Understanding Your Attendees’ Goldilocks Leads To Conference Success December 11, 2012 by Jeff Hurt We’ve all experienced it: that overwhelming sense of dread! A tsunami of emails. Total exhaustion from too many meetings. The constant barrage of urgent texts from colleagues, family and friends. Change piled upon change, often when we can’t or won’t tolerate it. Our brain has its limits! Too much stress and pressure and it gets … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , adult learning, adult learning principles, adult learning strategies, brain science education, brain-friendly conferences, conference best practices, conference education, meeting planning best practices, presentation best practices
Conference Lessons You Can Learn From Apple December 3, 2012 by Jeff Hurt I walked into the newly expanded Apple Store at Knox Henderson on the day of the release of the next version of the iPhone. I hesitated at first thinking it would be packed with crowds but my iPhone was stuck in the middle of an upgrade. I needed help and I needed it fast. There … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , conference best practices, conference marketing, conferences, content marketing
How To Find Openly Licensed Educational Resources You Can Use [Infographic] November 16, 2012 by Jeff Hurt Most of us turn to the internet when we are looking for resources to use for a presentation, report or article. The internet holds the key to so many robust resources. Yet how many of these resources can you legally use for free? How many of them can you adapt? That’s where Open Educational … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , OER, open educational resources
Developing Conference Education That Provides Solutions To Customers’ Needs November 15, 2012 by Jeff Hurt Are you treating your conference attendees like commodities? Often conference organizers aim to make more revenue from their event. They are so focused on strategies and tactics to increase their profit that they risk damaging the one thing that makes them unique: their relationship with attendees. Conferences Should… Jeffrey Cufaude reminded me of the fragile … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education, Experience Design Tagged With: , conference best practices, conference education, conferences, target market
Want To Make Conference Learning Stick? Try Gamification! November 7, 2012 by Jeff Hurt Want to make your conference education more fun and memorable? Then maybe you should consider gamification. Simply put, gamification is the use of game mechanics to make learning and instruction more fun and to increase retention. Learning And Gamification Make A Great Team Coupling gamification and learning: gives an experience meaning provides a set of … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , adult learning, adult learning principles, adult learning strategies, conference best practices, conferences, Gamification
How Technology Impacts Education [Infographic] November 6, 2012 by Jeff Hurt by DeVryUniversity.Learn about data visualization software. I’m not convinced that technology is a barrier to education as this infographic states. I think students have always preferred discussion and class interactions to the lecture. If technology is having this type of impact on college education, what type of impact is it having on your association education … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , adult education, Infographic
Will Nonprofit Trade Associations Embrace Open Educational Resources [OER]? October 30, 2012 by Jeff Hurt Openness in education is an emergent practice among many organizations and institutions. Open educational resources (OER) affect the practices of instruction, learning, presenting and teaching. Will nonprofit trade associations embrace OER or will they continue to keep educational resources behind a member wall or for purchase only? Defining OER OER are educational materials such as … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , adult education, association, association trends, learning trends, nonprofit trends
Putting People And Learning Before Places And Spaces October 18, 2012 by Jeff Hurt “Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah blah. Blah, blah, blah!” The words fall from the speaker’s mouth to listener’s ears. The more the speaker shares, the more the listeners quickly forget. Here’s a truth: Content covered by the speaker does not automatically translate into content learned by the audience. Same Old, Same Old For the past … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education
A Conference Learning Manifesto With Ten New Principles To Adopt October 12, 2012 by Jeff Hurt We participate, therefore we are. This spin on cogito ergo sum (English: “I think, therefore I am”) is a good motto for all conferences and events. It is exactly where I think conference organizers should begin to focus their meeting planning efforts. They need to focus on designing learning experiences where attendees actively participate, not … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , adult learning, adult learning principles, conference best practices, conferences, participatory class, participatory conferences, participatory culture
Three Reasons Not To Start An Association Certification Program September 28, 2012 by Jeff Hurt “All organizations can develop certification. But not all should!” ~ Mickie Rops, CAE, Credentialing Expert Some organizations think creating a certification program is the sure way to solve some of its problems. Sometime it is a valid way to solve industry-related challenges. Sometimes, it is like using a screwdriver to hammer nails. It just doesn’t … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , association, ceertification, credentialing
