Next Generation Event


"Content ... Community ... Collaboration. Discussion about how to raise the bar for tomorrow’s CLE events by focusing live events on attendee experience and by recognizing when an event might be better off online."

Author: Alli Gerkman is manager of online content and development at the Colorado Bar Association. You can also follow her on Twitter.

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Recent Posts from Next Generation Event


  • Where This Blog Is Heading

    I've been dreadfully delinquent and I know it. I haven't stopped caring--I've just been deciding how to refocus given my new position. What I've decided, generally, is that my posts will focus more and more…

  • Sometimes "Sorry" Is the Best PR

    Be sure to stop by Cece's PR blog to take a look at a guest post I wrote about a conference I was running that veered off track. I actually wrote it while still at…

  • It's the Subtle Things that Matter

    This weekend we had a guest stay over Friday night. On Saturday morning, I asked if anyone would like some steel-cut oatmeal. I said we had blackberries, walnuts, brown sugar and bananas as toppings, but…

  • The Conference Industry Might Learn a Thing or Two from Bookstores

    Image by James Cridland via Flickr When I was in college, I worked at Barnes & Noble. The place was busy open to close. I have vivid memories of heated exchanges with women who came…

  • Considerations When Taking Education Programs Online

    ASAE has posted a video recap of a session about online education from its recent Great Ideas Conference. In the recap, Howard Horwitz of the American College of Healthcare Executives talked about things to do…

  • Twitter Event Chat Tonight - #eventprofs

    Just a quick post to point you to the Eventprofs Twitter Chat, an initiative started by Ready2Spark. She's started a weekly chat (Mondays, 9pm EST), the agenda will be driven by you, and it's shaping…

  • Off to Pittsburgh for the GMIC Conference

    I'll be heading to Pittsburgh tomorrow morning for the Green Meeting Industry Council Conference in Pittsburgh. I'll try to blog, but I'll be without internet connectivity in the conference room, so the best place to…

  • FYI - MPI's Meeting Industry Crisis Center

    I just saw that MPI has put up a Meeting Industry Crisis Center page to give planners information about things like TARP, jobs, and actions they can take to help. I haven't taken a close…

  • Are Attendees and Individuals Redefining the "Virtual Event" As We Know It?

    I've been preparing to moderate a panel on virtual technology for the Green Meeting Industry Council's annual conference at the end of this month, so I've been thinking a lot about virtual events. Watching a…

  • Didn't Make It to MeetDifferent this Year? You Don't Have to Miss All the Fun.

    There are still ways to keep real-time pace with the discussions they'll be having this year. Tune in to the opening general session today at 10:00 am EST (information on Meet Different's website). Follow it…