Credits: None available.
1.5 Clock Hours | Domain G: Meeting or Event Design
From the Expression Economy To The Experience Economy
Design Thinking at Work: How to Cultivate Creativity and Entrepreneurship
Presented by: The Lavin Agency Speakers Bureau
How do you distill a problem into a creative solution? Embrace design thinking? Empower your team? Pinpoint where your skill set and passion converge? Enter Sarah Prevette, serial entrepreneur, investor, and founder of Future Design School. In this talk, Prevette shares her ultimate credo and how it can change your business: Creativity as a skill set; entrepreneurship as a philosophy. Innovation can be taught, she says, as long as you embrace the mentality and deftness of the entrepreneur. Her keynotes and workshops are a hands-on exercise in identifying your organization’s problems and finding effective, out-of-the-box solutions that you can implement tomorrow.
A Conversation with Bruce Mau on What It Really Takes to Stop Planning Meetings and Start Designing Experiences
Beyond Performance, Living in Flow
In today's fast paced world is it possible to be successful without hard work, driving ambition and exacting plans? Those of us who study flow states understand that success can be accomplished through effortless spontaneity by creating a feeling of joy, vitality, aliveness, and present moment awareness.
Deepak Chopra will lead you to an understanding of how the universe functions with spontaneity, creativity and how you can harness that power in your own life through being present and without resistance in every moment.
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Musical Interludes
SongDivision is bringing our world-class team of musicians and facilitators to WEC and has designed an experience just for you. More than a house band, we have created a musical journey for you to enjoy throughout your time in Vegas.
Credits: None available.
Not for Clock Hour Credit
Take a deep dive into the Experience Economy with Opening General Session keynote speaker Ron Tite. The battle is on. But it’s not for budget. It’s for time. So, go on the offensive. Design experiences that capture their senses and help you win their attention. You’ll laugh. You’ll learn. And you’ll witness first-hand how a compelling experience can leave you wanting more.
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Credits: None available.
1 Clock Hour | Domain F: Stakeholder Management
Being great is no longer a differentiator. It is merely the entry fee. Winning is about leveraging competitive advantages, because competition is brutal, choices are vast and quality abounds! Branding veteran David Avrin, CSP will show you how to create meaningful differentiators to earn mind-share and build your brand.
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Credits: None available.
1 Clock Hour | Domain F: Stakeholder Management
Assumptions and anarchy loiters in the mind of the third-party planner. At least, that’s what a hotelier will say. This is a light-hearted look at the control issues, big egos, and demanding clients that comes with working with third-party planners, and a fun, interactive and intrinsic insight to their minds.
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Credits: None available.
1 Clock Hour | Domain A: Strategic Planning
New data collection and analysis tools are making serious headway into events and exhibitions. As planners make many onsite technology choices, they can use them to add value to marketing campaigns—and a significant voice to C-suite conversations. Learn how to examine these trends and explore how they can be integrated to assist marketers, improve the attendee experience and to improve future events.
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Credits: None available.
1 Clock Hour | Domain A: Strategic Planning
Race to create your EduLab learning environment using a motely mix of common, cultural and outside-the-box elements that start you thinking about how you design unique experiences for your participants. Network with your friends, partners and peers as you consider how your delegates could create their own laboratory of learning.
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Credits: None available.
1 Clock Hour | Domain H: Site Management
The way people interact has changed, a lot! This includes their interactions at meetings and events. Consider findings from recent global research into meeting surroundings; not only the rooms themselves, but also the spaces where delegates congregate, network and socialize.
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Credits: None available.
1 Clock Hour | Domain G: Meeting or Event Design
Too many conference experiences lack depth and authenticity. Rather than meaningful exchanges, they deliver unrelated, amusement park-type thrills that quickly evaporate. Instead of focusing on superficial “wow,” learn how to design and foster four deep (4D) experiences: deep learning, deep play, deep reflection and deep connections.
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Credits: None available.
1 Clock Hour | Domain G: Meeting or Event Design
Discuss the process for procuring and and qualifying companies to provide meeting and event transportation. Also, discuss current technology options and the impact of "disruptive technologies" on the duty of care for the meetings and events industry.
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Credits: None available.
1.25 Clock Hours | Domain F: Stakeholder Management
Being great is no longer a differentiator. It is merely the entry fee. Winning is about leveraging competitive advantages, because competition is brutal, choices are vast and quality abounds! Branding veteran David Avrin, CSP will show you how to create meaningful differentiators to earn mind-share and build your brand.
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