Events are a great place to build – and strengthen – community. That’s true both with in-person events and those that are online and hybrid: conferences, tradeshows, presentations, pitch contests, galas, networking events, webinars, etc.
But how do we improve the community aspect of events today? How do we craft events that foster community – and how do we build communities that drive successful events? How do we adapt to online and hybrid gatherings – or re-adapt to in-person events? And how do we tweak events to turbocharge their effectiveness vis-à-vis community development, networking, learning and engagement?
Join us for a fun, participatory and insightful session that blends effective best practices with actual hands-on demonstrations of ways to improve your own events and foster community at the same time.
Better Meetings
Founder
Lee Gimpel is the founder of Better Meetings (www.bettermeetings.expert), a meeting design and facilitation firm in Washington, DC. Much of his work focuses on strategically redesigning meetings and events to turn them into engaging, community-building engines. The firm’s clients include corporate, government, non-profit, and associations, such as t…
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