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« Previous EntriesThe People Formerly Known as the Audience
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012When I first worked with Adrian Segar at Event Camp East Coast in 2010, I knew I’d met one of the most insightful, skilled, genuine meeting facilitators in the industry.
So after The Conference Publishers began working with the International Association of Conference Centers to host the Bright Ideas for Conference Centers webinar series, I was [...]
Content Strategy in a Newly Connected World: Free, Fee or Hybrid?
Thursday, December 22nd, 2011Should content be free or offered for a fee?
There could be a lot of revenue and visibility riding on the answer.
As content capture specialists, we spend a lot of time talking to clients about the objectives behind their meetings and the specific format and level of detail that will help them achieve those ends. [...]
Remembering What Matters
Thursday, June 16th, 2011Memo to Vancouver hockey rioters: Get a grip.
Last night, the Boston Bruins broke millions of Canadians’ hardened hockey hearts with what really was a well-deserved win in the Stanley Cup final. The street riots in downtown Vancouver began within minutes, making headlines as far away as India and Australia and gaining prominent play on the [...]
General Session Design 3.0: Keys to Your Organizational and Personal Success
Monday, August 16th, 2010Fusion Productions collaborated with Meeting Professionals International (MPI) to produce the general sessions for the 2010 World Education Congress (WEC 2010). To demonstrate its “meeting of the future” design strategy, Fusion brought in a team of world-class partners and continued to co-create through the entire production process—before, during and after the WEC.
During a Monday morning [...]
Meetings that Changed the World
Monday, August 16th, 2010Anyone who has ever worked as a meeting professional can tell you about their favorite meetings and proudest moments onsite. When planners and suppliers begin swapping those war stories, they’re usually talking about meetings that changed the world.
When Fusion Productions and The Conference Publishers set out to gather testimonials in advance of MPI’s 2010 World [...]
Venue Set-Up Can Limit Meeting Design Options
Monday, July 26th, 2010The influence of venue on a planner’s options on site is one of the hottest topics in meeting design, meeting designer John Nawn told a Monday evening session on the meeting of the future.
Too often, venues “define the kind of meetings we can have, as opposed to us designing the meeting we want and the [...]
Audience Profile Drives Technology Choices
Sunday, July 25th, 2010Before deciding dates, location and venue for a conference, meeting planners and suppliers must understand who should attend, why they would want to and what they’re most concerned about, social media specialist Paul Salinger told participants in a Sunday morning breakout session.
Salinger, vice president of marketing at Oracle Corporation, described a plethora of technologies to [...]
Case Study: The Better Buildings: Better Business Conference
Friday, July 23rd, 2010Name of Conference: Better Buildings: Better Business Conference
Host Organization: Energy Center of Wisconsin
Dates: March, 2005
Location: Wisconsin Dells, WI
Objectives:
The annual Better Buildings: Better Business Conference seeks to make midwestern United States homes more energy-efficient by delivering hands-on training workshops, technology demonstrations, and building science education to homebuilders and contractors. The Energy Center of Wisconsin conducted a [...]
Case Study: The NASC Sports Events Symposium
Thursday, July 15th, 2010Name of Conference: NASC Sports Events Symposium
Name of Organization: National Association of Sports Commissions
Dates: Annual, most recent April 13-15, 2010 in Columbus, Ohio
Objectives:
Through its annual NASC Sports Events Symposium, the National Association of Sports Commissions keeps its members up to date on trends in the sports events industry and how to maximize their resources when [...]
Meetings that Change the World
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010All this month, The Edge will carry advance and onsite coverage of MPI’s 2010 World Education Congress, July 24-27, 2010 in Vancouver. Posts are linked to an online community produced for MPI by Fusion Productions in partnership with The Conference Publishers, Clever Zebra, and master of ceremonies Glenn Thayer. Join the discussion today!
At any hour [...]