In our Level 1 course, participants learned about the essential building blocks of meetings and how to shape them. The Level 2 course focuses on the cement that connects the building blocks into a strong programme. 

For you if you:
 
- have some know-how and experience in Meeting Design and are eager to learn more
- want to learn specific techniques for designing meeting programmes
- want to make the meetings in your organization (or for your clients) more effective and efficient
- are a change manager or organization developer
- are looking for professional development involving human dynamics
 
What you will learn:

- design programmes
- engage participants and guide them to outcomes
- discover where your ability to produce formats comes from
- connect Meeting Owner objectives, participant expectations and content in meeting programmes
- design techniques such as Content Flow, Experience Concept and The Working
- content analysis
- design meeting programmes by using your insight on how people learn;
- know the details of the meeting design process

We offer Meeting Design Courses at different levels. All are based on the development of the following seven competencies.
 
1.   Translate content into forms
2.   Understand how people learn
3.   Work with (large) groups
4.   Analytic thinking
5.   Intercultural insight
6.   Journalistic curiosity and doggedness
7.   Understanding of organizational dynamics
 
Our views on learning imply that we use a great variety of training methods and formats. We strongly stress the need for participants to be active learners, taking full responsibility for their learning on the basis of what we offer them.
We believe fun is one of the most powerful motivators for learning and change. 

ICCA’s CEO Martin Sirk is a firm believer in the vital importance of Meeting Design for any company, organisation or individual striving to be successful in tomorrow’s meetings industry:  “Mike and Eric’s book, “Into the Heart of Meetings”, is quite simply the most stimulating book on meetings that I’ve come across in two and a half decades in the meetings industry, and is the reason why ICCA invited them to collaborate on many of the design elements in our own annual Congress, significantly increasing our levels of innovation and delegate engagement. I can unreservedly recommend attending their Meeting Design courses, and believe their ideas have the power to transform traditional thinking about our business, and can make your meetings dramatically more effective and enjoyable.”
 
The Dutch Chapter of Meeting Professionals International (MPI) offered Meeting Design course level 1 to its members in early 2014. It received the highest-ever ratings of all MPI Netherlands educationals.
Participants said about this course:
“ After this training, I have realized that just about everything we have been doing in the Meeting & Event Industry in the past is wrong!“
 
In January 2015 in Malmö in Sweden, June 2015 in London in the UK, September 2015 in Sofia in Bulgaria and May 2016 in Amsterdam in the Netherlands, four international editions of Meeting Design course level 1 were given. The participants said about this course:
“ The training was the perfect mix of theory and practice with quite challenging group exercises in real world scenarios which really had an impact on the way we will approach events in future. With Mike we had a very experienced expert and mind-set changer and learned a lot about maximizing meeting effectiveness by better activating the bodies and souls who are present”.
“A great course taught by a true expert in the field Eric, who passed on decades of experience in an inspiring two days. A brilliant opportunity to be creative, to meet and learn from other individuals in your field from across the globe too".
 
For 2 years in a row, MindMeeting conducted Meeting Design Courses in India in close collaboration with IdentCITY. Participants said about these courses:
" The workshop is a combination of conference frameworks, case studies, practical ideas and thoughtful suggestions, Into the Heart of Meetings can help us design successful meeting experiences and ensure desired outcomes".
" A must attend workshop for the meeting industry professionals and all service providers. It's an eye opener to me, and I will surely implement the ideas that I learned in this workshop".