conference centers: the serious solution

Conference Centers:

The Serious Solution

Joan Eisenstodt

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Joan Eisenstodt

Conference Centers:The Serious Solution

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eisenstodt@aol.com

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The difference between a

boring meeting …

… and a serious meeting.

Stakeholders expect more.

Facilities and groups can be more inventive

in the use of space.

CIC APEX Glossary

“A facility that provides a dedicated environment for events, especially small events. May be certified by the International Association of Conference Centers.”

IACC says:

• Capabilities

• Focus & Flexibility

• Standards

www.iacconline.org

Conference centers

• enhance learning/participation.

• are easy to use.

• make budgeting seriously easier.

• offer good surprises. *

* Environment, flexible F&B, meeting rooms with windows ….

A conference center can be

• Urban• Suburban• In a retreat-like setting• On a university campus or close

to an airport.

First:

Know your audience.

Then determine meeting objectives

Adults learn

(and participate) best

in pleasant surroundings.

Consider how the meeting environment will support the objectives.

Can serious meetings

• be held at resorts?

• properties with spas?

Conference centers support

alternative meeting formats.

Pecha Kucha

http://www.pecha-kucha.org/

http://www.cifalfindhorn.org/docs/WorldCafe_OpenSpace_Tech.pdf

World Café

traditional meeting formats.

meetings, seriously!

How will you use conference centers?

Questions & Comments

Mental Floss – www.mentalfloss.com

Dan Pink’s “A Whole New Mind”

VARK: http://www.vark-learn.com/english/index.asp

“Learning Meetings and Conferences in Practice” – Ib Ravn and Steen Elsborg

“Seating Matters: State of the Seating Arrangements” – Paul O. Radde

RESOURCES

Contact Information

Joan EisenstodtChief Strategist

Eisenstodt Associates, LLC – Washington, DCD: 202.737.7890

Email: eisenstodt@aol.comhttp://twitter.com/joaneisenstodt

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