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segar.com
Stop networking at meetings! Instead, use formats that encourage and support connection around relevant content in the sessions.

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#meetings #improvement #networking #connection #eventprofs #assnchat
A pointillistic illustration of people networking at meetings (and maybe connecting too)
November 1, 2026 at 9:30 PM
globalcrowds.bsky.social
4/4
#GCMA #USA #TurnItPink #PinkBowsFoundation #Crowds #Events #CrowdProfs #EventProfs #GlobalCrowds
October 29, 2026 at 4:34 PM
segar.com
How are group culture and event leadership interlinked? Organic leadership can create an event environment that empowers people.

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#leadership #meetings #events #culture #influence #eventprofs
Photograph of a group of three Playmobile model firefighters facing each other. Photo attribution: Flickr user bdld
October 31, 2026 at 10:01 PM
everwall.com
Your conference social wall needs an owner before it needs an audience.

Assign moderators, test the screens, load sponsor assets, and plan posting prompts.

#Eventprofs
October 28, 2026 at 4:00 PM
segar.com
Your meeting evaluations may not be reliable because attendees are biased toward easy feedback. Instead, focus on the intangible aspects of the event experience.

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#evaluations #ROI #events #eventprofs
are meeting evaluations reliable? drawing of a five smiley face evaluation scale: 4 "love love love", 2 "meh", 0 "hate hate hate"
November 1, 2026 at 12:30 PM
segar.com
When you stop seeing events as rituals, you open up a whole new realm of possibilities to make your conferences memorable.

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#meetings #EventDesign #MemorableConferences #spectacle #ritual #eventprofs
make conferences memorable: a screenshot of the iconic "JK Wedding Dance" video on Youtube
October 30, 2026 at 2:30 PM
v-u-this.bsky.social
Know exactly where you stand.
Everyone sees the count change the moment it does.
Open vuthis.com on a screen and show it from your phone. No apps, no cables.
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#EventProfs #Counter
November 2, 2026 at 1:59 PM
peerx.ai
What waits for you: booking any vendor, spending past a budget category, sending any document to your client, changing the timeline in the last two weeks before the event. The agent drafts. #weddingplanner #eventprofs General information, not legal advice.
November 2, 2026 at 7:27 AM
segar.com
An interview with journalist Jeff Jarvis highlights some of the fascinating parallels in the ways that journalism and events are evolving

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#journalism #EventDesign #events #meetings #JeffJarvis #eventprofs
journalism and events: Photograph of journalist Jeff Jarvis being interviewed
November 1, 2026 at 3:30 PM
globalcrowds.bsky.social
4/4
Thank you to the Working With Crowds team for such thorough work in service of our profession.

Access it, here 👉 www.workingwithcrowds.com/astroworld-page-1/

#GCMA #USA #Astroworld #WorkingWithCrowds #CrowdManagement #EventSafety #CaseStudy #Crowds #Events #CrowdProfs #EventProfs #GlobalCrowds
Astroworld Page 1 - Working With Crowds
Astroworld Festival · Houston, Texas In Memoriam In memory of the ten people who lost their lives following the Astroworld Festival tragedy in Houston, Texas, on 5 November 2021. Axel Acosta Mirza Dan...
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November 2, 2026 at 1:59 PM
segar.com
A reprint of the start of Kelsey Ogletree's CONNECT article "How We Learn: Books That Changed Meetings" about my first book

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#EventDesign #book #review #learning #change #meetings #events #eventprofs
"How We Learn: Books That Changed Meetings" article cover from CONNECT magazine January/February 2014.
November 2, 2026 at 12:30 AM
segar.com
Develop products and services with clients at conferences so company representatives and participants can work on possible future directions and outcomes

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#meetings #EventDesign #ClientConference #ProductDesign #ProductDevelopment #eventprofs
A black-and-white photograph of a smiling British police officer wearing a helmet and multiple items of equipment around his body.
October 29, 2026 at 11:30 AM
segar.com
I was honored to be included on MeetingsNet’s annual Changemaker list, which "recognizes 20 outstanding meetings professionals…"

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#meetings #EventDesign #MeetingsNet #award #changemaker #eventprofs
MeetingsNet’s annual Changemaker list: photograph of Adrian Segar in front of the Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen, Denmark
October 31, 2026 at 2:30 PM
segar.com
How to run a human spectrogram map that allows participants to quickly discover others who live or work near them — plus some new ideas I haven't tried yet!

