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Live Q&A at Conferences: How Audience Questions Actually Get Heard

“Any questions?” is one of the weakest moderation techniques still used at conferences. It rewards the fastest, the loudest and those who are already comfortable speaking in front of 300 people. Everyone else keeps their questions to themselves. Yet those are often the perspectives that could add the most value to the programme. There is […]
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Event Code of Conduct: Rules That Hold Up When It Matters

A participant tells you that another member made repeated dismissive remarks about her work at your last meetup, including in front of other people. The member has been part of the community for three years, organizes sessions, and knows a large proportion of the group. Now you have to decide whether and how to respond. […]
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Event Content Repurposing

A two-day professional event can generate ten to twenty hours of raw material, depending on the program: talks, panels, informal conversations, audience questions and hundreds of photos. Yet most teams publish a recap, a photo gallery and perhaps a highlight clip. Everything else ends up in a folder that nobody opens after three weeks. The […]
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