Top Ten Most Significant Challenges With Conference Education June 13, 2013 by Jeff Hurt Along with pending education trends that will influence conference education, there are significant challenges that will also have a tremendous impact. Conference organizers will face these challenges in the coming five years as traditional education methods continue to encounter disruptive innovation. Top Ten Challenges Here are the top ten most significant challenges in terms of … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , conference best practices, conference education, conferences - See more at: http://velvetchainsaw.com/2013/06/05/your-conference-education-needs-narrative/#sthash.8qAVWidV.dpuf
Your Conference Education Needs A New Narrative June 5, 2013 by Jeff Hurt The future of conference education is not necessarily about the next shining technology advancement, even though technology does play a fundamental role. Nor is it about the next new trend in delivery of information or the next innovative session format. The true conference education revolution is about a much simpler idea—nothing more, or less, than … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , conference best practices, conference education, conferences
17 Education And Learning Trends That Will Affect Your Organization This Year! June 4, 2013 by Jeff Hurt Today, if organizations don’t take the time, spend the money and learn how to build world-class learning programs both for their customers and their employees, they will not be able to compete or lead their stakeholders into the future. Learning investments are more important now than ever. Learning Trends That Will Be Adopted This Year … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , education best practices, learning trends, trends
Four Tips To Help With Unlearning May 22, 2013 by Jeff Hurt Are you more likely to be killed by a shark or a deer? Did you say shark? If you did, you’re wrong. You are 300 times more likely to be killed by a deer than a shark. (Source: Boyle Rural Wildlife Safety) So why do so many people think the correct answer is shark? While … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education, Experience Design Tagged With: , adult learning, education best practices, unlearning
Conferences Need To Focus More On Learning Design And Less On Information Transfer May 16, 2013 by Jeff Hurt Recent research shows that conference organizers should focus their conference education efforts more on learning design and less on delivery of information. Too often, conference organizers and meeting professionals secure speakers to present specific topics and then think their job is done. Their focus is completely on the content and the delivery of the information. … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education, Experience Design Tagged With: , conference best practices, conference education, Education & Adult Learning, education best practices, meeting planning best practices
How Do Your Learning Opportunities Compare To These Top Ten Traits Of Quality Education Programs? May 14, 2013 by Jeff Hurt In order to be successful in the 21st Century, organizations must make continuous learning and unlearning a core competency. If your organization’s team cannot learn quickly, unlearn outdated processes and data, and adapt and apply new knowledge and insights to current challenges, then it will be left behind. Organizations need team members committed to learning … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , adult education, adult learning, adult learning principles, education best practices, learning
The Changing Role Of Conference Education May 1, 2013 by Jeff Hurt The abundance of information, resources and relationships that is easily accessible via the internet increasingly challenges the traditional conference education model. In a world where information is everywhere, do people really want to pay for registration, airfare, lodging and expenses to access more information at a conference, even if it’s information from their colleagues? Not … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , adult learning, conference best practices, conference education, conferences, meeting planning best practices, sense-making
Conference Bulk Learning Is An Oxymoron April 24, 2013 by Jeff Hurt It sounds so cliché: Conference bulk learning is an oxymoron. Yet, too many of us have bought into the idea that the more information we have, the more information that we consume, the more information that we try to stuff in our heads, the better we are. Ultimately, information has become a problem, not a … [Read more…] Filed Under: Business Model, Conference Education Tagged With: , adult learning, conference best practices, conference education, conferences
Networking For Learning And What’s Next April 11, 2013 by Jeff Hurt Every first quarter I receive a string of emails from my undergraduate school inviting me to annual Homecoming and reunion. A couple months later, I start receiving emails from my high school inviting me back for my annual reunion. I decided a long time ago that I really didn’t want to relive my high school … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education, Conference Networking Tagged With: , conference best practices, conferences, meeting best practices, networking
Your Conference Speakers’ Skills Gap Is Causing You To Lose Money April 4, 2013 by Jeff Hurt The majority of your conference speakers have a major skills gap! They are relying on pedagogical mimicry–presenting the same way that their teachers taught them. That causes you and your conference to rely solely on a foundation of mimicry for education success. And this foundation is the exact the opposite of what your speakers should … [Read more…] Filed Under: Business Model, Conference Education Tagged With: , conference best practices, conferences, industry speaker, professional speakers, speaker, Speaker Emerging Practices, speaker tips
