeled "hub event". Connected to it by dotted lines are six smaller purple circles of various sizes labeled "pod 1" (and 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
Ever since my first encounter with hybrid hub and spoke meetings at Event Camp Twin Cities in 2011, I've been a big fan of the format.
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#meetings #EventDesign $hybrid #HubAndSpoke #eventprofs #assnchat
