Conferences That Work: Creating Events That People Love

by Adrian Segar

The classic book on participant-driven and participation-rich events.

Expert conference designer and facilitator Adrian Segar supplies a penetrating analysis of the limitations of conventional conferences, a clear explanation of a compelling alternative, and a complete road map to creating a meaningful and memorable conference experience for every attendee--every time.

350 pages, Paperback

First published October 24, 2009

Reviews

[Michael Weinraub]

An exceptional book for planning peer conferences, and just large gatherings in general. Thank you, Adrian!

[Nick · Rating 5 out of 5]

A brilliant discussion of the idea of peer conferences, which are meetings arranged and run by the people attending them. Segar has championed these sorts of meetings for many year, and this book is the summation of his learning and experience to date. The approach is the antidote for anyone who has ever sat in a conference and wondered, "Why the hell am I here?"

[Kate Irwin-smiler]

Skimmed, anyway. A model that might work at a conference of up to 100 people, definitely not for a conference of 2000 (which is what I was looking for.)