How will the new patron economy impact events? We will see volunteers increasingly becoming patrons of meetings of communities of practice.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2011/03/patron-economy-impact-events-2
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Hey teachers and event professionals: we have lots in common because a class is a meeting! That's why I wrote this critique of a 2022 webinar on effective teaching.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2022/09/a-class-is-a-meeting
I was honored to be included on MeetingsNet’s annual Changemaker list, which "recognizes 20 outstanding meetings professionals…"
When everyone shares at a meeting, someone has to start! Here are options for determining who goes first for both single and multiple-group scenarios.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2020/04/who-goes-first
The Association for Software Testing issued a free guide to creating peer conferences. I contributed suggestions and it's well worth a look!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2020/01/free-peer-conference-guide
We often let the tech tail wag the event dog. Instead, incorporate processes & formats that improve the quality and value of learning.
What can meeting designers learn from religious services? Here are five religious meeting design features that can improve any meeting.
How to use a two sides fishbowl to explore opposing viewpoints in a group
Four important truths about conference evaluations, illustrated via an association post-conference evaluation review
I'm seeing evidence that for-profits are muscling in on association events. Is my experience an anomaly—or the start of a long-term trend?
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/associations-2/2025/01/association-events-for-profits
Who gets your information when you register at an event? Are you bothered that you don't know how your registration information will be used?
Here are some thoughts about hybrid meetings and the future, when I expect to be designing two kinds of hybrid meetings.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2020/09/covid-19-hybrid-meetings-future
Knowing and not knowing at conferences through the lens of Mary Oliver’s poetry, where metrics meet wonder, connection, and the intangible
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2024/12/knowing
The meeting industry's biggest dirty secret is so embarrassing, we don't even talk about it in private.
Don’t feel that you need to provide entertainment at meetings regardless of circumstances. Undistracted free time is valuable too!
How to improve our conferences, both in-person and online, by designing hallway learning into our meeting sessions.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/learning/2022/01/the-hallway-of-learning
Traditional conferences are dying like music albums did. Peer conferences allow us to create events that truly meet participants' wants and needs.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2015/05/traditional-conferences-dying
Here's what I learned about event professionals at EventCamp East Coast.
Nick Martin of Denmark's workshopbank interviews me about how to design events that get amazing participant feedback.
Leaving a good conference is like leaving a beautiful beach vacation. You don't want to go and leave the new friends you've made.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2010/03/leaving-a-conference