Event Design Collective PODcasts

An ONstage conversation with Dave Gray, Possibilitarian and prolific author (Gamestorming, The Connected Company, Liminal Thinking, The VP of No) and creator of world famous mental models like the Empathy Map and the Culture Map. Dave Gray and Ruud Janssen have a conversation on what drives behaviours, beliefs, visual thinking and culture and how they relate to Event Design and the daily life and habits of executives in 2022. Interested to read the piece mentioned in the Backstage conversation about how Executives can use tools for collaboration and visual thinking? - check out the link here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ruudwjanssen_meetings-onlinemeetings-virtualfacilitation-activity-6910330684163174400-vd0J?utm_source=linkedin_share&utm_medium=member_desktop_web Check out Dave Gray's books here: http://www.xplaner.com/books/ Check out the Culture Map we spoke about here: http://www.xplaner.com/culturemap/ Learn more about #DESIGNtoCHANGE at https://designtochange.online

Bill Sherman is the COO and Thought Leadership Practice Lead at Thought Leadership Leverage. He helps individuals and organizations take ideas to scale and achieve the outcomes they want. Bill has been in the field of thought leadership for over twenty years, working with global organizations and world-renowned thought leadership practitioners. Website: https://thoughtleadershipleverage.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-sherman-274a02/ Bill speaks with Ruud Janssen about claiming time and the role of thought leadership when you Design to Change. Fill out the worksheet we discuss here: designtochange.online/worksheets/ Learn more about #DESIGNtoCHANGE at designtochange.online 6. Claiming Time - Design to Change page 146 Bill Sherman’s response: What did you do previously, whereby you were not being taken seriously when event owners were having the conversation about change? * I forgot to prepare the space and make sure they were mentally available for the conversation. It's not just a matter of me being ready for the conversation, it's also making sure that they are ready as well. When asking yourself: “Why are people not taking the design process seriously?” * In order for people to take the design process seriously, they need to see it as a way that leads them to their goals. If you don't make that connection, they will want to skip steps and race to the outcomes. You have to connect the action with the outcome. What buttons are you pushing to get what you need? * Make sure that you understand what's important for your client's organization as well as the client personally. Why is this event/idea important to them? How can you and your team zoom out and empathize with the event owner to address their required outcomes? * Meet with the event owner away from formal meetings. Establish rapport. Get to see them as a person -- what do they do beyond work? What brings them joy? Is your event owner not ready or are you as the event designer not ready? * As the designer, I always start by assuming that if there's a miscommunication, I probably caused it. It leads me to focus on finding a solution rather than assigning blame.

Bill Sherman is the COO and Thought Leadership Practice Lead at Thought Leadership Leverage. He helps individuals and organizations take ideas to scale and achieve the outcomes they want. Bill has been in the field of thought leadership for over twenty years, working with global organizations and world-renowned thought leadership practitioners. Website: https://thoughtleadershipleverage.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-sherman-274a02/ Bill speaks with Ruud Janssen about claiming time and the role of thought leadership when you Design to Change. Fill out the worksheet we discuss here: designtochange.online/worksheets/ Learn more about #DESIGNtoCHANGE at designtochange.online 6. Claiming Time - Design to Change page 146 Bill Sherman’s response: What did you do previously, whereby you were not being taken seriously when event owners were having the conversation about change? * I forgot to prepare the space and make sure they were mentally available for the conversation. It's not just a matter of me being ready for the conversation, it's also making sure that they are ready as well. When asking yourself: “Why are people not taking the design process seriously?” * In order for people to take the design process seriously, they need to see it as a way that leads them to their goals. If you don't make that connection, they will want to skip steps and race to the outcomes. You have to connect the action with the outcome. What buttons are you pushing to get what you need? * Make sure that you understand what's important for your client's organization as well as the client personally. Why is this event/idea important to them? How can you and your team zoom out and empathize with the event owner to address their required outcomes? * Meet with the event owner away from formal meetings. Establish rapport. Get to see them as a person -- what do they do beyond work? What brings them joy? Is your event owner not ready or are you as the event designer not ready? * As the designer, I always start by assuming that if there's a miscommunication, I probably caused it. It leads me to focus on finding a solution rather than assigning blame.

Meet Rita Plaskett, President at AGENDUM Inc. A strategic meeting management firm based in Toronto Canada. Rita was instrumental together with Alissa Hurley to bring the Event Design using the ##EventCanvas Methodology to Canada in 2016 , become a CED Certified Event Designer and pioneering the roll out. Since she has been applying Event Design with success and now on her journey to become an EDC MasterMind. Connect with Rita Plaskett on Linkedin at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rita-plaskett-5635a22/ She speaks with Ruud Janssen about Putting Design on the Agenda, the role of the MPI Foundation in Canada and her new role in teaching and advising at George Brown University. Fill out the worksheet we discuss here: https://designtochange.online/worksheets/ Learn more about #DESIGNtoCHANGE at https://designtochange.online

Meet Rita Plaskett, President at AGENDUM Inc. A strategic meeting management firm based in Toronto Canada. Rita was instrumental together with Alissa Hurley to bring the Event Design using the ##EventCanvas Methodology to Canada in 2016 , become a CED Certified Event Designer and pioneering the roll out. Since she has been applying Event Design with success and now on her journey to become an EDC MasterMind. Connect with Rita Plaskett on Linkedin at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rita-plaskett-5635a22/ She speaks with Ruud Janssen about Putting Design on the Agenda, the role of the MPI Foundation in Canada and her new role in teaching and advising at George Brown University. Fill out the worksheet we discuss here: https://designtochange.online/worksheets/ Learn more about #DESIGNtoCHANGE at https://designtochange.online

Jeannie Techasiriwan, CIS, CED, DES, CEM, SEP is the Special Events Deputy Director at Amway in Thailand. In this episode she speaks with Ruud Janssen about #DESIGNtoCHANGE and how Event Design is changing her approach to events as a marketing tool for Amway in Thailand and beyond. Connect with Jeannie on Linkedin at: www.linkedin.com/in/jeannie-techa…cem-sep-9758947/

Jeannie Techasiriwan, CIS, CED, DES, CEM, SEP is the Special Events Deputy Director at Amway in Thailand. In this episode she speaks with Ruud Janssen about #DESIGNtoCHANGE and how Event Design is changing her approach to events as a marketing tool for Amway in Thailand and beyond. Connect with Jeannie on Linkedin at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeannie-techasiriwan-cis-ced-des-cem-sep-9758947/

Panos Tzivanidis #DESIGNtoCHANGE BACKSTAGE - Change Makers Series With Roel Frissen And Ruud Janssen by Event Design Collective

Panos Tzivanidis #DESIGNtoCHANGE ONSTAGE - Change Makers Series With Roel Frissen And Ruud Janssen by Event Design Collective

Howard Baggott #DESIGNtoCHANGE BACKSTAGE - EDC MasterMind Series With Ruud Janssen by Event Design Collective