Some testimonials about Adrian Segar’s conferences, facilitation, designs, and writing provided by participants, clients, and fans over the last 16 years:
Conferences That Work…is another great source for tips on how to create memorable events. Adrian Segar, one of our favorite eventprofs, writes this blog, and we think it is a must-read for first timers and conference planning pros alike.Crystal Nicole Soto, Event Planners Association
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This book completely transformed the way I organize, host, and participate in events. It's darn near impossible to go back to the traditional, uninspired, and ultimately counter-productive event format after finding Adrian Segar's far superior Conferences That Work and The Power of Participation models.
I love how Segar puts all the activities into the context of a conference arc – openers, middle, and closers – and breaks down when you'll benefit most from a certain exercise, participant minimums or maximums before they become ineffective, and ready-to-use scripts that explain the exercises to a participant. From guidance on timekeeping, providing explicit ground rules (a.k.a. your "covenant") for participants, how to facilitate and ask great questions, and more, this book really covers an amazing amount of ground.
I put the framework and some of the activities to the test in a recent two-day SimpleREV event that I co-organized and co-hosted. My participants loved – *loved* – the opening Roundtable and the closing Personal Introspective. Our real-time feedback and event survey confirmed what we thought we were gambling on (but was really a sure thing): people felt more connected, better supported, and had outright more fun with The Power of Participation-sourced action.
Whether you're running a small corporate meeting or a large international conference, you'll enjoy the planning and hosting better – and your attendees will be happily pushed outside their comfort zone – with the mindset and tools from this book.
It seems unfathomable to me that anyone who reads this book and truly cares about a participant's experience would ever organize a traditional meeting or event again. I know I'll never look at events the same way ... and I'll certainly never run them the same way either.Joel Zaslofsky
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I love how Segar puts all the activities into the context of a conference arc – openers, middle, and closers – and breaks down when you'll benefit most from a certain exercise, participant minimums or maximums before they become ineffective, and ready-to-use scripts that explain the exercises to a participant. From guidance on timekeeping, providing explicit ground rules (a.k.a. your "covenant") for participants, how to facilitate and ask great questions, and more, this book really covers an amazing amount of ground.
I put the framework and some of the activities to the test in a recent two-day SimpleREV event that I co-organized and co-hosted. My participants loved – *loved* – the opening Roundtable and the closing Personal Introspective. Our real-time feedback and event survey confirmed what we thought we were gambling on (but was really a sure thing): people felt more connected, better supported, and had outright more fun with The Power of Participation-sourced action.
Whether you're running a small corporate meeting or a large international conference, you'll enjoy the planning and hosting better – and your attendees will be happily pushed outside their comfort zone – with the mindset and tools from this book.
It seems unfathomable to me that anyone who reads this book and truly cares about a participant's experience would ever organize a traditional meeting or event again. I know I'll never look at events the same way ... and I'll certainly never run them the same way either.Joel Zaslofsky
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If it weren’t for the acceptance of well entrenched traditional conferences, I would think that peer conferences would be the only thing that people would consider attending—that is if they really cared about getting the most from the event.Pat Cook
For everyone who is creating conferences, organising meetings or facilitating events - this book [The Power of Participation] is like a magic recipe. Lots of creative formats and techniques that spark inspiration and connect people. A book I've been looking for for a long time.Lisa Johannsen, Event Director at DMSS Conference
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This conference changed the trajectory of my life and studies.Honore Depew
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