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The Latest Dish on Experiential Events from 5 'Experience' Master Chefs
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1 Clock Hour | Domain G: Meeting or Event Design
We know hundreds of creative meeting techniques. And yet, we tend to stick with our handful of tried and true go-to-meeting structures, don't we? It really doesn’t take much to spice up our next event!
This session is like a HelloFresh or Blue Apron meal-in-a-box delivered to your right to your computer screen with fresh, easy to make recipes and all the ingredients needed to make a tasty new event experience. Wendy Gates Corbett is a corporate talent development (read ‘training’) professional who has designed and delivered thousands of programs in her 20+ year career. She has assembled tantalizing recipes for spicing up experiential face-to-face AND virtual events from industry ‘chefs’ and she shares them all with simple step-by-step instructions.
During the appetizing session, participants learn about the ingredients for each recipe and potential uses for it. Verbally and in the chat window, participants discuss how they can apply the recipes to their own upcoming programs and even how they might tweak a recipe by adding their own ‘flavor’ to it. Participants who attended Wendy’s live breakout session at WEC will be invited to share the results of their challenge! Want to know what the challenge was? You’ve got to attend to find out!
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This Session is Graciously Sponsored by Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar
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Tuesday Morning General Session: Creating Transformational Experiences with Jade Simmons
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Identification: TUE13
1 Clock Hour | Domain G: Meeting or Event Design
Jade Simmons is a creator of Transformational Mainstage Experiences that matter. Her concert adventures go from Rachmaninoff to Rap and have revolutionized classical music presentation. Jade will empower us to produce unforgettable, transformative experiences that only happen once we pivot from planning to impress audiences to intentionally impacting them instead.
Powerhouse Speaker and Rockstar Concert Pianist Jade Simmons is a creator of Transformational Mainstage Experiences that matter. After an artistic epiphany on stage, Jade dramatically shifted from playing the piano merely to impress audiences to using the instrument as a vehicle to profoundly move them instead. Today, her concert adventures have revolutionized classical music presentation, going from Rachmaninoff all the way to Rap, garnering acclaim from The White House to the SXSW Festival
Harnessing the tools she’s gained from delighting unlikely audiences in unexpected places, Jade will empower us to produce unforgettable, transformative experiences that only happen once we pivot from planning to impress audiences to intentionally impacting them instead. This session is perfect for those searching for new and exciting ways to enthuse attendees, while also infusing a sense of personal passion, power and purpose back into the planning process. Jade Simmons is a creator of Transformational Mainstage Experiences that matter. Her concert adventures go from Rachmaninoff to Rap and have revolutionized classical music presentation. Jade will empower us to produce unforgettable, transformative experiences that only happen once we pivot from planning to impress audiences to intentionally impacting them instead.
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Opening General Session: The Psychology of Illusion - Designing Shared Experiences
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Identification: SUN8
1 Clock Hour | Domain G: Meeting or Event Design
This year, the goal for WEC is to emerge you in an unforgettable shared experience, so you will learn how to create meaningful experiences yourself. Meet Vinh Giang, who will take you on an experiential learning roller coaster to do just that! The margin for error in a magic show is very narrow. When achieving the impossible, it is important that the goals for each act are identified and established beforehand. There is no better way to illustrate this concept than to prove to the audience that—through a feat of seemingly impossible magic—the events of the entire show were prepared before it even began. The emphasis is not on the planning of every logistical element of the show; it’s on guiding perspective, spotlighting influence and challenging belief systems. Vinh’s focus is on designing an audience experience and will provide you with insights in how he does it. He will show you how to design a shared experience in its truest form.
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Designing PURPOSEFUL Experiences
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Identification: 01292019
1 Clock Hour | Domain G: Meeting or Event Design
The industry is abuzz with conversation about designing better experiences, which is a critical component to increasing the value of meetings. The key is to design purposeful experiences so that you deliver ROI to both the participants and the meeting shareholders. While this can seem daunting, a simple and quick tool called “Learn…Feel…Do” can put everyone on the same page in delivering value-driven events. Play with this tool for one of your events as we walk through the how-to’s of getting to a truly WOW event.
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Peak Engagement: Optimizing Your Trade Show Experience
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Identification: TU05
1 Clock Hour | Domain G: Meeting or Event Design
Discover key insights on how to effectively meet your trade show attendee, exhibitor and sponsor goals, based on new learnings from the Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR). Understand the motivations behind why business professionals participate in exhibitions and learn what motivates attendees to return year-on-year. Find out why exhibitors exhibit, how they aim to engage with attendees and the most effective ways to do so. Additionally, discover what role digital plays in live events and how you can maximize value and engagement for all participants.
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What Makes a Meeting Experience Great?
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Identification: 10192017
1 Clock Hour | Domain G: Meeting or Event Design
Everyone's talking about the importance of the "meeting experience," and how important it is for our delegates' event satisfaction. But what is "experience," and how can we evaluate a meeting or conference to ensure we've got it? In this session, consider the areas we can influence a meeting--from the venue facilities and the culinary line up to experiential activities--and see how important each are in delivering an exceptional meeting experience.
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This Session Graciously Sponsored by IACC Meetings
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Deep Play: Nurturing Curiosity, Challenge and Combinatory Play In Conference Experiences
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1 Clock Hour | Domain G: Meeting or Event Design
Our impulse to play is ancient. Its origins mean we have the freedom to take a risk or try something new. Deep play surrounds us through a form of abandon, surrender and engagement. So how does deep play help us become more creative and innovative and what’s its role in events?
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Creating Experiences Their Brains Can’t Forget
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Identification: 6396
1 Clock Hour | Domain G: Meeting or Event Design
There are some really cool science-based strategies we can use to make our meetings more meaningful, magical, and memorable. In this highly interactive, fun, example-filled session you will learn about specific tools, tactics, and technologies for stimulating senses, stirring-up emotions, and activating brains to fall in love with your brand. You will learn the basics about how the human brain works, how our attention is activated, and what role our senses play in creating emotions. As a result, you will understand how to craft novel, multi-sensory, emotionally-diverse 360˙ experiences that will be much more attention grabbing than typical meetings.
There is a science and pattern to how human beings remember things (from working memory to short and long-term memory), knowing more about this process will allow you to utilize specific strategies to craft unforgettable moments in your meetings and events. After learning how other industry professionals are taking advantage of these neurological sensory activation strategies, you will leave armed and inspired to implement this knowledge to design future events which will leave a positive lasting impression on your target audience.
After learning how various industry professionals are taking advantage of these neurological sensory activation strategies, the participants will leave armed and inspired to implement this knowledge to design their next events to leave a positive lasting impression on their target audience.
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How to Create Radically Welcoming Conference Experiences
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Identification: 6458
1 Clock Hour | Domain A: Strategic Planning
When people feel welcome at your event, hotel or facility, they want to return. But there are a thousand tiny ways to make people feel unwanted. Being accommodating is more than being ADA compliant, addressing dietary restrictions and accommodating faith and gender. Explore what it means to be truly welcoming to your participants.
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Deep Learning: Crafting the Total Transformative Learner Experience
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Identification: 6480
1.25 Clock Hours | Domain G: Meeting or Event Design
What percentage of your conference education falls into each of the following three categories: Shallow Learning, Advancement Learning and Deep Learning? Which would lead to authentic, transformative, participant learning? Discover how to apply UXD (User Experience Design) concepts to LXD (Learner Experience Design) to create transformative learning experiences.
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