Duration: 2-hour workshop
About the workshop:
Join us for a hands-on workshop designed for facilitators, corporate trainers, and event planners. Learn how to transform those oft-forgotten laissez-faire parts of an agenda – such as breaks, meals, registration, and receptions – into impactful moments that add engagement. Using the Conference Engagement Toolkit that is derived from years of facilitating large and small retreats and conferences, you'll reimagine sample agendas and enhance your own event design skills. We’ll focus on the areas of events beyond the working sessions where facilitators traditionally apply their skills. Discover how to make every moment count!
Learning Objectives:
In this session, participants will:
1) Identify Opportunities for Engagement - Learn to recognize and leverage often-overlooked moments such as breaks, meals, and registration periods to enhance participant engagement and interaction.
2) Apply Interactive Techniques - Explore and practice specific tactics from the Conference Engagement Toolkit to make event downtime more engaging and meaningful.
3) Enhance Event Agendas - Work hands-on with sample agendas, learning to incorporate interactive elements that build connections and foster a sense of community.
NOTE: This workshop will be recorded for distribution to all who register (breakout rooms will not be recorded).
This is a 2-hour workshop. It will take place starting at 12:00pm EDT.
Speaker:
Lee Gimpel is the founder of Better Meetings in Washington, DC. The firm helps organizations improve how they meet, think, and innovate. Providing meeting design and strategy, facilitation, and training, the firm's clients include corporate, government, and non-profit such as the National Association of Realtors, Department of Energy, and US Ignite.
Lee runs the DC community of Practice for Liberating Structures and is an expert on the dynamics of meetings and conferences; his work blends group facilitation, audience engagement, and human-centered design. He writes for Forbes as the publication's expert on meetings and facilitation.
ONLINE WORKSHOP REMINDERS
- No refunds or credits for registration cancellations.
- Registered participants will receive instructions for joining the live session and any additional details 1 day in advance and the morning of the event. Please be sure to look for the link in your email.
- Workshops begin promptly at 12:00PM Eastern. Please log on at least 15 minutes in advance to ensure your internet connections, audio and other settings are functioning properly.
- MAFN Members have access to all online workshop recordings via the MAFN website.
- For registration or membership questions contact info@mafn.org.
