Stop the Generation XYZ baloney! Rather than start with supposed generational differences, dig deeper into the causes of changes in behavior.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/marketing-2/2012/08/stop-the-generation-xyz-baloney
[#]meetings #marketing #CognitiveSurplus #FacilitatingChange #events #eventprofs
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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
[#]facilitation #meetings #EventDesign #WhoGoesNext #InPerson #online #options #eventprofs
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Here's how 1984 turned out like 1884. And what we can do with our learning environments so that 2084 won't look like 1984.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/learning/2010/10/how-1984-turned-out-like-1884
[#]1984 #classroom #furniture #learning #seating
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Do we really need heroes?
Society often glorifies the idea of heroes—individuals who swoop in to save the day and solve seemingly insurmountable problems. But what happens when this fixation on heroism blinds us to the everyday, often invisible, work that prevents those crises from arising in the first place?
As we navigate a complex world, let’s take Rebecca Solnit’s advice to heart: "Pity the land that doesn’t know what its heroes look like."
[#]leadership #heroes
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/leadership/2025/01/heroes
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How can we minimize vendor pitches during conference sessions? You'll find that moving to a peer conference format does the trick!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/uncategorized/2010/02/minimizing-vendor-pitches-during-conference-sessions
[#]meetings #vendors #suppliers #TradeShows #pitches #events #eventprofs
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Reflections on how the decades-old motto of an association encapsulates the power and empowerment of a peer conference to change lives
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/associations-2/2019/09/i-am-crazy-but-im-not-alone
[#]meetings #EventDesign #PeerConference #community #edACCESS #eventprofs
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To belong, to hang out with people you care about, is almost always worth doing. It's also the promise of participation-rich conferences.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/connection-2/2014/02/what-it-means-to-belong
[#]meetings #EventDesign #belonging #JohnChen #SuperBowl #eventprofs
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Clients who generously give me client feedback have a special place in my heart. Here's what I learned from one client's feedback.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2024/07/value-of-client-feedback-2
[#]EventDesign #feedback #eventprofs #assnchat
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If anyone has the right to live in the United States, it's Indigenous people!
Yet, despite the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924, that explicitly gave Indigenous people U.S. birthright citizenship…
"Navajo people and enrolled members of other tribes are being detained in Phoenix and other cities by ICE," Navajo Nation Council Speaker Crystalyne Curley said…on Thursday.
https://azmirror.com/2025/01/24/reports-of-navajo-people-being-detained-in-immigration-sweeps-sparks-concern-from-tribal-leaders/
[#]ICE #indigenous #Arizona #immigration
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Some old news: "The job you'll be doing in the future hasn't been invented yet." That's been true for me since 1978!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/life-lessons/2019/04/job-invented-yet
[#]FutureOfWork #career #consulting #jobs
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Here's how the Fisch Flip sparked an idea for conference design
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2010/09/how-the-fisch-flip-sparked-an-idea-for-conference-design
[#]meetings #FischFlip #EventDesign #events #eventprofs
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What can we learn from the story of a man with no problems? More than you might think! Because, as Jerry Weinberg said: "There's always a problem!"
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/learning/2011/10/what-we-can-learn-from-the-man-who-had-no-problems
[#]facilitation #GroupWork #learning #problems #NoProblems #story
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What don't most schools teach? Make algebra, geometry, and calculus optional; teach programming to all children instead!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/learning/2013/12/what-most-schools-dont-teach-and-should
[#]education #teaching #programming #learning #school
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Sandy Pentland's research findings on social physics and meetings echo the focus of my meeting design work for over thirty years
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2014/05/social-physics-and-meetings
[#]meetings #EventDesign #SocialPhysics #SandyPentland #CollectiveIntelligence #eventprofs
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Attendance versus participation. There are more chances than ever to attend a conference, but all of them require participation if you expect them to work.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2014/01/attendance-versus-participation
[#]meetings #conferences #EventDesign #attendance #participation #eventprofs
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Do we really need heroes?
Society often glorifies the idea of heroes—individuals who swoop in to save the day and solve seemingly insurmountable problems. But what happens when this fixation on heroism blinds us to the everyday, often invisible, work that prevents those crises from arising in the first place?
As we navigate a complex world, let’s take Rebecca Solnit’s advice to heart: "Pity the land that doesn’t know what its heroes look like."
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/leadership/2025/01/heroes
[#]leadership #heroes
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Have you ever expressed your feelings in public at a conference? Conferences That Work provide a safe environment for sharing how you feel.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/uncategorized/2010/04/expressing-our-feelings-in-public
[#]meetings #EventDesign #safety #feelings #emotions #sharing #agreements #eventprofs
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We'll all get a lot more out of our events when we practice wirearchy, not hierarchy. I encourage you to join me.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2012/10/wirearchy-not-hierarchy
[#]meetings #EventDesign #hierarchy #wirearchy #eventprofs #events
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"Are you out there?" Dar Williams' 1997 song about audiences' and humans' desire for connection speaks eloquently to today's events industry.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2024/07/are-you-out-there
[#]EventDesign #community #eventprofs #events #TrueFans #DarWilliams
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Integrating participation into conference sessions to improve learning and connection. Simon Waddell interviews me at EIBTM 2012.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/interviews/2012/12/integrating-participation-into-conference-sessions-to-improve-learning-and-connection
[#]meetings #participation #learning #connection #improvement #interview #events #eventprofs
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