Short-term traditional meeting evaluations are unreliable. They tell you nothing about the long-term effects of a session. We can do better.
Short-term traditional meeting evaluations are unreliable. They tell you nothing about the long-term effects of a session. We can do better.
A casual remark during a client debrief teaches me how to improve the human spectrogram maps I've been running for decades.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2025/04/human-spectrogram-maps
Develop products and services with clients at conferences so company representatives and participants can work on possible future directions and outcomes
Meetings are more important than you think. Why? Because meetings are central to our being and our understanding of ourselves.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2017/01/meetings-more-important
Virtual meetings lower costs. Yet I believe that the unique benefits of face-to-face meetings are still valuable.
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
A casual remark during a client debrief teaches me how to improve the human spectrogram maps I've been running for decades.
#eventdesign #IncrementalImprovement #HumanSpectrograms #newpost
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2025/04/human-spectrogram-maps
Beware of "experiential" events that are just razzle-dazzle. Instead, design events that provide truly useful and meaningful experiences.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2018/12/experiential-events-razzle-dazzle
A casual remark during a client debrief teaches me how to improve the human spectrogram maps I've been running for decades.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2025/04/human-spectrogram-maps
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
Meeting planners put too much energy and resources into "cosmetic" conferences and too little into the format and underlying process.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2014/06/cosmetic-conferences
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
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 casual remark during a client debrief teaches me how to improve the human spectrogram maps I've been running for decades.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2025/04/human-spectrogram-maps
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 casual remark during a client debrief teaches me how to improve the human spectrogram maps I've been running for decades.
#newpost #eventdesign #IncrementalImprovement #HumanSpectrograms
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2025/04/human-spectrogram-maps