Offer of a Lifetime: screenshot of an email sent to Adrian Segar asking him to pay for the privilege of shaing his expertise at a meeting industry conference. 9/29/23 Subject: Are you a [TOPIC] Expert? Hi Adrian Segar, How are you doing? I wanted to let you know about Meet the Experts, a new initiative for [MEETING INDUSTRY EVENT] in [DATES] at [VENUE, LOCATION] which I think you will find interesting as a way for you to participate in the show and generate valuable leads. Attendees to [MEETING INDUSTRY EVENT] genuinely need the help and expertise of companies and advisors just like yourself. That's why we have introduced a new format, "Meet the Experts" for our 2023 show. [MEETING INDUSTRY EVENT] will bring together the brightest minds in the events industry, and this [DESCRIPTION OF OPPORTUNITY] will feature experts such as yourself creating the ideal platform for you to showcase your knowledge and connect with a highly engaged audience…

The audacious meeting industry offer of a lifetime: I get to pay for the privilege of sharing my expertise!

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#meetings #marketing #failure #events #eventprofs

Photograph of audience at the 2013 US Green Building Conference

Here's an illuminating example of a creative process that was used to build a movement at a conference

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#meetings #EventDesign #BuildingAMovement #GroupProcess #eventprofs #assnchat

Community and audience Damon Kiesow @dkiesow@social.kiesow.net Community does not scale. Audience scales. Community is decentralized for quality. Audience is centralized for profit. Community is generative. Audience is extractive. Nov 06, 2022, 10:37

Journalists Damon Kiesow & Jeff Jarvis write about community and audience, echoing key distinctions between peer and traditional conferences

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#journalism #community #audience #media #meetings #eventprofs

When a new initiative rolls out across teams, it's hard to #collaborate at scale:
#meetings
#emails
#updates
But none of those show how the work is actually unfolding. Let's rethink.
https://huddleuplearning.com/problems-we-solve

leadership and management: Diagram of centralized, decentralized, and distributed networks from the classic paper by Paul Baran, "On Distributed Communications: MEMORANDUM: RM-3420-PR," AUGUST 1964, the Rand Corporation

How do you see leadership and management roles play out in your meetings? What works, what doesn't?

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#leadership #management #meetings #facilitation #events #eventprofs

transmit pre-planned content: photograph of a large conference hall with attendees sitting in rows and listening to a distant speaker. Image attribution: http://www.flickr.com/photos/plakboek/ / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Traditional conferences assume that conference sessions should be used primarily to transmit pre-planned content. We can do better!

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#meetings #EventDesign #assumptions #broadcast #content #participation #events #eventprofs

Participants gather at the 2022 SoCraTes peer conference

Software testers do peer conferences (aka unconferences) right! Here are three examples of software tester conference awesomeness.

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#meetings #unconference #SoCraTes #PeerConference #SoftwareTesting #eventprofs #assnchat

Process for selecting sessions: photograph of a crowd of people waving papers in the air

Most program committees use a flawed process for selecting sessions. Here's how to avoid this mistake when planning meeting programs.

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#meetings #ChoosingSpeakers #eventprofs #assnchat

middle-aged friendly: photograph of a balding man trying to read a notice using a magnifying glass. Photo attribution: Flickr user philippeleroyer

How to make your workshop/meeting/conference middle-aged friendly? Consider participants' memory, vision, hearing, physicality, and content.

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#meetings #EventDesign #MiddleAgedFriendly #memory #vision #hearing #physicality #content #eventprofs

Say Yes: photograph of a large group of workers wearing blue shirts striking dramatic triumphant poses outdoors. Image attribution: http://www.flickr.com/photos/feastoffools/ / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

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…

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#meetings #facilitation #improv #EventDesign #SayYes #events #eventprofs

The meeting industry old normal is over, and many event professionals are hoping and waiting for a meeting industry new normal. Don't wait!

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#meetings #EventIndustry #OldNormal #NewNormal #myth #eventprofs

Three-panel B&W comic. Panel 1: A man on a video call smiles and says "Alright, good stuff everyone. Talk to you tomor—" Panel 2: A coworker interrupts with "Sorry I'm late! Quick question — what's the status of the backlog tickets?" The man's coffee sloshes as he thinks "No... no no no n... I was SO close..." Panel 3: Close-up of his forced grin, sweating, thinking "'Sorry I'm late' has never — not ONCE — been followed by something that improved my life.

