Great Questions Define Great Conference Experiences September 15, 2016 by Jeff Hurt It is much more effective to provide opportunities for conference participants to solve their own problems, then telling them how to solve it. (Paraphrase Dr. A. Gidget Hopf, President & CEO of The Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired—Goodwill Industries.) Conference organizers automatically assume that if someone is attending their event, they expect the … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , better conference experiences, collaboration, conference best practices, curiosity, learning design, problem solving, questions
Many Organizational Leaders Prefer Dysfunction September 14, 2016 by Jeff Hurt Your organization needs to change because it’s broken! Or is it? “There is no such thing as a dysfunctional organization, because every organization is perfectly aligned to achieve the results it currently gets,” says Jeff Lawrence. The Illusion Of A Broken Organization? So is your organization broke? Or is it working just fine… Even though … [Read more…] Filed Under: Ramblings Tagged With: , adaptive challenges, adaptive leadership, association best practices, leadership
We Must Stop Promoting Conference Fast-Track, Artificial, Butt-In-Seat, Surface Learning September 13, 2016 by Jeff Hurt How are your conference attendees learning? Yes, of course we should ask, “What are they learning?” More importantly, we need to ask, “How are they learning?” We’ve got to confront the ineffectiveness of our conference education approaches! We must begin to offer effective alternatives to the traditional “sit and get” lecture. If we want to … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , adult learning principles, conference education, deep learning, surface learning
Your Conference Needs To Focus On Providing 4D Experiences September 12, 2016 by Jeff Hurt Conferences need 4D experiences: deep learning, deep play, deep reflection and deep connections. You probably recall a time in your life when you viewed a 3D movie. You wore 3D glasses and the images looked like they popped out of the screen. Your conference needs more than the gimmick of 3D glasses. It needs authentic … [Read more…] Filed Under: Experience Design Tagged With: , 4Ds conference experience, adult learning principles, conference experience, deep connections, deep learning, deep play, deep reflection, networking, reflection
Tactical Or Strategic: Which Best Describes Your Governing Nonprofit Board August 19, 2016 by Jeff Hurt Tactical board members are focused on the predictability of the past for today, the here and now, and getting through the year. Strategic board members think, prepare and act on challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. Why? Because they care about the organization’s future. They know they can play an important role in creating their … [Read more…] Filed Under: Ramblings Tagged With: , ASAE16, association governance, association issues and challenges, integrated reasoning, strategic thinking, strategy, tactics
The High-Impact Strategic Conference Revolution August 17, 2016 by Jeff Hurt Let’s face it! For too long we have settled for too little from our conferences and annual meetings. We have allowed our past planning procedures, our structures and outdated traditions to hinder and handicap our conference creativity, innovation and uniqueness. We have allowed our conferences to creak along unchanged, year after year. This webinar is … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , conferences with impact, meetings with impact, strategic conversations
When Your Conference Planning Process Eclipses Your Purpose July 21, 2016 by Jeff Hurt Did you ever play the board game of Chutes and Ladders? The object of the game is to get to the end of the path first. You avoid landing on a chute, which makes you slide backwards. And take advantage of the ladders which help you climb ahead. I played this game a lot with … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , conference planning, conference planning committee, conference planning team, conference stakeholders
Avoid These Hazardous Conference Planning Thinkholes [Part 2] July 20, 2016 by Jeff Hurt Ever run your car over some severe potholes? It can do some major damage to your tires. And to your vehicle too. Potholes can be an expensive problem for both drivers and cities. Just like potholes, conference planning thinkholes can be an expensive problem for your event. They can create some major cavities and damage … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , conference planning thinkholes, reflective thinking, strategic thinking, thinkholes, thinking
Meet Today’s Overwhelmed, Distracted, Impatient Modern Learner [Infographic] July 15, 2016 by Jeff Hurt View original here. Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , adult learning, Infographic
Common, Yet Hazardous, Conference Planning Thinkholes That Inhibit Uniqueness July 14, 2016 by Jeff Hurt Why do so many people rate the conference experience as stale, predictable and average at best? Why do conference leaders miss the mark at preparing their own unique DNA conference experience? Why do so many conference organizers miss the opportunity to create a matchless thumbprint on their event’s identity? We as conference organizers often have … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , conference planning thinkholes, reflective thinking, strategic thinking, thinkholes, thinking
