A new report commissioned by the Professional Convention Management Association Education Foundation pulls together practical advice from academic research on improving group dynamics and interaction, inspiring innovation, and maximizing performance at meetings....More
The second whitepaper released as part of the Meeting Professionals International Future of Meetings project should really get you thinking. There’s participant-driven content (brainjams), a doubting Thomas (calling it “neuro”-something doesn’t make it science), and the prediction that future attendees will pay for only what they get out of your meeting....More
The International Association of Exhibitions and Events will co-locate its Midyear Meeting with ASAE: The Center for Association Leadership’s annual meeting next August in Atlanta....More
A wallflower. A bystander. A fly on the wall. When an association management team is doing its job, these types of meeting attendees are a thing of the past....More
Under RCMA's new leadership, and with lots of feedback from the faith-based meetings community, RCMA’s 41st annual conference is being reshaped to deliver a fresh, exciting, and productive experience for attendees and exhibitors....More
I've gone to quite a few conferences for people who provide continuing medical education now, and while these folks are experts in adult education (in many cases, they literally have written books on it), I can't tell you how many times I've seen the ......More
This Wired article, while it's talking about using the "flipped classroom" format for students, easily can be applied to adult learning as well. The biggest drawback to asking people to do the information transfer first, then use face-to-face time to ......More
What happens if the face-to-face meeting you want to translate to a virtual event doesn’t follow a standard format? Can an "unconference" be virtual?...More
Adding a virtual component to your live meeting requires homework, teamwork, patience, and persistence. But the payoff was big for Thrivent Financial's National Sales Meeting....More
When major hiccups emerged at the end of EventCamp Twin Cities 2011 (ECTC11) last week, organizers turned an almost comically bad moment into a learning opportunity....More
The Green Meeting Industry Council is promising some outside-the-box programming at its annual Sustainable Meetings Conference, February 20–23 in Portland, Ore....More
