Some testimonials about Adrian Segar’s conferences, facilitation, designs, and writing provided by participants, clients, and fans over the last 16 years:
A true innovator in the conferences space, Adrian is at the forefront of attendee-driven conferences and meetings. His blog posts are extremely insightful and incorporate ideas and tactics from other disciplines (like physics and psychology) to shed light on how to better plan and manage meetings. His blog is required reading for this industry.Jeff Kear
blog.planningpod.com/2014/05/01/31-must-follow-event-planners-event-bloggers-twitter/
blog.planningpod.com/2014/05/01/31-must-follow-event-planners-event-bloggers-twitter/
The best professional development I ever had was a small conference in the northeast, where I got less than 4 hours sleep a night, but actually learned night and day and made friends that have lasted since #edtechchat @edACCESS [edACCESS is the oldest peer conference — founded by Adrian Segar & two colleagues in 1992.]Alex Podchaski
twitter.com/ajpodchaski/status/1262535977425350656 [Tweeted on May 18, 2020]
twitter.com/ajpodchaski/status/1262535977425350656 [Tweeted on May 18, 2020]
"The need for connection with others is becoming increasingly important as we move to a world where people’s knowledge and expertise are a function of the networks – both face‑to‑face and online – they possess rather than the contents of their heads. If in our work lives, we are spending more time learning socially than being trained in the classroom, our meetings must provide the same relative opportunities." — Adrian Segar, quoted in The Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, February 18, 2021Editor of The Indian Journal of Ophthalmology Santosh G Honavar
"Physical or virtual? Or is there a middle path? - Reimagining medical conferences in the COVID-19 era", Editorial, Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, February 18, 2021
"Physical or virtual? Or is there a middle path? - Reimagining medical conferences in the COVID-19 era", Editorial, Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, February 18, 2021
If you're a meeting planner or an event organizer, try a Personal Introspective at the end of your event—it is just phenomenal!Joel Zaslofsky
valueofsimple.com/smart-and-simple-matters-podcast-086-simplerev-2015-recap/
valueofsimple.com/smart-and-simple-matters-podcast-086-simplerev-2015-recap/
I was there for the whole [two hour meeting design and facilitation workshop] and it was wonderfully engaging! Minor technical glitches did not interfere with my engagement level and I found lots of value in both the technology and Adrian‘s suggestions on how to use the technology. All in all a great event for showing that digital/online/virtual experiences definitely can be engaging and are getting more and more engaging as time goes on and as technology develops and our use of the technology develops.Roger Haskett
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