{"product_id":"the-power-of-participation-adrian-segar-9781511555982","title":"The Power of Participation: Creating Conferences That Deliver Learning, Connection, Engagement, and Action","description":"\"This is a book that should be OPEN on every meeting planner's or event marketer's desk, and used every day.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Paul Salinger, VP of Marketing, Oracle\u003cp\u003eIn his bestselling book \u003ci\u003eConferences That Work: Creating Events That People Love\u003c\/i\u003e Adrian Segar taught readers how to design and execute remarkable conferences. But this book focuses on improving meetings at a finer level--the individual meeting sessions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday, the most common reason that people give for attending face-to-face meetings is making valuable connections. Yet, time and time again, \"networking\" is relegated to meals and socials outside the sessions, and events are filled with lectures followed by a few minutes of audience questions. \u003ci\u003eThe Power of Participation\u003c\/i\u003e provides conference presenters, organizers, and marketers with a comprehensive toolkit of simple techniques for creating \u003ci\u003eparticipative\u003c\/i\u003e sessions that involve the audience in their learning. Adrian Segar shows how you can turn passive \u003ci\u003eattendees\u003c\/i\u003e into active \u003ci\u003eparticipants\u003c\/i\u003e, which boosts learning, adds opportunities to meet and learn with peers during sessions, builds community and engagement, and improves desired action outcomes at your events.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSmart presenters and meeting organizers are integrating experiential learning and peer connection into their events. This book tells you how to do it. Buy \u003ci\u003eThe Power of Participation\u003c\/i\u003e to learn \u003ci\u003ewhy\u003c\/i\u003e it's so important to incorporate participant action into every aspect of your event, \u003ci\u003ewhat\u003c\/i\u003e you need to know to create a meeting environment that supports and encourages participation, and \u003ci\u003ewhen\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ehow\u003c\/i\u003e to use this extensive compendium of specific, detailed techniques to radically improve your sessions and meetings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Power of Participation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Warning! This book may have radical ideas. If you plan or attend meetings and just want people to passively sit and listen to you or a presenter talk then please do not read this book. It's dangerous to your mindset. Seriously. It may be a radical idea to turn attendees into participants, but in an environment of information overload and disconnection, we need it more than ever. \u003ci\u003eThe Power of Participation\u003c\/i\u003e can transform how we act as workers, learners, citizens and \"participants\" in our globalized world. This is a book that should be OPEN on every meeting planners or event marketers desk, and used every day.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Paul Salinger, VP of Marketing, Oracle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Power of Participation\u003c\/i\u003e is a must for anyone who needs guidance in modernizing meetings. We are moving into a new stage of post industrial meetings where \u003ci\u003eall\u003c\/i\u003e participants are valued, not only those behind the microphone. Well designed participation is key, and Adrian Segar shows us the way. Buy it, read it and do it!\"\u003cbr\u003e--Eric de Groot, Meeting Designer, and co-author of \u003ci\u003eInto the Heart of Meetings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Adrian Segar's work is crucial for the evolution of the event industry. This book is a mandatory read for the modern event professional. Adrian shares a logical approach to changing our outdated event designs, and guides you with practical techniques towards a value centered model, where the clear winners are both the conference organizer and the attendee. \u003ci\u003eThe Power of Participation\u003c\/i\u003e provides the first step towards achieving conference success.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Julius Solaris, Editor EventManagerBlog.com, and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Event App Bible\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSocial Media for Events\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Good Event Registration Guide\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adrian Segar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 151155598X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781511555982\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/23\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.68d","brand":"Adrian Segar","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43941434884351,"sku":"9781511555982","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_2adfb4af-cf97-48e8-981c-fd8779b33997.jpg?v=1681452905","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-power-of-participation-adrian-segar-9781511555982","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}