Notices by Adrian Segar (asegar@mastodon.social)

Small is the new big in the meeting industry. Learn why and how smaller, well-designed events foster deeper connections and engagement.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2024/11/small-is-the-new-big

#SmallIsTheNewBig #MeetingDesign #EventTrends #eventprofs #NetworkingEvents

Here are the three things that conference attendees really want to know about each other.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/uncategorized/2010/06/three-things-conference-attendees-really-want-to-know-about-each-other

#TheThreeQuestions #meetings #MeetingDesign #eventprofs #assnchat

One major change as we enter the network era is that positional power may no longer be required to have influence in a network society.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/leadership/2018/06/the-declining-influence-of-leadership-positional-power-in-a-network-society

#leadership #power #HierarchicalPower #NetworkPower #influence #consulting #GigEconomy

To give everyone the opportunity to share during a meeting, you need agreement on who goes next. Online meetings pose additional challenges. Here's what to do.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2020/04/who-goes-next

#facilitation #meetings #EventDesign #WhoGoesNext #InPerson #online #options #eventprofs

We spend too much time distracting ourselves from what matters. Business models increasingly prioritize amusement over making things better.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/personal-effectiveness/2021/03/distracting-ourselves-from-what-matters

#distraction #amusements #different #choice #MakingABetterWorld

@timnitGebru I wrote "The Tyranny of TED" in 2011.

TED has only gotten worse since then.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2011/10/the-tyranny-of-ted/

"What went well?" How what happens in today's schoolrooms can teach adults the power of effective sharing in the workplace.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/learning/2018/11/kids-teach-adults-effective-sharing

#learning #education #classroom #AppreciativeInquiry #WorkplaceSharing #OrganizationalChange

"Live your life as someone who has an enduring obligation to that which has kept you alive." Wise words from Stephen Jenkinson.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/life-lessons/2017/02/how-to-live-your-life

#LifeLessons #awareness #life #death #service

@bmacDonald94 Or, as the poet David Whyte said “The person you are just about to become is a stranger to you.”

"We projected mortality for 2024 to include two waves of Covid-19, both lower than 2023, and all other mortality to be an improvement on 2023.

In the year to August 2024, rather than lower levels of mortality than in 2023, Covid-19 has led to about the same level of deaths as 2023 in aggregate, with the winter wave being significantly worse than projected, lasting longer and peaking at higher levels of deaths than predicted."

https://www.actuaries.digital/2024/12/17/mortality-in-first-eight-months-of-2024-2-higher-than-predicted/

#CovidIsNotOver #Covid #WearAMask

9 Practical Tips for Letting Go of What No Longer Serves You in a Chaotic World

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/life-lessons/2024/06/letting-go

#LettingGo #Mindfulness #MentalHealth #SelfCare #Wellness #Meditation

Considering Bluesky?

Please bear in mind that #Bluesky is:

—Funded by #BlockchainCapital:
• co-founded by Steve Bannon pal Brock Pierce, a major crypto advocate, and close friend of Eric Adams
• run in part by Kirill Dorofeev, who also works for #VK, Russia’s state social network.

—A venture-funded startup, so once they need to monetize they're likely to turn to an exploitative business model.

Sources: @davetroy, @thenexusofprivacy

@ct_bergstrom @inthehands @jenniferplusplus When I taught computer science from 1983-93 we called this approach "systems analysis", and taught students (as best we could) how to do it.

What happens these days?

How do you facilitate change?

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2011/12/how-do-you-facilitate-change

#facilitation #FacilitatingChange #SeeFeelChange #ExperienceFeelChange #eventprofs #assnchat

Read @mmasnick's end-of-2023 post on the ineffectiveness and self-sabotage of naive tech optimism.

"I recognize that part of seeing through to that kind of future, where innovation comes faster and more widely distributed than it would otherwise be, is to not fuck it up in the process."

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/29/new-years-message-moving-fast-and-breaking-things-is-the-opposite-of-tech-optimism/

There is a gulf between playing games and the gamification of events. Playing games is deeply human. Gamification is a way to make money.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2021/02/playing-games-and-gamification

#design #play #gamification #education #learning #improv #GameDev

Yet another example of the horrendous state of health care in the U.S.

From the amazing @mmasnick, bless him.

"Getting an Itemized Hospital Bill Is Basically Impossible"

https://www.thedailybeast.com/getting-an-itemized-hospital-bill-is-basically-impossible

Worldwide, #COVID19 is now likely the most common cause of death.

"Statistical analyses suggest…that in 2021, COVID-19 overtook coronary heart disease to become the world’s leading cause of death.
—Nature editorial https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-04422-9

#CovidIsNotOver #pandemic