What´s an innovative conference?

If we put the meeting designer glasses, first thing to ask us when planning a meeting is what are the objectives? what do I intend to get from my attendees? These can be of three types: networking, motivation or learning. For that nothing better than a good “toolbox” to help me build the conference based on these objectives.

The tools however are varied, so it´s best to classify that mix and use them properly. Stay with one word: CHATTY from the english words Conceptual, Human, Artistic, Technical and Technological. Don´t miss these 21 discoveries you can make at FRESH14:

CONCEPTUAL

1. The Appreciative Inquiry by Kaj Voetmann, looking at the past and the future & Theory U by Jennifer Lem.

2. The Hybrid segment is a well-prepared show that goes out live twice a day. It is free to attend and shares a part of the FRESH program with participants all over the world.

3. Co-Creation, there are several methods and levels of co-creation – discover and experience at least four at FRESH and see the results of the co-creation at FRESH13.

4. LAUNCH: Research on panel discussion formats, based on a survey of 500 industry thought-leaders, will be presented.

5. Meta-praxis roadmap, a simple, objective-based way to find the right facilitator for your meeting.

HUMAN

6. Participants will turn their chairs away from the screen toward the technicians to take a look at why there are so many crew at FRESH14 and to learn about what they do.

7. A comedian, a visual facilitator, three wall reporters, seven different facilitators and many more to see in action

ART

8. Professor Phillips will reveal the value that entertainment really adds to conferences and events.

9. Photography, this art form does so much more than report back from a conference.

TECHNICAL

10. NEW: The soft microphone participants throw between themselves during Q&A – and they have four of them!

11. A dozen of ways to capture conference content, FRESH will be the most captured conference ever: see and experience all methods.

12. Lego as a tool central to a facilitation method: Lego serious play.

TECHNOLOGY

13. PREMIERE at a conference: A virtual meeting room with 28 video participants on-line.

14. Hybrid Angel, an on-site participant in the on-line meeting room shows the on-liners around via an iPad.

15. The World´s first Cyborg participant, a robot allows a remote/on-line participant to be a bit more present;