Tweet This post is by Dave Lutz, Managing Director, Velvet Chainsaw Consulting. Recently, I had the pleasure of presenting a keynote on the 16 New Normals that are impacting meetings, destinations and hotels at the Passkey Housing Forum to 150 hospitality professionals. Here’s a copy of my presentation. The New Normal For Hospitality Professionals View more…
Monthly Archives: May 2010
Eight Tips To Encourage Participation, Intimacy, Community In Your Conferences And Events
Tweet When was the last time you visited a museum? Nina Simon‘s Complicity, Intimacy, Community post about fostering personal relationships with visitors in small and large spaces brought back a flood of memories of some of my museum experiences. You should read it and then come back here. Go ahead, I’ll be here when you…
Are We Ready For Annual Conferences In Perpetual Beta To Improve Attendee Experiences?
Tweet Change is the constant today. What would happen if conference organizers released information about their annual event and called it a perpetual beta version? What if a specific number of presentations were not identified and instead were labeled beta and the organizers asked attendees to help them co-create the sessions? What if some of…
Improving The Annual Meeting Experience By Strolling Down [Semantic] Memory Lane
Tweet You’ve got 15 minutes to dash into your favorite hardware store and purchase some finishing nails for a project. You know exactly where they are as you’ve walked passed them many times. As you enter the store a sense of dread overwhelms you. The management has rearranged the products and aisles. You look up…
What’s Your Experience With Attendees Staying Outside The Hotel Block And Driving Pick-up To The Max?
Tweet This post is by Dave Lutz, Managing Director, Velvet Chainsaw Consulting. Why do attendees choose to stay outside the official conference hotel block? How do you manage it? What strategies have you used to drive maximum pick-up of your block? We’re looking for more examples and experiences to share and add to our…
