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Brainstorming, as a meeting format, is also highly rated for its efficiency. The survey was participated by companies and organizations in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Croatia.
\nAs the most efficient event formats, workshops and trainings are number one, with 45% and 25% respectively. Seminars account for 10%, while panels, B2B meetings, brainstorming and simulation make up 5% each of the respondent answers.
\nBased on the respondent answers, as showed in the graph, we observe that the highest attendance is at\u00a0trainings and workshops, and the lowest at panels.
\nTraditional lectures and brainstorming also have a high share, almost 70% if we look at the summary percentage of those attending these events occasionally and often.
\nTrainings and workshops are definitely ahead in efficiency, rated by the respondents as very efficient – 90%, and efficient – 10%.
\nThere is no record of their inefficiency, with only an emphasis on importance to have high-quality lecturers, and the opinion that performance at a training or workshop is more efficient the smaller the group is.
\nBrainstorming as an event format is also rated as highly efficient, in particular where the goal is to come up with new ideas or solutions to problems.
\nPanel discussions are averagely rated as partly efficient, with an emphasis on importance to have a good moderator.
\nIn the case of a panel, we observe the widest range of ratings (highly efficient (33%), efficient (20%) and partly efficient (42%), as well as a small percentage (5%) of inefficient).
\nObviously, experiences in panels are most variable, leading to the conclusion that there is no problem with the panel as an event format.
\nThe overall experience at a panel discussion actually depends on the moderator and panellists differing from one panel to another, therefore the most different experiences in this type of event format.
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Traditional lectures remain deprived of the highly efficient rating.
\nThey are averagely rated as partly efficient (65%), depending on the topic and lecturer.
\nTraditional lectures also have the highest percentage of inefficiency rating (11%), with the opinion that they are inefficient, obsolete and dull.
\nThe respondents pointed out to some other formats they find very good, as follows: working & sports meetings or educational & recreational meetings, informal gatherings of people of same professions and exchange of opinions (on an occasion), as well as targeted B2B meetings.
\nThe conclusion is next: every meeting format has positive, but also negative sides. Some are more popular and efficient than others, but that doesn\u2019t mean that there is only one right solution.
\nBe aware of good and potential bad sides of each format, try to prevent usually failings, know your audience well, so as meeting goals, and you will choose just the right format for your event.
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\n", "content_text": "Trainings and workshops are considered the most efficient format for educational events, according to the research conducted by SEEbtm magazine in the second half of 2014.\nBrainstorming, as a meeting format, is also highly rated for its efficiency. The survey was participated by companies and organizations in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Croatia.\nAs the most efficient event formats, workshops and trainings are number one, with 45% and 25% respectively. Seminars account for 10%, while panels, B2B meetings, brainstorming and simulation make up 5% each of the respondent answers.\nBased on the respondent answers, as showed in the graph, we observe that the highest attendance is at\u00a0trainings and workshops, and the lowest at panels.\nTraditional lectures and brainstorming also have a high share, almost 70% if we look at the summary percentage of those attending these events occasionally and often.\nTrainings and workshops are definitely ahead in efficiency, rated by the respondents as very efficient – 90%, and efficient – 10%.\nThere is no record of their inefficiency, with only an emphasis on importance to have high-quality lecturers, and the opinion that performance at a training or workshop is more efficient the smaller the group is.\nBrainstorming as an event format is also rated as highly efficient, in particular where the goal is to come up with new ideas or solutions to problems.\nAttendance of certain event formats\nPanel discussions are averagely rated as partly efficient, with an emphasis on importance to have a good moderator.\nIn the case of a panel, we observe the widest range of ratings (highly efficient (33%), efficient (20%) and partly efficient (42%), as well as a small percentage (5%) of inefficient).\nObviously, experiences in panels are most variable, leading to the conclusion that there is no problem with the panel as an event format.\nThe overall experience at a panel discussion actually depends on the moderator and panellists differing from one panel to another, therefore the most different experiences in this type of event format.\nEfficiency of certain event formats\nTraditional lectures remain deprived of the highly efficient rating.\nThey are averagely rated as partly efficient (65%), depending on the topic and lecturer.\nTraditional lectures also have the highest percentage of inefficiency rating (11%), with the opinion that they are inefficient, obsolete and dull.\nThe respondents pointed out to some other formats they find very good, as follows: working & sports meetings or educational & recreational meetings, informal gatherings of people of same professions and exchange of opinions (on an occasion), as well as targeted B2B meetings.\nSimulation (of negotiations, a future event, a building design, driving, etc.) is a very interactive and efficient format, given that following introductory instructions it requires the continued involvement of participants and allows the study of actual processes under experimental conditions.\nThe conclusion is next: every meeting format has positive, but also negative sides. Some are more popular and efficient than others, but that doesn\u2019t mean that there is only one right solution.\nBe aware of good and potential bad sides of each format, try to prevent usually failings, know your audience well, so as meeting goals, and you will choose just the right format for your event.\n\n\nMiona Milic\nThe post PICK THE RIGHT FORMAT FOR YOUR EVENT appeared first on SEE Business travel & meetings magazine.", "date_published": "2014-11-26T11:44:00+01:00", "date_modified": "2018-01-04T09:42:12+01:00", "author": { "name": "Miona Milic", "url": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/author/miona/", "avatar": "https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG-20240224-WA0003-e1728981138373.jpg" }, "image": "https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/bigstock-Group-of-Multiethnic-Busy-Peop-66058582.jpg", "tags": [ "brainstorming", "event", "event format", "panel", "pick", "trainings", "workshop", "RESEARCH", "Statistics" ] } ] }