Why does meeting design really matter? Learn why from ST's Dan Berger and his presentation, "From Strategy to User Experience: Meeting Design Is Everything" which he presented to the MPI/ISES Calgary Chapter on May 5, 2016.
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● Define meeting/event design and understand why
it’s important to our profession.
● Adopt a framework for meeting/event design
● Apply new design concepts to transform
experiences.
● #BONUS: Discover trends that will directly impact
meeting/event design.
Learning Objectives
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● The meaning of “meeting design” is not
agreed upon.
● The term “meeting design” is not
widely used.
● There is a lack of popularly accepted
frameworks and tools.
The Problem with Meeting Design
Source: MPI report on Meeting Design, 2013
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Experience Design is Everything and Everywhere
● The design of the organization’s overall event strategy.
● The design of your meeting’s theme.
● The design of the experience.
● The design of the program.
● The design of each breakout room.
● The design of each tabletop.
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“The purposeful
shaping of both the
form and the
content of a
meeting to deliver
on crucial business
objectives.”
Source: MPI report on Meeting Design, 2013
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The Opportunity of Meeting Design
“[Meeting design presents] one of the
few opportunities to enable meeting
professionals to do more with less...
to reduce costs and increase value.”
Source: MPI report on Meeting Design, 2013
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“The meetings manager is
now far more than an event
planner. She now plays a
strategic role in the livelihood
of the organization, bolstering
its current conferences and
other events while finding
ways to innovate future ones.
Say hello to the new strategic
meetings manager.”
2014
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IntentionalMeetingDesign 1. Identify the stakeholder you’d like to
improve the experience for.
Note: It can’t be everyone.
2. Identify the objective they’d like to
achieve.
Note: Every stakeholder group has a
different objective.
3. Create a design intervention.
4. Simulate your intervention.
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1. Identify your
stakeholders.
2. Place them in the
power vs. interest
matrix.
StakeholderAnalysis
Source: http://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/participation/encouraging-involvement/identify-stakeholders/main
Staff
CustomersSponsors Prospects
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1. Identify the stakeholder you’d like to
improve the experience for.
Note: It can’t be everyone.
2. Identify the objective they’d like to
achieve.
Note: Every stakeholder group has a
different objective.
IntentionalMeetingDesign
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IntentionalMeetingDesign 1. Identify the stakeholder you’d like to
improve the experience for.
Note: It can’t be everyone.
2. Identify the objective they’d like to
achieve.
Note: Every stakeholder group has a
different objective.
3. Create a design intervention.
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1. Identify the stakeholder you’d like to
improve the experience for.
Note: It can’t be everyone.
2. Identify the objective they’d like to
achieve.
Note: Every stakeholder group has a
different objective.
3. Create a design intervention.
4. Simulate your intervention.
IntentionalMeetingDesign
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1. Identify
stakeholder.
2. Simulate their
experience from
cradle to grave.
Extending
Exiting
Engaging
Experiencing
Entering
Arriving
Anticipating
Attracting
Announcing
JourneyMapping
Source: The 8 Phases of a Successful Event, Maritz
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“
Room set is extremely
important to the success of
a meeting, and a serious
responsibility for the
meeting professional to
manage.
- Convention Industry Council Manual
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“Spaces designed to
promote engagement
increase the
likelihood of
collisions...
more collisions create
positive outcomes.”
C2 Montreal (Arsenal)
Source: Workspaces That Move People, Harvard Business Review
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The 3 E’s of Successful Interactions
Source: Workspaces That Move People, Harvard Business Review
● Engagement - Interacting with people within your
social group.
● Exploration - Interacting with people in many
other social groups.
● Energy - Interacting with more people overall.
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The Old Way:
Banquet
The New Way:
Family Style
Out-of-the-Box:
Extended Banquet Table / Serpentine Banquet
Summit Outside
Social Tables Company Dinner, Newseum
Serpentines give you options.
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Use furniture to create event flow
The Old Way:
Staggered Ballroom
The New Way:
Mixed Seating
School for American Ballet, Winter Ball 2014
78. There will be “smart” furniture in
meetings and events
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Wrapping up...
Dan Berger
dan@socialtables.com
twitter: @danberger
snapchat: danjbeger
“If you don’t
think about
design,
someone will
think about
design for you.”