1. Meeting Design Workshop MPI BeConf 2014 Mike van der Vijver – MindMeeting 1

2. Meetings Have a Reason The reasons are: 1.Learning 2.Networking 3.Motivation 4.Decision-making 5.Alignment 6.Offering people a “Ritual” 2

3. Meetings Are a Process The process is: The interaction of people about content The process is inevitably a physical experience 3

4. Good Meetings Have Objectives The objectives are 1.Specifications of the outcomes of the Process 2.Which means: they are about behaviour change AFTER the the meeting 3.SMART 4

5. Meeting Design The design of a meeting is a description of what participant X does with content Y at any point of time Z during the meeting. The purpose – of course – is to 1.Make participants work on the reasons 2.Give shape to the process 3.Achieve the objectives 5

6. And Now for the Experiment! Pattern? “Meetings are a Class Room” Is this an effective design to reach a learning outcome? 6

7. Meeting Professionals International (MPI) The Largest Global Professional Community for the Meetings Industry MPI Global Community Overview Over 22,000 members in over 80 countries Offices on 2 continents Unique 50/50 balance between planner and supplier members MPI membership includes representation for 67% of Fortune 100 companies: American Express, Johnson & Johnson, Bank of America, Citigroup, Microsoft, Exxon Mobil, PepsiCo, Pfizer, Proctor & Gamble, Home Depot, Tyson Foods, State Farm Insurance, Verizon Communications, Walt Disney, Coca-Cola, Caterpillar, Apple 7

8. Meeting Professionals International (MPI) The Largest Global Professional Community for the Meetings Industry MPI Global Community Overview Over 22,000 members in over 80 countries Offices on 2 continents Unique 50/50 balance between planner and supplier members MPI membership includes representation for 67% of Fortune 100 companies: American Express, Johnson & Johnson, Bank of America, Citigroup, Microsoft, Exxon Mobil, PepsiCo, Pfizer, Proctor & Gamble, Home Depot, Tyson Foods, State Farm Insurance, Verizon Communications, Walt Disney, Coca-Cola, Caterpillar, Apple 8

9. Meeting Professionals International (MPI) The Largest Global Professional Community for the Meetings Industry MPI Global Community Overview Over 22,000 members in over 80 countries Offices on 2 continents Unique 50/50 balance between planner and supplier members MPI membership includes representation for 67% of Fortune 100 companies: American Express, Johnson & Johnson, Bank of America, Citigroup, Microsoft, Exxon Mobil, PepsiCo, Pfizer, Proctor & Gamble, Home Depot, Tyson Foods, State Farm Insurance, Verizon Communications, Walt Disney, Coca-Cola, Caterpillar, Apple 9