The German polymath, geographer, naturalist, and explorer Alexander von Humboldt was a meeting designer way ahead of his time!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2023/11/alexander-von-humboldt
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If teleportation were free, would you still go?
The real reason people attend conferences isn’t cost or content—it’s trust. Here's how trust shapes the decision to say yes to your event.
If teleportation were free, would you still go?
The real reason people attend conferences isn’t cost or content—it’s trust. Here's how trust shapes the decision to say yes to your event.
The real reason people attend conferences isn’t cost or content—it’s trust. Here's how trust shapes the decision to say yes to your event.
We need to re-envisage event technology to significantly improve our events
Today, the most successful conferences are micro conferences. So produce for and market to a micro conference market.
The audacious meeting industry offer of a lifetime: I get to pay for the privilege of sharing my expertise!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/eventprofs/2023/10/offer-of-a-lifetime
![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…](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/377/497/038/660/025/original/9161aa5eda7f80fb.jpeg "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…")
How do you market a new peer conference? Here's an example of marketing language you can use to address potential attendee concerns.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/dear-adrian/2013/09/market-new-peer-conference
Providing venue ventilation for COVID-19 is a critical, overlooked problem, as we now know COVID-19 is spread via small droplet aerosols.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/venues/2021/04/venue-ventilation-pandemics
Stay on time! How not keeping to your conference schedule plays havoc with your attendees' meeting experience and satisfaction.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2019/03/stay-on-time
Tired of attendees making statements during question time? Here's how to handle a meeting question that isn't actually a question.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2019/01/handling-questions
Stop calling meetings that aren't in-person "virtual" meetings. Here's why you should call them "online" meetings instead.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2020/06/dont-call-them-virtual-meetings
Event design is not just visuals and logistics. Event design is about process design that can significantly improve meetings.
How can we incorporate exercise into event programs? Four suggestions: walking maps, standing-in-place exercise, walking sessions, and Grab!
A core claim of facial analysis technology — that it can reliably measure attendee emotions at events — is seriously flawed.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/technology/2024/06/facial-analysis-part-three
Instead of paying for an app, use participant-driven and participation-rich design techniques to make your entire conference a braindate!
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
William Gibson & Bruce Sterling's "The Difference Engine" tempts me to dream that I'm living in an alternative conference universe…
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/uncategorized/2010/02/the-difference-engine
How can we make it easy for participants to be safely and truly heard and seen at meetings?
A transcript and video of my fascinating hour conversation about peer conferences with The Meeting Doctors: Martin Duffy and Paul Nunesdea
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2024/04/peer-conferences-deep-dive
