Conference Pivoting: Memory, Remembering, Cues And Mnemonics January 26, 2016 by Jeff Hurt Viewing a conference presenter does not give it much sticking power in the memory to paraphrase cognitive psychologist Dr. Daniel Willingham. Ouch, that’s certainly smacks at the primary conference education session—the traditional lecture. Viewing a conference lecture, even reviewing its recording later, leads to the illusion that the viewer knows the material because it seems … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , cognitive psychology, cognitive science, conference best practices, learning, memory, neuroscience, remembering
Time To Pivot: Rethinking Human Memory And Remembering For Conference Education January 20, 2016 by Jeff Hurt How does the mind work, especially how does it remember things from your event? Well, it’s probably not like your currently believe. Creating a memorable event is not enough! Unforgettable memorable events, which most of us aim to offer, misguide your attendees because our memories do not accurately record an event or experience. Your memory … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , cognitive psychology, cognitive science, conference best practices, learning, memory, neuroscience, remembering
Conferences During Hinge Times January 11, 2016 by Jeff Hurt We are living in a world of hinge time. Our conferences are planned to educate attendees for an era that no longer exists. The challenges our attendees face are vastly different from the ones of the past. Most of our conference attendees were educated on how to be right. We focus on individual and collective … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , collaboration, collaborative learning, conversations, fearless conversations, transformation, transformational conferences, transformational learning
Forecasting The Future Of Conferences: Trends You Should Adopt Now January 7, 2016 by Jeff Hurt Your conference today is where it is based upon the decisions you as a conference organizer made in the past. The decisions you make today about your conference creates your conference’s future. You ability to anticipate your conference participants’ challenges and opportunities impact your ability to plan and strategize your conference. We’ve talked about conference … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , conference predictions, conference trends, forecasting
Trends For Tomorrow’s Conference January 6, 2016 by Jeff Hurt Every conference experiences change. Well, at least is should experience some change. Especially if it’s a healthy and growing conference. Yet some conference organizers—those that keep their finger on the intersection of society, their profession and their customers’ industry—sense that they are in the midst of radical change. It’s the kind that only happens every … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , conferences, trends
When Committee Bureaucracy Stymies Your Conference Potential December 7, 2015 by Jeff Hurt It is often said that an association’s board of directors is the brain of that organization. Its committees serve as the central nervous system influencing all parts of the body. The conference planning committee is similar to our spinal cord, serving as the internal communication highway between the parts of the body and the brain. … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , association bureaucracy, conference planning, conference planning committee, equipping catalhyst conference committee, nosend, organizational theory, structures
Seven Reasons Why Your Conference Attendees Don’t Want You To Change November 6, 2015 by Jeff Hurt It’s just not the conference is used to be! That’s a common complaint from long-term conference attendees. Often they resist changes or conference growth. Conference organizers have to carefully watch placating these long-term attendees versus attracting new ones. Sometimes, we have to let the legacy attendees complain or leave in order to make the appropriate … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , change, change management, conference best practices, conference growth, growing attendance
Cultivating A Conference Culture Of Community November 4, 2015 by Jeff Hurt To think about a conference is to think about community, networking, peer learning, food and table. In reality, if you are attending a conference and you are not getting hungry for more learning and peer sharing, that conference is missing the mark. Successful conferences provide ample opportunity for attendees to finger tasty ideas and feed … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , attendee experience, authentic community, community, conference best practices, connections, connexity, food and beverage, images, metaphors, narraphors, story sharing, table talk
Increasing Active Learning Yields Big Results Infographic October 16, 2015 by Jeff Hurt Dr. Russell Mumper, Vice Dean of the Eshelman School of Pharmacy at UNC Chapel Hill, decided to try the flipped classroom concept. He knew that with the explosion of information there was no way to teach his students everything. Instead he used his content to teach them how to become active, lifelong learners. He then … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , active learning, active participation, adult education, adult learning principles, adult learning strategies, brain friendly strategies, Flipped Education Model, flipped learning, interactive, lecture
Moneyball For Conferences: You Want Your Meeting to Mean Something October 15, 2015 by Jeff Hurt We just won twenty games in a row, said the fictitious Peter Brand, advance scout for Oakland A’s. And what’s the point? said Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane. We just got the record, said Brand. Man, I’ve been doing this for… listen, man. I’ve been in this game a long time. I’m not in … [Read more…] Filed Under: Business Model Tagged With: , conference best practices, conference indicators, conference metrics, conference performance indicators, KPI, KPIs, lagging indicators, leading indicators, measurement, shatterpoints