The best part of every meeting is when it's over. But sometimes, just when you think you're out, they pull you back in. #webcomics #meetings #standups #ontimemuch

Supporting connection between participants at our events allows them to take full advantage of the collective wisdom in the room.

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#meetings #EventDesign #connection #ActiveLearning #SocialLearning #eventprofs

improve event ROI: photograph of a skeptical male boss with glasses and a white beard. Photo attribution: Flickr user andyi.

Participant-driven conferences can improve event ROI. And give potential attendees an answer to the question "Why should I go to this event?"

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#meetings #EventROI #value #ROI #events #eventprofs

What is the relationship between connection and attachment when people come together at meetings? A painting by John Singer Sargent offers a clue.

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#meetings #connection #attachment #learning #relationships #meditation

squaring the circle: An overhead photograph of a group of people sitting in a large circle with Leonardo de Vinci's "Vitruvian Man" superimposed at the center

Whenever possible, avoid squaring the circle of a room set design. Here's what to do when you can't use circular seating layouts.

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#meetings #EventDesign #RoomSetDesign #CircleSeating #CurvedRowSeating #eventprofs

clearings for your event: photograph of a grassy clearing in the middle of a forest. Image attribution: Flickr user sheepguardingllama

Why you should provide clearings for your event. Physical, freedom, and permission clearings make space for something new to happen.

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#meetings #EventDesign #physical #freedom #permission #clearings #events #eventprofs

Cosmetic conferences: a photograph of a spilled bottle of red nail polish

Meeting planners put too much energy and resources into "cosmetic" conferences and too little into the format and underlying process.

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#meetings #EventDesign #CosmeticConferences #SatisfyingRealNeeds #NoGlitz #eventprofs

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

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

Cracking the code of constructive family meetings Effective family communication often begins with an explicit code of conduct.

Cracking the code of constructive family #meetings (Part 1)

Families who want their meetings to be safe havens must confront these bad #habits and decide to help each other change." - #FamBiz Magazine

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#Wealth #CodeofConduct #FamilyBusiness #Business

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make conferences memorable: a photograph of people around a campfire with a man telling a story. Photo attribution: Flickr user dpnsan

Disasters & over-the-top production can make conferences memorable, but they score poorly on ROI. Instead, give attendees an environment to share stories.

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#meetings #EventDesign #stories #eventprofs

When implementation gets messy, organizations add more #meetings.
But that rarely solve the real problem:
Initiatives stall when ppl can’t see each other’s work.

entrance layer: photograph of three musicians playing violin, piano, and cello. The cellist, Marcy Rosen, is leading a rehearsal at the Marlboro Music Festival.

It’s not an entrance, it’s a layer. A veteran cellist's rehearsal instruction illuminates playing music—and meeting design.

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#meetings #MeetingDesign #music #performance #engagement #InTheMoment #eventprofs

London Underground sign that says: 3. Follow instructions from staff or emergency services. Do not take any risks

We need less perfection and more risky learning at our events, to avoid meetings that are invariably safe at the expense of effectiveness

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#meetings #EventDesign #events #RiskyLearning #eventprofs

Check out our notice in Community Notes in the Galway City Tribune page 31 Secular Franciscan Order

It is about our meetings and our new linktree page.

#ofs #secularfranciscanorder #ofsgalway #linktree #socialmedia #events #meetings
@galwaycitytribune.bsky.social

less perfection more risky learning: London Underground sign that says: 3. Follow instructions from staff or emergency services. Do not take any risks

We need less perfection and more risky learning at our events, to avoid meetings that are invariably safe at the expense of effectiveness

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#meetings #EventDesign #events #RiskyLearning #eventprofs

A screenshot of Sandy Pentland from his YouTube video on social physics and meetings.

Sandy Pentland's research findings on social physics and meetings echo the focus of my meeting design work for over thirty years

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#meetings #EventDesign #SocialPhysics #SandyPentland #CollectiveIntelligence #eventprofs

Two Star Wars Lego stormtroopers doing gym exercises. Photo attribution: Flickr user chrish_99

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

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

an illustration containing 20 icons, all of which convey people connecting and learning in community

Designer Jony Ive explains how learning in community helped Apple make the iPhone. We learn better at conferences when we learn in community.

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#meetings #EventDesign #learning #LearningInCommunity #CooperativeLearning #eventprofs