A mythodology is an erroneous but commonly held belief about how something should be done. Here are nine mythodologies about conferences.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2018/05/nine-conference-mythodologies
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How you program conferences depends (or ought to) on your answer to the question: Do conference attendees know what they want?
I disagree with the sentiment on this mug: the slogan "less meetings more doing"
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2017/03/less-meetings-more-doing-nope
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.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2024/07/value-of-client-feedback-1
Want to significantly improve your meetings? A Participate! Workshop equips your organization with the tools needed to transform its events.
#meetings #EventDesign #Participate! #workshop #MeetingImprovement #tools #eventprofs #assnchat
Today, the most successful conferences are micro conferences. So produce for and market to a micro conference market.
How can we entwine content and connection during an online conference? I share an example from an online conference I designed and facilitated.
Meeting planners try to minimize surprises. But incorporating planned surprises into our events can improve attendees' experience and learning. Here are three examples.
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What's the biggest unconference mistake you can make? Probably, adding an unconference track to a conventional conference program!
Being Schooled: Inside a Conference That Works is one of the best descriptions I've read of the opening of a peer conference
Here's how the Fisch Flip sparked an idea for conference design
A Conference Weavers session encourages reflection & reinforces learning by publicly sharing thoughts & impressions from event experiences
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/presentations/2012/04/conference-weavers
Knowledge increasingly resides in our social networks. Are your conferences designed for a connection economy or an industrial economy?
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2016/03/conferences-connection-economy
This video of a Personal Introspective illustrates why I love conference facilitation and design
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2019/04/love-meeting-facilitation-design
Broadcast-style teaching has many shortcomings. So don't use it at your events! Here are three better alternatives to the conference lecture.
Tips for organizing Pecha Kucha sessions. PowerPoint or Keynote or both? Selection criteria, templates, fonts, and merging.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/presentations/2011/09/organizing-pecha-kucha-sessions
For the funeral of my wife's beloved Tai Chi teacher, I was asked to facilitate connection with distant friends & students. Here's what I did.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/connection-2/2016/08/facilitating-connection
What can we learn about conference design from the Mars Rover and cognitive science? Create events that feed curiosity!
Discover what attendees want to talk about with Post It! for all the attendees at an event, breakout groups, or a single conference session
A glossary of 38 conference participation techniques that I cover in my book "The Power of Participation".
