Resources to fuel your event format decisions

Wikis & websites

#EventCanvas Meeting Formats Matrix
561 facilitation Methods – IAF – Methods Database Int ™l Association of Facilitators http://www.iaf-methods.org/methods
Gamestorming

Formats

The Solution Room
The World Cafe – http://www.theworldcafe.com
Open Space – http://openspaceworld.org/wp2/what-is/
Fish bowl format – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishbowl_(conversation)
World Economic Forum formats – https://widgets.weforum.org/moderator-facilitator/#formats
Debate format – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debate
TEDx format – http://tedxtalks.ted.com/pages/how-to

Books

Conferences that work Book @asegar – http://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/free-downloads/
Into the Heart of Meetings – http://www.amazon.com/Into-Heart-Meetings-Principles-Meeting/dp/1482553945
Lukas Zenk – http://media.wix.com/ugd/23fe19_7e7c8155566240319403309f7e82789d.pdf

Blogs

Event Manager Blog @tojulius- http://www.eventmanagerblog.com/
Conferences that work – Adrian Segar – http://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/blog/
MPI – http://www.mpiweb.org
Jeff Hurt – Midcourse corrections – http://velvetchainsaw.com
Sam Smith – Interactive Meeting Technology Blog – http://www.interactivemeetingtechnology.com/blog/
Bizbash – http://www.bizbash.com
PCMA – Convene- http://www.pcmaconvene.org
Virtual Edge Institute
Meeting Design Institute – Knowledge base – http://www.meetingsupport.org/knowledge_base
TNOC blog – http://tnoc.tumblr.com