Lose the PPT Template May 20, 2016 by Dave Lutz Many conference organizers are actively seeking and experimenting new learning formats and innovative room sets. Both are worthwhile quests to improve conference learning and participant value. If this describes your organization, strike while the iron is hot and discontinue mandating usage of your conference’s PowerPoint template. The brand police at your company won’t like this … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education, Speaker Coaching Tagged With: , adult learning, industry speaker, PowerPoint, Speaker Emerging Practices, speaker tips, visuals
Weird And Wacky Reasons Why Your Brain Craves Infographics February 13, 2015 by Jeff Hurt Yes, it’s true. It’s an infographic about infographics. And it’s animated and interactive. Neo Mam Studios may not be the first agency to have this idea, but what they’ve come up with is beautifully designed and brilliantly executed. An online experience built with HTML5 and CSS3, you can check it out in all its interactive … [Read more…] Filed Under: Attendance Marketing Tagged With: , brain science education, neuroscience, visuals
Your Conference Logo Needs Policing September 15, 2014 by Wendy Holliday Ok, you get it – Your Conference is a Brand. You’ve moved beyond the “annual meeting” into something more meaningful to your attendees. You’ve got your conference mission. You know how your conference will advance the profession and what’s in it for your participants. Now it is time to put your hard work into action. … [Read more…] Filed Under: Attendance Marketing Tagged With: , conference best practices, conference marketing, conference tips, event marketing, meeting planning best practices, visuals
Conferences Are Creating Toxic Events With Visual Logorrhea June 24, 2014 by Jeff Hurt Most conferences spread verbal diarrhea and visual logorrhea like viral diseases. We create toxic airborne events cluttering the conference experience with an overuse of monologues, panel dialogues and slideuments. Author Garr Reynolds coined the word slideument referring to presentations that have enough text that they can “speak for themselves.” While a presentation that speaks for … [Read more…] Filed Under: Speaker Coaching Tagged With: , presentation best practices, presentation strategies, slideument, speaker tips, visuals
Why Images Actually Matter [Infographic] August 31, 2012 by Jeff Hurt Images make everything better! Well, not everything, just most things. Currently, we are watching the rise of visual social media. Images are getting more traction than words on Instagram, Pinterest, YouTube and Facebook. That’s not a surprise as our brains love images. We are visual people. Here’s an Infographic by MDG Advertising and presented by … [Read more…] Filed Under: Social Media Tagged With: , facebook, images, Instagram, pinterest, social media best practices, social tools, visuals
