Welcome back to the Conferences Blog!
This time we're bringing to you not one but two conference reports from different parts of the world. Both of them presented them earlier to the community in the last days of 2015 but they have graciously accepted to be hosted on our Conferences Blog, taking the time to review, correct and even re-write some parts of it so expect new things!

First we have Jeph Foster's "Hosting the Virginia Judge Conference at Battlegrounds" from his experiences as organizer of USA-MidAtlantic conference in September.

Secondly, David Záleský from Czech Republic brings us his side of the story of how Czechoslovak judge conference came to be and what he has learned to do and not to do again. You can see the whole story in his report: Organizing a Judge Conference – What can go wrong

Both articles provide excellent ideas and point of view from the organizer themselves so if you plan to organize a conference, mini-conference or just want to see the backstage of how these came to be, come and join us!

Many times, the most difficult thing to do in preparation for a seminar is identifying what you want to talk about. Getting a general topic is just the first step, but what exactly do we want to accomplish?

Marc DeArmond presents us with our newest article explaining what goes behind the thought process in this decision!
http://blogs.magicjudges.org/conferences/?p=546

Welcome to another entry in the conferences blog!
This time, we bring you Milorad Pavlovic's report from the recent Eastern Europe conference which he attended. Great insight into the view of our attendants!

Come join us:
http://blogs.magicjudges.org/conferences/2016/03/11/eastern-european-winter-conference-report/

And as usual, if you want to share your experiences in conferences, in any role you take, don't hesitate to contact me!

Ever felt like conferences were somewhat too big for your taste?
Perhaps there are not enough people in your area to host a large one?

How about a mini-conference?

Nicholas brings us some thoughts and lays out the foundations of these in the latest Conferences Sphere article!
http://blogs.magicjudges.org/conferences/2016/03/31/the-art-of-the-mini-conference/

Edited Damián Hiller (March 31, 2016 11:02:31 AM)

Things can only get better if people hear how to improve. Just like we do reviews for people, our presentations also need to understand how they are perceived and how to improve but… how do we do so?

George takes us on a new avenue of feedback, helping us to get tools to improve our seminars.

Come and see!

http://blogs.magicjudges.org/conferences/2016/04/20/seminar-feedback/

After George's tremendous article about providing feedback to the community (and thanks to all who posted on various groups and make it's impact better and thanked for it!), its time to follow-up with another success story.

The following is a report from Dan Collins, L2 from New Jersey, USA shares what happened behind the covers and how they managed to pull together a very successful and enjoyable conference, with about 150people in attendance.

Dan also shares some tech used and gives us a great insight onto what happened and how.

Enjoy your read,

http://blogs.magicjudges.org/conferences/2016/05/20/hoboken-judge-conference-report/

With most of the knowledge from the Judge Program being shared in form of articles, it doesn't take much thought to think about translating an article into a seminar but, how do we do it?

Norman Ralph presents us with his vision in the Conferences Blog newest article:
"An Article: The Backbone of a Great Seminar"

Come and join us!

Particular thanks this round not only to Norman but also George Gavrilita and Theo Millidonis for their work during edition and proofread!

New cards coming to conferences!

We've revisited the support we provide to official conferences woldwide.

Wanna know more?

Read our latest post blog here!

There's a known saying most of us have heard that's something like: “the whole is greater than the sum of parts”.

In our newest article, William Tiddi explains us (on the first part out of two) the value and a scene-behind of successful group sessions in our conferences: There’s a “we” in “weapon”!

Come and join us!

After the well received part 1, William brings us the second part of his article “There's a ‘we’ in weapon” so we can finish uncovering the misteries behind work sessions!

Join us here!

A month without new posts but well worth the wait!
Instead of giving us tips on what to do, on our latest issue Marc DeArmond shows us 10 steps towards a bad PowerPoint presentation. You'll do everyone a favor by reading this! You'll do everyone another favor if you check your presentation doesn't follow these steps!

The first few things you say in front of an audience can make or break their engagement for rest of the hour. When you’re about to give a talk at a Judge Conference, or with any other public speaking opportunity, put yourself in the audience’s shoes. Who are they?

Come and join us on our latest article from Mihai Birsan!

A new update regarding Conferences support has been posted!
Check it out: http://blogs.magicjudges.org/conferences/2016/10/01/updates-to-conference-support-october/

Our Policies and Giuldelines team has created new Feedback forms to be available for all conferences to use!
Want to read more about them? Take a look here!

A new update regarding Conferences support has been posted!
Check it out: http://blogs.magicjudges.org/conferences/2016/11/23/updates-to-conference-support-december/