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Jun
21

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How to minimize event no-shows


At our latest TEDxStockholm event we experienced what almost all event organizers also do: a lot of people have signed up to attend just don’t arrive for the event. We had 150 seats available and since we were met with lots of enthusiasm when we announced the event, we were worried about having to turn away many. So we clearly wrote in all invitation posts and emails that you had to apply for a seat and we would send out confirmations on the Friday before the event on Sunday, June 13. Shelby Bonnie speaking. What you don’t see here are [...]



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Jun
18

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Updated conference and speaker tips


I have now expanded and updated these two posts: Presentation skills Do’s and Don’ts and Conferences Do’s and Don’ts In these new versions I have added lots of tips based on my recent participation in big conferences like Rework the World in Tällberg with 1700 attendees, where I also moderated one of the workshops, and TEDxStockholm LOVE2010 with 150 people. I want to improve the formats of conferences and the way we present and interact at them. So please read my updated posts and post your comments!



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Dec
16

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Conferences Do’s and Don’ts


                                                     Updated Dec 6, 2012 This is a long post, but it is my hopefully inspiring accumulation of many years of experiences from attending and organizing conferences. So bear with me, here is an updated version after attending LeWeb 2012: Conferences have not changed their basic formats much in the last 30 years. They are still mostly about one-way communication: a guy (yes, too often a male)  telling you his views on things and showing [...]



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