Do you have an annually recurring conference? Then you know you will meet those people who have always attended your conference each and every time. The faces and personalities of those loyal delegates can give you and other attendees an almost familiar, comforting feeling. Should you treat these loyal attendees any different from other attendees? […]
Meeting Design is the hype of the day, but the demand for interaction is as old as the road to Rome. After thirty years of experience as a meeting architect and as the author of a manifesto on this subject – written ten years ago! – I have come to the unfortunate conclusion that we […]
Can you still remember when the Al Gore’s movie an Inconvenient Truth was released? It has had great impact on the growing awareness for the importance of sustainability both for businesses and for our personal lives. But this important moment in history is already 11 years ago, yet the impact still echo’s on till this […]
Organising meetings, conferences, fairs, sessions or any other kind of meeting is always a combination of the available resources and the human factor. Not just for the planners themselves, but definitely also for specialised suppliers. The resources such as your budget, a location, AV equipment, catering, meeting materials etc., are often clearly set out or […]
Some see it as a reward for good performance, for others it is daylight robbery or fraud. Commission. It is always a popular topic between meeting professionals and there is always a lively discussion about how it is used, justified and what the proportions are. Commission is as old as the road to Rome and […]
There are so many reasons why multi- city meetings could become the next big thing in the meeting industry. It will at least become a new niche market and it may even be disruptive to certain segments of the business. So all of us had better pay some attention to this phenomenon. Key issues like […]
How a layout determined the success of the reception of asylum seekers. […]
Long, long ago a large association started a gathering of its members and called it ‘the Annual Congress’. The congress was the group’s high mass and it kept growing, as auditoria, screens and loudspeakers became big¬ger. For a few decades, however, some mysterious ‘interaction’ had been floating around its meeting rooms like a ghost. A […]
Everyone tells you ‘the conference must innovate’, yet everyone is afraid to change … Here are seven steps to finally get things moving, without risking your neck! Make a plan Step back and look at this project from a long-term perspective. Such a process of change requires at least three years. You start small and […]
Most associations organise their conferences in the same way. There is a scientific or conference committee that is responsible for the programme. It is given or chooses a topic and focuses rather quickly on scientists as potential speakers, selected, or not, after a request for abstracts or proposals. One rarely thinks about other stakeholders. Thus, […]
