An illustration of The Conference Arc — the key components of every successful participation-rich conference. Beginning: —Uncover needs, wants, and resources in the room —Build program that matches desired needs and wants with the available resources Middle —Run the program End —Consolidate individual learning and determine desired changes & next steps —Publicly evaluate the conference and uncover new initiatives

The Conference Arc contains the key components of every successful participation-rich conference: a structured beginning, middle, and end.

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is a conference like a pharmacy or a bookstore: Cartoon by Harry Bliss, showing a man at a pharmacy gazing at a notice that says "STAFF PICKS"

A traditional conference is like a pharmacy. Content is prescribed, and you pick it up in a session. Hopefully, it will fix what ails you.

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#meetings #MeetingDesign #TraditionalConference #versus #PeerConference #unconference #eventprofs

The EEF is organizing a day of community driven talks, discussions, and workshops the day before ElixirConf EU.

For everyone headed to #ElixirConfEU, don't forget to hit up the @TheErlef's #Unconference the day before 😎 marketing.erlef.org/events/malag...
There is also a #Nerves and #GRiSP workshop! #ElixirLang

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

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

#SoftwareCraft
#Unconference
#OpenSpace
#TDD
#Refactoring

#SoftwareCraft
#Unconference
#OpenSpace
#TDD
#Refactoring

A table with office material, stickers and yellow T-shirts in the style of the sex pistols (black letterson top and a pink invert on the bottom) spelling "Never mind the billionares here's the fediverse". Next to them is a purple sign saying "T-Shirts donation-based" and up from it is a A4 QR code asking for support for donation for the NOAW unconference. On the right there is story card with a Monty Python reference picture of a foot and the title "Shapping a rock into a ball"

Thanks to everyone who attended the #NOAW unconference, & @manfredzielinski & @douwe from the @gemeenteamsterdam for all their support!

It was a pleasure to be a harbour for a great variety of space ships in the #fediverse

Main takeaway:
We ALL want to see […]

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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

@measurecamp-italy.bsky.social we are back again ❤️

First time in Ranstadbox, amazing place! And surrounded by amazing people!

#analytics #community #eomeninanalytics #unconference

#SoftwareCraft
#Unconference
#OpenSpace
#TDD
#Refactoring

great they delivered some sunshine as well!
—do not forget your bathing suit ;)

@FediVariety
#jugglingthefediverse #fedivariety #noaw #unconference #fediverse #opensocialweb #socials #publicspaces #activitypub #research #activism #ccc #amsterdam

woohoo..
So here’s the hot spot.. thu-fri 19-20… Nodes On A Web - the unconference about fediverse integration in/for public institutions...

Tnx for the fantastic bunch of session suggestions —all to be shaken *and* stirred at http://noaw.org—looking fwd! Cya […]

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#SoftwareCraft
#Unconference
#OpenSpace
#TDD
#Refactoring

#SoftwareCraft
#Unconference
#OpenSpace
#TDD
#Refactoring

ProductCamp Vancouver 2026 ProductCamp Vancouver is the premier event for product management, product marketing, and product design professionals.

🚀 Tickets for the 16th ProductCamp Vancouver 'un-conference' are now available! 👏 Grab your FREE spot for Saturday, May 9 at The University of British Columbia Robson Square before they're sold out! www.eventbrite.ca/e/productcam... #PCV26 #productmanagement #unconference #Vancouver #alwayslearning

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#FediForum2026 is coming up in April, 28th - 30th. If you don't know what #FediForum is, it's an online #unconference where we all get together, talk about what projects folks are working on, meet each other, etc. I've been to two of them last year and I've met so many fantastic folks there […]

Image of a massive printed program full of many conference session topics

Most meeting planners think that conference session topics must be preplanned. Instead, build a program that reflects actual wants and needs.

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#meetings #EventDesign #predetermined #MeetingProgram #unconference #PeerConference #eventprofs #assnchat

Hmm.. In case you're wondering which topics could be discussed on an unconference about fediverse integration in/for public institutions...
check out this preliminary overview:
https://www.fedivariety.org/noaw-session-proposals

wow... all kinds of topics […]

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#Unconference
#OpenSpace
#TDD
#Refactoring

#SoftwareCraft
#Unconference
#OpenSpace
#TDD
#Refactoring

Science Conferences Are Stuck in the Dark Ages: painting A Friday Evening Discourse at the Royal Institution; Sir James Dewar on Liquid Hydrogen, 1904 (oil on canvas)

An article in Wired Magazine argues that "Science Conferences Are Stuck in the Dark Ages." I agree — but there's some light in the darkness!

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#meetings #EventDesign #ScienceConferences #improvements #PeerConference #unconference #eventprofs

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On the #Fediforum #GrowingTheOpenSocialWeb #unconference right now. And the diversity, the experiences in just the first 30 minutes is incredible. We have so many folks from all types of different backgrounds learning and SHARING with everyone else.

This is absolutely incredible being on this […]

Words we use for meetings: an animated graphic showing competing words used in the meeting industry. Online versus virtual. Networking versus connection. Unconference versus peer conference.

The words we use for meetings matter. By changing the words, we can change how we think about meetings. Here are three examples.

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#networking #connection #virtual #online #unconference #eventprofs #assnchat

A photograph of a smiling conference participant who, with others, is dot voting on session topics written on large sticky notes posted on a wall

How to use sticky notes to crowdsource sessions and level of interest dot voting to choose the sessions your attendees need & want

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#meetings #EventDesign #GroupWork #crowdsourcing #SessionSelection #DotVoting #PeerConference #unconference #eventprofs

Inside a Conference That Works: photograph of edACCESS 2014 Three Questions session by Brent Seabrook Photography

Being Schooled: Inside a Conference That Works is one of the best descriptions I've read of the opening of a peer conference

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#meetings #EventDesign #unconference #review #edACCESS #MeetingsNet #events #eventprofs

Unconference! — Stuff by Dave Kurley This will be my first experience of an Unconference, which (I am reliably informed by Jazz) is ‘a conference created by the participants on the day’. The idea is if you have a skill or some knowledge ...

Unconference bloggage: if you're in the Óbidos area on Saturday, come down!
Also in this week's blog, an updated version of a poem I originally wrote back in 2020! It's called Un-, which I felt chimed with the theme of Unconference...

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#blog #unconference #poetry

#SoftwareCraft
#Unconference
#OpenSpace
#TDD
#Refactoring

#SoftwareCraft
#Unconference
#OpenSpace
#TDD
#Refactoring

biggest unconference mistake: a screenshot of a computer software dialog box with the title "Warning" and the text "Proceeding with the operation 'Delete' will erase the contents of your hard drive. What do you wish to do?" Two option buttons are provided: "Proceed" and "Delete", and the dialog close box is greyed out.

What's the biggest unconference mistake you can make? Probably, adding an unconference track to a conventional conference program!

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