conference centers: the serious solution
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Conference Centers:
The Serious Solution
Joan Eisenstodt
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Today’s Speaker
Joan Eisenstodt
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Conference Centers:The Serious Solution
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The difference between a
boring meeting …
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GIVEN
Facilities and groups can be more inventive
in the use of space.
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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.”
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IACC says:
• Capabilities
• Focus & Flexibility
• Standards
www.iacconline.org
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Conference centers
• enhance learning/participation.
• are easy to use.
• make budgeting seriously easier.
• offer good surprises. *
* Environment, flexible F&B, meeting rooms with windows ….
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A conference center can be
• Urban• Suburban• In a retreat-like setting• On a university campus or close
to an airport.
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Adults learn
(and participate) best
in pleasant surroundings.
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Consider how the meeting environment will support the objectives.
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Can serious meetings
• be held at resorts?
• properties with spas?
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Conference centers support
alternative meeting formats.
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Pecha Kucha
20x20
http://www.pecha-kucha.org/
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http://www.cifalfindhorn.org/docs/WorldCafe_OpenSpace_Tech.pdf
World Café
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Conference centers support
traditional meeting formats.
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Conference centers support
meetings, seriously!
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How will you use conference centers?
Questions & Comments
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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
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Contact Information
Joan EisenstodtChief Strategist
Eisenstodt Associates, LLC – Washington, DCD: 202.737.7890
Email: [email protected]://twitter.com/joaneisenstodt
Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/joaneisenstodt t
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