10 Insights about Designing Dialogue-Based Events at EMEC13 with MPI in Montreux. Facilitated by Jeffer London.

1. How to Design & Deliver
Dialogue-Based Events

2. Stimulating Ideas & Building Futures
Facilitating Events & Conversations

3. What: Dialogue-Based Events
Why: Engage Participants More
How: Having 3 Conversations

4. Mega Conversation Insight #1
People Like
to Talk.
That's why the best part of most
conferences is the coffee break!

5. Topic:
Why does
dialogue
in events
matter now?
Groups: 4 People per Table
Timing: 7 Minutes
Output: Insight “Cloud”
After: Share Clouds
Roles: Everyone discusses +
Host, Timer, Scribe, Presenter

6. Let’s Share Our Insights

7. Mega Conversation Insight #2
The rising prevalence of technology
and social media, is generating a need for
authentic
connection
between real people.

8. Mega Conversation Insight #3
Conversation is the simplest way to
make sense
of our world’s increasing complexity
and paradoxes.

9. Mega Conversation Insight #4
In our growing cities, shrinking families and
virtual networks – isolation is on the rise.
People seek to be
part of a
community.

10. • Dialogue-based events
are a rising trend
• “World Café” is a
leading format to use

12. Create
Choices
Create
Options

13. 3. What are the
keys to being a
good catalyst for
stakeholders taking
on these type of
events?
2. What are
the challenges we
face in aligning our
event stakeholders
in dialogue-based
events ?

14. Topic 2:
What are the
challenges for
the organizers
of dialogue-
based
events?
Groups: 4 New People
Timing: 9 Minutes
Output: Challenge “Caption”
After: Caption Bingo
Roles: Everyone discusses +
Host, Timer, Scribe, Presenter

15. Let’s Share Our Insights

16. Mega Conversation Insight #5
Dialogue-based events often scare our
stakeholders. The lack of top-down messages
and prescribed outcomes, combined with a
perceived risks about timing and control, give
organizers
a new role.

17. Topic 3:
What are the
keys to being a
good catalyst for
stakeholders
taking on these
type of events?
Groups: 4 New People
Timing: 9 Minutes
Output: Catalyst “Caption”
After: 47 Second Sound Byte
Roles: Everyone discusses +
Host, Timer, Scribe, Presenter

18. Let’s Share Our Insights

19. Mega Conversation Insight #6
Involve your
stakeholders
in the design process. Bring together the
strategic leaders, content experts, facilitators,
financiers and logistics people. Have them
participate in workshops, not preparation
meetings.

20. Mega Conversation Insight #7
Have courage.
If it is not possible to align and engage all
the partners, don’t be afraid to stand-up for
what you think is right, or to walk away.
Don’t compromise for mediocrity.

21. Mega Conversation Insight #8
Get the central
question right.
A good question lights up a conversation
like a spark.

22. Demo Topic:
A corporate event
for large drinks
company. 60
people, half sales,
half marketing.
The goal is to have
better
collaboration.
Teams: 3 People per team,
in revolving pairs
Timing: 7 Minutes
Output: Central Question
Process: 1. Briefing
2. First Question
3. Deeper Question
4. Still Deeper Q…

23. Your Topic, or:
A corporate
teambuilding event
for 200 people, who
have been going
through a lot of
changes and want
to integrate.
Teams: 3 People per team,
in revolving pairs
Timing: 7 Minutes
Output: Central Question
Process: 1. Briefing
2. First Question
3. Deeper Question
4. Still Deeper Q…

24. Let’s Share Our Insights
2. Share:
What one piece
of advice would
you share?
1. In Triads:
What helped
this technique
work for you?

25. Mega Conversation Insight #9
Exploring the central question of an event,
project or organization – is intriguing,
challenging, and even dangerous. When the
whole team does it well, it is often the
flashpoint
of synergy.

26. • People like to talk about
their favorite topics.
• “OST” is a format that
lets people put their
topics on the agenda

27. Campfire:
Talking Time
Tuesday 9:30
MPI Café

29. Let’s Share Our Insights
1. Individually,
write down:
What have you
appreciated in
this workshop?
enjoyed
…………………
2. In pairs, share
your thoughts:
learned
…………………

30. Mega Conversation Insight #10
Campfires have been the place for conversation
for a millennia. Being a catalyst for conversation
provides warmth, opens opportunities, builds
relationships, and makes progress.
Be the spark,
and light the fire.

31. • Go to Schedule
• Select current session
• Located within the session description
on the EMEC13 mobile app
(iPhone/BlackBerry)
An email survey will be sent to all participants after the conference

32. Thank you for joining this
Mega Conversation
Jeffer London
jeffer@jeffer-london.com
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