Creating an engaging conference isn’t hard unless you’re using the old model.

by julie | conferences, meeting design & facilitation, wayfinding

Why in 2025 are we still doing conferences/meetings with the “sage on the stage” model–think keynote speakers and expert panels– which pushes content at attendees, and why are we not creating opportunities for people to engage and interact in ways that...

How engaging are you?

by julie | conferences

Or more to the point…how engaging are your engagements? With your clients? Team? Company? Conference attendees? As someone who’s hired to be at meetings and conferences, I’ve experienced just about everything, and I still see people with the best of intentions...

Visually mapping obesity for the CDC.

by julie | conferences

At the Weight of the Nation conference, 1200 public health policy makers and health professionals gathered in DC to assess where we are as a nation on the challenge of addressing obesity. I provided graphic facilitation so attendees could see their content visually....

How visual mapping enlivens conferences

by julie | conferences

Back in December (seems like so long ago), I spent six days with 15,000 brilliant earth and space scientists from around the world who flock annually to San Francisco for the AGU Fall Meeting. I was invited to visually map parts of the conference after I visually...

Feeling like a rock star here in San Fran

by julie | conferences

I’ve been here this week working at AGU’s Fall Meeting, which is the largest gathering of geospace scientists in the world. There are thousands of brilliant earth and space scientists sharing their research findings with each other, networking, drinking...