Good meeting processes can fail when they serve the wrong purpose. We need to design participatory meetings that move beyond collecting input to creating real engagement.

Good meeting processes can fail when they serve the wrong purpose. We need to design participatory meetings that move beyond collecting input to creating real engagement.
Good meeting processes can fail when they serve the wrong purpose. We need to design participatory meetings that move beyond collecting input to creating real engagement.
In 2009, the biologist E.O. Wilson described what he saw as humanity's problem. I think it’s also a fundamental meeting problem.
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Good meeting processes can fail when they serve the wrong purpose. We need to design participatory meetings that move beyond collecting input to creating real engagement.
Instead of paying for an app, use participant-driven and participation-rich design techniques to make your entire conference a braindate!
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Good meeting processes can fail when they serve the wrong purpose. We need to design participatory meetings that move beyond collecting input to creating real engagement.
Good meeting processes can fail when they serve the wrong purpose. We need to design participatory meetings that move beyond collecting input to creating real engagement.
Do you treat your conference attendees as adults? Give them the freedom to question, comment, make suggestions, and influence what happens!
"Interaction is at the heart of cognition," say 28 scientists. I think they're right—and it's at the heart of events too!
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Satisfying wants and needs at meetings is what I do. But there's a subtle interplay between wants and needs at my conferences that isn't obvious.
My and others' experiences and lessons learned when I facilitated an online workshop using the Gatherly meeting platform.
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Here are the three things that conference attendees really want to know about each other.
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Don’t feel that you need to provide entertainment at meetings regardless of circumstances. Undistracted free time is valuable too!
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The German polymath, geographer, naturalist, and explorer Alexander von Humboldt was a meeting designer way ahead of his time!
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"There are no wrong answers to these questions." That's the most important instruction I give when I introduce The Three Questions.
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Small is the new big in the meeting industry. Learn why and how smaller, well-designed events foster deeper connections and engagement.
Is Conferences That Work the right choice for every meeting? No! Here are five reasons not to use a Conferences That Work meeting design.
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