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Five fundamental questions about conference design
No one expects that every conference attendee will have the same needs as every other participant and contribute an equal amount to the event. Each of us has a unique set of interests, knowledge, and...
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Process, not product
“We shape our buildings, then our buildings shape us.” —Winston Churchill For about ten years I had a piece of paper thumbtacked at eye level on my office wall. It said: Process, not product. I needed...
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The center of inattention
I like being the center of inattention. —Sparrow I love Sparrow’s aphorisms, but this one especially snagged my heart. It speaks of the space I inhabit when I facilitate effectively—becoming a creator...
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Re-envisage event technology to significantly improve your events
Revolution doesn’t happen when society adopts new technologies—it happens when society adopts new behaviors. —Clay Shirky, Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations I feel...
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Convenings 2.0: Connecting adult learning, communication strategies and event...
“The W.K. Kellogg Foundation is a relationship-based and an event-based organization. We love to bring our grantees together so they can learn, network and share best practices.” — Sterling Speirn,...
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Event Technology: Don’t Reinvent The Wheel
My November 2013 column for The Meeting Professional: Meeting Professionals International’s member magazine. Read the full article at Conferences That Work Related posts: Re-envisage event technology...
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From broadcast to learning in 25 minutes
Last week’s Green Meetings Industry Council’s 2014 Sustainable Meetings Conference opened with a one-hour keynote panel: The Value of Sustainability Across Brands, Organizations and Sectors....
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Should Linda go to TradConf or PartConf?
Ask me about an environment for learning and I recall sitting in a classroom full of ancient wooden desks, hinged lids inscribed with the penknife carvings, initials, and crude drawings of generations...
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Knowing what you’re going to draw
Do you know what to draw? Perhaps — if someone has told you to draw it. Do you know what you’re going to draw? That’s a different question. It implies that you have some agency to draw what and how...
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