Meeting Support Institute

When we say tools, we mean "anything we can do for or bring to" the meeting to influence the content side of it (learning, networking, motivation).
These tools can be concepts, people, creative, technical or technological tools.

Five large groups of tools are CHATTY tools:
C Concepts: - formats, techniques, methods, processes- theme, slogan, communication
H Human: - stage facilitators, speakers, actors, - backstage technicians, ...
A Art: creative, look&feel, design, photography, video
T Technical: Equipment AV, set, flipcharts, pen & paper, post-it notes
TY TechnologY: - computer related / specialty tools- internet related / on line activities

These groups include all potential tools and services one ould deploy at meetings or conferences.

A meeting architect is an individual that focuses on the potential meeting objectives, the meeting formats and designs, and the conceptual and practical building blocks to construct a meeting for better learning, networking and motivation in the participant population. A meeting architect also knows how to measure the meeting results up to its Return on Investment.
The meeting architect works in four (IDEA) phases:
- Idintifying meeting objectives
- Designing the meeting to support these objectives
- Executing and guiding the meeting towards its objectives
- Assessing the meeting results compared to the objectives
The meeting industry that exists today (2007) focuses mainly on the tourism and hospitality side of meetings: Travel, lodging and F&B. The meeting industry is professional in creating the shell where meeting architecture wants to help in building the substance.

A meeting architect is an individual that focuses on the potential meeting objectives, the meeting formats and designs, and the conceptual and practical building blocks to construct a meeting for better learning, networking and motivation in the participant population. A meeting architect also knows how to measure the meeting results up to its Return on Investment.
The meeting architect works in four phases:
Analysing meeting objectivesDesigning the meeting to support these objectivesExecuting and guiding the meeting towards its objectivesMeasuring the meeting results compared to the objectives
The meeting industry that exists today (2007) focuses on the tourism and hospitality side of meetings: Travel, lodging and F&B. The meeting industry is professional in creating the shell where meeting architecture wants to help in building the substance.