Adrian Segar
I design & facilitate conferences that ➠ what folks want/need
🔸 Author of 3 meeting design books
🔸 ❤️ 2 🎤🕺🏻🧘♂️
🔸 Recovering academic
🔸 @ASegar@mastodon.social
🔸 Marlboro, VT, USA; Work globally
🔸 Everything about me: conferencesthatwork.com
- Stop networking at meetings! Instead, use formats that encourage and support connection around relevant content in the sessions. www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/ev... #meetings #improvement #networking #connection #eventprofs #assnchat
- How do you crowdsource a conference program in real time? I explain, using the 2017 Haute Dokimazo #unconference in Austin, TX as an example. www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/ev... #EventDesign #TheThreeQuestions #crowdsourcing #eventprofs
- Never Run Out of Ideas: Lessons Learned from Writing 1000+ Blog Posts www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/wr... #writing #creativity #ideas #NewIdeas
- Here are Jerry Weinberg's ten laws of trust from his fantastic book "The Secrets of Consulting", published 40 years ago and still in print www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/un... #consulting #trust #laws #SecretsOfConsulting #JerryWeinberg #wisdom
- My social media profiles mention that I'm a recovering academic. What do I mean by that, and why do I think it's important? www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/le... #recovery #academic #creativity #thinking #feeling
- Give attendees experiences, not things, at your events. Doing so fosters connection between participants and motivates FOMO. www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/ev... #meetings #EventDesign #experiences #connection #NotSchwag #motivation #FOMO #eventprofs
- Sometimes, letting silence grow for a while is the right thing to do. That's why we need to become comfortable with silence at meetings. www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/ev... #meetings #EventDesign #facilitation #silence #eventprofs