The events season is still in high gear in mid-November. I attended 5 events over the last 3 days, a major conference last week and 4 different evening events and a breakfast. As I work with event managers, talk to attendees and watch crowd reactions to speakers, there are many […]
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Creating the “No MANel Zone” Campaign
We’ve been working on a new campaign, directed at event managers, conference organizers, venues and even cities and regions. The idea is to get these influencers to declare their spaces, venues and conferences “No MANel Zones” — i.e. no all-male panels allowed. We’ve started reaching out to various groups and […]
Read MoreThe Event Manager’s Guide to Creative Alternatives for Panels
(Or, No More Boring Panels, Please!) Introduction We’re awash in a sea of events. There are more than half-a-million Meetups listed on Meetup.com every month. Eventbrite offered tickets to more than 2 million events last year. In 2015, there were 47 million public event listings created on Facebook. There are […]
Read MoreThe Someone From Syndrome
In the conference and event world sometimes event managers are the victim of the “Someone From” Syndrome. It can be hard to inoculate a hardworking conference committee against this dreaded disease but the smartest event managers know its dangers and are eternally vigilant. If you haven’t heard of the Someone […]
Read MoreThe Gender-balanced Conference Challenge: Sneak Peek
Yes, you have a “women’s panel” at your day long event. Or, maybe you have a few women scattered on a couple of panels. But have you considered the advantages of a truly gender-balanced conference or event? And have you thought about what it means to your entire community? Related […]
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We recently had another exchange with an event manager who books dozens of speakers a year in an industry where, well, let’s just say women are a minority. InnovationWomen.com to the rescue! Related Articles Event Manager Best Practices The Gender-balanced Conference Challenge: Sneak Peek The Someone From Syndrome
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Wow! We can’t believe how many event managers we have looking for great speakers on our site. Innovation Women was designed to help event managers locate awesome female speakers for their events and conferences, producing gender-balanced speaker panels. We offer event managers free access to our database of speakers and […]
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