Refactor Your Conference Archaic Planning Routines June 29, 2018 by Jeff Hurt Conference organizers and their planning teams should understand, identify and quash organizational debt. Once they pinpoint and distinguish it, they need to refactor it. “Refactor it?” you say. “What does refactor mean?” Refactor is a technology concept that meeting professionals can use as a metaphor. Software programmers refactor their code once they develop a better … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , conference legacy code, conference organizational debt, hackitecture, organizational debt, petrifed hackitecture, petrified design, Refactor refactor your conference, refactoring
The Conference Debt You Cannot Afford June 28, 2018 by Jeff Hurt There is one debt every conference organizer must face and vanquish. It can cripple a conference. It doesn’t show up on your profit and loss statement. What is this debt? Organizational debt—the interest your conference pays when its structures, policies, procedures, practices, committees and leadership roles stay fixed and accumulate even as the world around … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , conference organizational debt, hackitecture, organizational debt, petrifed hackitecture, petrified design
