Engagement or perfection? A meeting may seem perfect—but something is missing… Don't promise perfect, promise engagement.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2015/04/promise-engagement-at-your-meetings-not-perfection

If we do not change the way attendees come together at events, we will never step up to the power and accountability that is within our grasp.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2011/02/come-together-at-events

We need to re-envisage event technology to significantly improve our events

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/technology/2013/08/re-envisage-event-technology-to-significantly-improve-your-events

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

You're invited!
Join the Purple Line team this spring for the 14th round of virtual CAT meetings to learn about the Purple Line Progress. Hear updates from MTA Maryland, PLTP, & MTS, with recorded replays of the meetings available the next day.
️Want to become a Purple Line CAT member?
Email: outreach@purplelinemd.com
️The Purple Line public meetings calendar can be found here https://www.purplelinemd.com/public-meetings-events/ #montgomerycountymd #purplelinemd #meetings #mdcommuters

How can you be certain to bring your event app jewels to my rapt attention? Here are 5 simple tips on how to market event apps to me.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/satire/2014/07/5-tips-on-how-to-market-event-apps-to-me

Which meeting design books should I buy? Here's a short overview of five books I recommend, so you can learn which meet your wants and needs.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2020/08/meeting-design-books

We need less perfection and more risky learning at our events, to avoid meetings that are invariably safe at the expense of effectiveness

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2015/07/less-perfection-more-risky-learning

Don't overlook locals who can help you book meetings and conferences for your destination, through their own association memberships. The tourism team in Grand Rapids, Michigan inspired my latest blog post:

https://www.tourismcurrents.com/locals-help-you-book-meetings-conferences/

To give everyone the opportunity to share during a meeting, you need agreement on who goes next. Online meetings pose additional challenges. Here's what to do.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2020/04/who-goes-next

Your meeting evaluations may not be reliable because attendees are biased toward easy feedback. To minimize this, focus on the intangible aspects of the event experience.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2013/06/meeting-evaluations-reliable

#GutenMorgen zusammen!
Wenn ihr heute auch in langen #Meetings steckt, ist hoffentlich genug #Kaffee da.

(Für heute wäre mir auch noch Piano Reeves eingefallen, aber das ist nicht so gut zu zeichnen)

What's the best way to fundamentally improve a dull conference? Facilitate the discovery of interesting people, ideas, and resources!

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2018/02/improve-dull-conference

There are many reasons why you should hold multi-day events, and I share six of them in this post.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2011/02/six-reasons-you-should-hold-multi-day-events

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

Not my video, but true

Four hundred scientists walk into a conference. And perhaps improve the health of the lands and waters on which all our lives depend.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2018/03/two-scientists-walk-into-a-conference

How do you see leadership and management roles play out in your meetings? What works, what doesn't?

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/leadership/2011/04/leadership-management-and-meetings

How can we better support event professionals? Some thoughts from a 2010 chat that are still relevant today.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-professionals/2010/08/how-can-we-better-support-event-professionals

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