As every month, the Conference Basics Newsletter introduces an event organizer from around the world. The latest edition featured Marcello Merlo, Conference Director of Frontiers of Interaction.
Marcello Merlo is the Conference Director of Frontiers of Interaction (disclaimer: I was Frontiers’ Conference Director in 2010 and am now involved as an advisor), which organizes its main event in …
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Charlie Todd created Improv Everywhere, which defines itself as “a New York City-based prank collective that causes scenes of chaos and joy in public places”. At TEDxBloomington, Charlie presents some of the their most famous projects and the inspiration behind them.
Funny and intense, it shows how to create shared experiences, a necessary ingredient for …
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Lovely video shot at Burning Man 2011 based on famous writer of children books Dr. Seuss’s final book before his death. Oh, the Places You’ll Go! deals with life and its challenges, ups and downs and how to get over them. The video-story acts also as a presentation of at least one of the sides …
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Rarely have I seen such a clear and useful way to represent the event strategy of a company. Michelle Thorne (blog, twitter) of the Mozilla Foundation (the guys behind the web browser Firefox among other things) has recently published the Mozilla Event Menu, and overview of different event formats they will be acting throughout the …
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Selling tickets on Facebook is a natural step towards providing a service (selling tickets) where the users are already present (Facebook is expected to reach 1 billion users by August 2012, link). Most big online ticketing platforms (Eventbrite, Amiando, Ticketea) already offer the possibility to add a ticket module to Facebook pages and I’ve …
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Unfortunately, most presentations –at corporations, conferences, etc– are like this. Boring, irrelevant, forgettable, useless… a total waste of time. This video offers a funny reminder and also a guide of the usual things you should avoid.
Video created by Habitudes for Communicators, who have recently launched a book with tips for avoiding presentations like the one …
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Creating “interactive experiences” is essential for live events, be them face-to-face (f2f), virtual) or hybrid (a mix of f2f and virtual). Interactive experiences are one of the reasons that justifies being present, a way to connect attendees with each other, with the content and with the speakers.
Creating interactive experiences is also an over-hyped expression …
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Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a rather abused concept and often it means using tricks and not real value to make your content more findable on search engines, but there are a few things that are smart to increase discoverability (the possibility of your event being found).
The main search engines, including Bing, Google, Yahoo!, have …
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During 2011 I’ve organized a couple of events, spoke at 5 or 6 and attended in total more than 20 in 8 different countries, big and small, including international conferences, seminars, meet-ups , gatherings and university lectures. Many are still playing it safe in an industry which is heavily influenced by outdated principles of the …
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The upcoming issue of The Conference Basics Tribune newsletter (subscribe now!) will feature, among other things, this young (19 y.o.) and passionate conference organizer that’s already rocking it: Ricardo Sousa (web, twitter)
I met Ricardo back in April when he invited me to speak at his SWITCH Conference (web, twitter) in Oporto, Portugal. I was surprised …
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