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#meetings #EventDesign #HumanSpectrogram #map #BodyVoting #eventprofs
A map of the United States with a location pin labeled "We are here!"
October 28, 2026 at 8:30 PM
segar.com
How well do 4-hour lectures work? Not well! Instead, use flipped classroom and active learning to help students learn better.

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#learning #lectures #FlippedClassroom #MedicalSchool #eventprofs
How well do 4-hour lectures work: photograph of a college classroom full of students staring forward toward the front of the room
November 1, 2026 at 11:01 PM
peerx.ai
AI has risks and all actors must be accountable, the OECD says: those operating AI systems should be held accountable for their proper functioning. Our reading: a person checks each AI draft before it goes out. #AIethics #eventprofs General information, not legal advice.
October 30, 2026 at 7:16 AM
segar.com
Would you like to create breakthrough meeting designs? Here's how Elementary Meetings suggest environments for participation at events.

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#meetings #EventDesign #ElementaryMeetings #metaphors #events #eventprofs
create breakthrough meeting designs: photograph from above of the end of a hockey match with the players going through a handshake line. Photo attribution: Flickr user clydeorama
October 31, 2026 at 5:30 PM
segar.com
Almost all attendees prefer a real-time, interactive, relevant conference experience to a traditional, broadcast-heavy event!

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#meetings #broadcast #Olympics #NBC #streaming #EventDesign #events #eventprofs
canned or live content: screenshot of tweet from @NormanChad "In effort to realize record profits from Rio 2016, NBC to become first network to air more than 60 minutes of commercials in a single hour."
November 1, 2026 at 8:00 PM
segar.com
Small is Beautiful: Conferences As If People Mattered

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#meetings #events #small #beautiful #eventprofs
Small is Beautiful. Photograph of crowded shelves at a convenience store. Image attribution: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dcmaster/ / CC BY-NC 2.0
October 29, 2026 at 2:30 PM
segar.com
Here are eight pieces of information needed for event design before a meeting designer can commence their work.

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#meetings #MeetingDesign #InformationNeeds #eventprofs #assnchat
An illustration of two people sitting at a table facing each other while they share information needed for event design.
October 27, 2026 at 8:30 PM
interimcoo.bsky.social
Catering food costs spike when you prep to an inflated guarantee plus safety stock. Contract a prep-to number and price the guarantee window explicitly. https://businessconsultant.services/small-business-operations-questions/catering-companies/ #Catering #EventProfs #Hospitality #FoodService
Where Does Event Size Stop Paying? Ten operations questions for catering companies.
October 29, 2026 at 8:22 PM
segar.com
What's the best way to hold a discussion online? I explain how to use the tried-and-true in-person fishbowl process online.

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#facilitation #online #discussion #HowTo #fishbowl #FishbowlSandwich #Zoom #eventprofs
best way to hold a discussion online: a screenshot of a Zoom participant gallery. Participants currently in the online fishbowl have their cameras on; everyone else's camera is turned off.
October 31, 2026 at 11:30 AM
segar.com
Good design can improve a humble bucket. Good meeting design can radically improve conferences. Why not add it to your bucket list?

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#meetings #EventDesign #redesign #eventprofs
an illustration of an improved redesign of a bucket
October 28, 2026 at 11:30 AM
segar.com
Bandwidth that's sufficient for basic tasks like checking email should be available for free at every event. That's my Event Wi-Fi manifesto.

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#meetings #free #Wi-Fi #manifesto #events #eventprofs
Wi-Fi Manifesto: photograph of a brick wall with a chalk drawing labeled "FREE Wi-Fi". Photo attribution: Flickr user waitingpictures
October 29, 2026 at 8:30 PM
peerx.ai
Move-in: installing an exhibit or equipment. Move-out: the dates set for dismantling, also called tear down, break down or, in Australia, bump out. From the Events Industry Council's glossary. #eventprofs #eventplanning General information, not legal advice.
October 28, 2026 at 7:30 AM