Part 1: The Conference Program is Dead! Long Live the Conference Program!
CHAPTER 1: Meetings that aren’t
What if you went to a meeting and nobody met?
So what’s new in this book?
CHAPTER 2: Why you need to crowdsource meeting content
An experiment
Can we do better than 10–20% satisfaction?
Crowdsourcing meeting sessions works!
An event crowdsourcing success story
What event crowdsourcing is and isn’t
CHAPTER 3: The three types of event crowdsourcing
Program crowdsourcing
Session crowdsourcing
Future crowdsourcing
Is program crowdsourcing always successful?
CHAPTER 4: Why we shouldn’t try to predict what attendees want to learn
Low expectations!
Timeliness
Traditional meetings’ key problem
Many important topics for discussion only get discovered at the event
When is predetermined meeting content appropriate?
CHAPTER 5: The pros and cons of high-tech crowdsourcing
A quick overview of high-tech crowdsourcing
High-tech pre-conference “crowdsourcing”
Why you should use low-/no-tech crowdsourcing rather than an ARS
When is high-tech crowdsourcing appropriate?
CHAPTER 6: Wishes
Part 2: How To Crowdsource Events Right
CHAPTER 7: Introduction to crowdsourcing techniques
CHAPTER 8: How to use this compendium of crowdsourcing techniques
How this compendium is organized
Choosing appropriate crowdsourcing techniques
Preparing to use a technique
How each technique chapter is structured
CHAPTER 9: Techniques by goal
introduce attendees to each other:
uncover topics of interest to participants:
explore topics and learn from peers:
introduce new topics:
evaluate sessions or a conference:
poll attendees:
plan for the future:
solve problems:
CHAPTER 10: Techniques by conference phase
Openers
Middles
Endings
CHAPTER 11: Techniques by group size
CHAPTER 12: Techniques by time needed
CHAPTER 13: Techniques glossary
CHAPTER 14: Introduction to program crowdsourcing
CHAPTER 15: Important design considerations for program crowdsourcing
Scheduling considerations for crowdsourced sessions
Time considerations for crowdsourced sessions
Space considerations for crowdsourced sessions
Read Chapter 24!
The biggest program crowdsourcing mistake you can make
CHAPTER 16: Badgesourcing
Description
When to use badgesourcing
Resources
How to run badgesourcing
CHAPTER 17: Crowdsourcing ideas throughout an event
Description
When to crowdsource ideas
Resources for crowdsourcing ideas
How to crowdsource ideas throughout an event
CHAPTER 18: The Three Questions
Description
When to run The Three Questions
Resources needed
Development of The Three Questions
Why use question cards?
How to run The Three Questions
There are no wrong answers to these questions
CHAPTER 19: Human Spectrograms
Description
When to use Human Spectrograms
Resources needed
How to run one-dimensional human spectrograms
How to run two-dimensional human spectrograms
How to run state-change human spectrograms
CHAPTER 20: Reminders, Sparks, Questions, Puzzles
Description
When to use RSQP
Resources needed
How to run RSQP
CHAPTER 21: Peer Session Selection and Sign-up
Description
When to use PSSAS
Resources needed
How to run PSSAS
CHAPTER 22: Post It! For Programs
Description
When to use Post It! For Programs
Resources needed
How to run Post It! For Programs
CHAPTER 23: The Solution Room
Description
When to use The Solution Room
Resources, room space, and setup
How to run a Solution Room session
CHAPTER 24: Preparing for and running crowdsourced programs
Resources for crowdsourced sessions
CHAPTER 25: Session crowdsourcing overview
What is a crowdsourced session?
Five key characteristics of crowdsourced sessions
CHAPTER 26: Post It! For Sessions
Description
When to run Post It! For Sessions
Resources needed
How to run Post It! For Sessions
CHAPTER 27: Pair Share
Description
When to use pair share
Resources needed
How to run pair share
CHAPTER 28: Guided Discussions
Description
When to schedule guided discussions
Resources and room setup
How to best use guided discussions
CHAPTER 29: Fishbowls
Description
When to use a standard fishbowl
Resources needed
How to run a fishbowl
CHAPTER 30: Fishbowl Sandwich
Description
How a fishbowl sandwich can really get your attendees talking
When to use a fishbowl sandwich
Resources needed
How to run a fishbowl sandwich
CHAPTER 31: Open Space
Description
Why I don’t like unconferences
When to use Open Space
Resources, room space and setup
How to run Open Space
CHAPTER 32 : World Café
Description
When to run World Café
Resources needed
How to hold a World Café
World Café Lite
Using World Café when strong differences of opinion are present
CHAPTER 33: Affinity Grouping
Description
When to run affinity grouping
Resources, room space and setup
How to run affinity grouping
CHAPTER 34: Participatory Voting
Ways to use participatory voting
Low-tech versus high-tech voting solutions
CHAPTER 35: Hand/Stand Voting
Description
When to implement hand/stand voting
Resources needed
How to implement hand/stand voting
CHAPTER 36: Roman Voting
Description
When to implement Roman voting
Resources needed
How to implement Roman voting
CHAPTER 37: Card Voting
Description
When to use card voting
Resources needed
How to use card voting
CHAPTER 38: Table Voting
Description
When to use table voting
Resources needed
How to implement table voting
CHAPTER 39: Dot Voting
Description
When to use dot voting
Resources needed
How to use dot voting
CHAPTER 40: Anonymous Voting
Description
When to use anonymous voting techniques
Resources
How to run Idea Swap and Thirty-Five
CHAPTER 41: Introduction to future crowdsourcing
CHAPTER 42: Personal Introspective
Description
When to hold a personal introspective
Resources
How to run a personal introspective
CHAPTER 43: Plus/Delta
Description
When to use Plus/Delta
Resources needed
How to conduct Plus/Delta
CHAPTER 44: Group Spective
Description
When to use a group spective
Resources needed
How to run a group spective
CHAPTER 45: Pro Action Café
Description
When to hold a Pro Action Café
Resources needed
How to run a Pro Action Café
APPENDIX 1: Minimum Room Dimensions for The Three Questions
APPENDIX 2: Example Three Questions Topics Shared Google Doc
APPENDIX 3: Peer Session Sign-up Sheet
APPENDIX 4: Peer Session Sign-up Instructions
APPENDIX 5: Personal Introspective Question Card
APPENDIX 6: Handouts For Crowdsourced Sessions
Crowdsourced sessions primer
Facilitation tips for crowdsourced sessions