Methodology index

Eight Gathering Effectiveness pillars

Browse the corpus by the eight dimensions used to judge whether an agenda is designed to produce outcomes.

Direct answer: The pillars translate agenda evidence into a practical score: participation, follow-through, problem clarity, personalization, network design, transfer, evidence, and future-of-work fit.

Pillar Pages

Each page has charts, ranked examples, and answer-engine notes.

Participation Architecture29.2/100

Participant work, contribution, interaction, and alternatives to passive broadcast.

Follow Through5.8/100

Owners, dates, commitments, progress checks, and accountability after the room.

Problem Specificity30.1/100

A clear costly problem, objective, decision, or performance target.

Personalization23.2/100

Role, path, goal, preparation, or connection tailoring for participants.

Network Design17.5/100

Structured weak ties, bridge-building, mixers, and relationship persistence.

Learning Transfer23.1/100

Applied practice, feedback, workplace use, refreshers, and 30-90 day transfer.

Evidence Maturity25.2/100

Baseline, comparison, follow-up, isolation, and attribution confidence.

Future-of-Work Fit27.7/100

Value against time, hybrid reality, accessibility, AI, and meeting load.

How To Read The Corpus

The site is built for readers first: plain terms, source links, visible limitations, and role-specific next steps.

Agenda records

Source pages or agenda slices captured from public event sites. One large event may produce several records.

Event groups

Deduplicated clusters that gather related agenda, day, track, session, and source pages for one event.

GES

The Gathering Effectiveness Score: a strict 0-100 public-evidence reading of visible outcome architecture, not an award or causal proof claim.

Primary source

The source URL is the evidence trail. Open it before using a record for decisions, sponsorship, research, or comparison.

Choose Your Path

The same corpus answers different questions depending on whether you own, fund, design, sponsor, or package events.

Event ownersStart

Benchmark the agenda before the budget is locked.

SponsorsROI

Inspect whether the agenda creates qualified movement, not just visibility.

Event designersDesign

Turn passive blocks into participant work and proof loops.

CEOsFund

Require outcomes, owners, and follow-through before another big room.

Data partnersData

Turn public event listings into agenda intelligence.

Answer Engine Notes

What are the eight pillars?

Participation Architecture, Follow Through, Problem Specificity, Personalization, Network Design, Learning Transfer, Evidence Maturity, Future-of-Work Fit.

Which pillar is weakest in the corpus?

Follow Through is the weakest average pillar because few public agendas show owners, commitments, progress checks, or longitudinal tracking.