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Laurent Haug on The Future of Conferences

March 10, 2010

in Future of Conferences

Laurent Haug (blog, twitter), French entrepreneur and founder of the LIFT Conference (Switzerland, France, Korea), thinks there are three main directions that are influencing the Future of Conferences: conferences need to be more porous, come back to the moment and decentralize. These phenomenon move in separate directions or axis and pose extremely relevant challenges to [...]

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The Post-Orgasmic Effect of Conferences (aka Event Refractory Period)

December 26, 2009

in Basics, Interview

Before the conference: you promote and try to sell. During the conference: you engage with people and generate real-time buzz. After the conference: you disappear… until you will have to promote your next event. This often involuntary behavior is comparable to the refractory period after sexual intercourse or “the recovery phase after orgasm during [...]

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[video] Jasper Bouwsma on what makes a Remarkable Conference

June 13, 2009

in Future of Conferences, Interview, Tips

Last Tuesday I met Jasper Bouwsma at a new European event, I Realize – The Art of Disruption. Jasper is the founder of Vujàdé Ltd, a company that provides consultancy services to start-ups and established companies on innovation processes and change management and serves as an incubator for new ideas.
Jasper has attended many innovative conferences [...]

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[video] Robin Good on the Future of Conferences

May 21, 2009

in Future of Conferences, Ideas, Interview

I asked the famous online entrepreneur Robin Good from Master New Media his opinion on what is going to be the future of conferences.
In this first part he describes how a conference is going to be “extended”:
Starting way before the physical event (if there is one) and lasting a long time after the event is [...]

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