What can your meeting do that the internet can't do better? What can you do that nobody else in your organization can? Meeting organizers are orchestrators of intellectual capital.

1. @ThoughtsOnBiz @Convene

2. HOW DO MEETINGS EVOLVE AS
OUR WORLD, THE PEOPLE IN IT
AND THE NATURE OF WORK
CHANGES?
@Convene

3. PAST:
THE
PAST
WAS
RELATIVELY
PREDICTABLE,
SIMPLE,
LINEAR
AND
SILOED.
PRESENT:
THE
CURRENT
REALITY
IS
UNPREDICTABLE,
COMPLEX,
DYNAMIC
AND
COLLABORATIVE.
FUTURE:
DEMOGRAPHICS
AND
GENERALTIONAL
PREFERENCES
ARE
A
CRYSTAL
BALL
INTO
THE
FUTURE.
@Convene

4. OUR WORLD IS CHANGING, QUICKLY.
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5. TOO BIG TO FAIL? THESE ARE
THE LOSERS:
??% OF THE FORTUNE 500 FROM
2000 ARE OFF THE LIST TODAY.
@Convene

6. TOO BIG TO FAIL? THESE ARE
THE LOSERS:
52% OF THE FORTUNE 500 FROM
2000 ARE OFF THE LIST TODAY.
@Convene

7. MCDONALDS’S PROFITS ARE
DOWN 42% YEAR OVER YEAR.
WHY?
@Convene

8. #MEETINGSMATTER
EVERY COMPANY IS ONE MISSED
IDEA/DECISION AWAY FROM BEING THE NEXT
KODAK, BLACKBERRY OR MAYBE MCDONALDS.
IT’S A COLLABORATION PROBLEM
@Convene

9. #MEETINGSMATTER
COMPANIES DON’T FAIL BECAUSE THEY CHOOSE THE
WRONG COURSE – THEY FAIL BECAUSE THEY CANT
IMAGINE A BETTER ONE.
- @MARTYNEUMEIER
BETTER COLLABORATION IS THE SOLUTION.
@Convene

10. ASK,
“WHAT CAN YOUR MEETING DO
THAT THE INTERNET CANT DO
BETTER?”
WROTE LEARNING IS DEAD
@Convene

11. COLLABORATION =
CURRATE + FOCUS + INSPIRE + EXTRACT +
COMBINE + SYNTHESISE + SHARE & REPEAT.
AND TRY NOT TO MAKE IT SUCK
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12. 4 MEETING TYPES
INFORMATIVE
GENERATIVE
EVALUATIVE
SOCIAL
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13. #MEETINGSMATTER
$565B SPENT ANNUALLY ON CONFERENCES +
EVENTS – THE BIGGEST MKTING SPEND IN THE
WORLD.
HOW CAN WE MAKE THEM BETTER?
@Convene

14. DEFINE YOUR ROLE:
ASK WHAT YOU CAN DO THAT
NOBODY ELSE IN YOUR
ORGANIZATION CAN?
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15. @ThoughtsOnBiz @Convene
MEETING ORGANIZERS ARE
ORCHASTRATORS OF
INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL.
SHIFTING ROLE FROM TACTICAL TO STRATEGIC | VENUES NEED TO HELP THEM

16. WHO IS YOUR CUSTOMER
TODAY?
@Convene

17. FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER THERE ARE 5
GENERATIONS IN THE WORKFORE
+
MILLENIALS – “DISTRUPTORS”
BORN: 1981 – 1997
AGE IN 2015: 18 - 34
@Convene

18. MILLENNIALS MATTER:
IN Q1 2015 MILLENIALS BECAME THE LARGEST
SEGMENT OF THE WORKFORCE.
BY 2020 THEY WILL BE OUR BIGGEST SPENDERS.
@Convene

19. WHAT DOES THE WORLD LOOK LIKE
WHEN EVERY CEO, DECISION
MAKER, & INFLUENCER IS A
MILLENNIAL?
@Convene

20. THEY DEFY STEREOTYPES AND CRAVE ENGAGEMENT
79% OF MILLENNIALS LIST F2F AS THEIR #1 PREFERED MEANS
OF COMMUNICATION
MORE THAN ANY OTHER GENERATION
X 71% BOOMERS 63% PRE-BOOM 46%
THEY’RE NOTSHOWINGUPTO GETLECTURED | PARTICIPANTSNOTATTENDEES | COPING WITHRAPID
CHANGE,UNEMPLOYEMENT | OVERWHELEMED WITHINFORMATION
@Convene

21. MADE BY HIPPIES:
“THE PURPOSE
GENERATION”
KNOWING WHERE PEOPLE COME FROM TELLS YOU A LOT ABOUT THEM
@Convene

22. EXPERIENCE EATS
CONTENT FOR BREAKFAST
CONTENT OVERLOAD
EXPERIENCE MAPPING
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23. ENGAGEMENT MATTERS:
MEETING GOERS TODAY WANT TO BE PARTICIPANTS,
NOT ATTENDEES.
THEY SEEK: ENGAGEMENT, LEARNING, EXPERIENCE,
PURPOSE, CHOICE AND SIMPLICITY.
@Convene

24. PURPOSE MATTERS:
STAND NEXT TO THE BIGGEST THING YOU
CAN FIND
WE’RE NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE | ITS ABOUT MORE THAN JUST A PAYCHECK
CONTEXT
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25. DESIGN MATTERS:
VENUE IS THE BODY LANGUAGE OF A LIVE EXPERIENCE.
IF YOU CANT CHANGE SOMEONE’S MIND THEN CHANGE
THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THEY MAKE DECISIONS.
WHAT DO A BIG BOX HOTEL AND 500 PEOPLE THEATER STYLE SAY TO PARTICIPANTS?
@Convene

26. CHOICE MATTERS:
CHIPOLTLE VS. MCDONALDS’S
PAIN-IN-THE-ASSLATTE WITH A SMILE | SEATING
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27. LEARNING MATTERS:
THE ILLITERATE OF THE 21ST CENTURY ARENT THOSE WHO CANT
READ + WRITE BUT THOSE WHO CANT LEARN AND RELEARN.
-ALIVIN TOFFLER
PROCESSINGCOMPLEXITY | SYNTHESIS | INNOVATION | COLLABOATION
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28. SIMPLICITY MATTERS:
“IF I HAD MORE TIME I WOULD HAVE
WRITTEN A SHORTER TWEET.”
TWITTER EFFECT | KEEP IT SHORT | END ON TIME J
@Convene

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