Put An End To Average, Status Quo, Ho-Hum, Boring Conference Education! May 13, 2011 by Jeff Hurt It’s time for conference organizers to mix it up and do things differently. I am so bored with the traditional conference format: opening general session in theater setting, followed by breakouts in theater or rounds, followed by lunch, followed by breakouts in theater or rounds, followed by reception or party. Really? Is that the best … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , conferences, Education & Adult Learning, meeting planning best practices
The Engagement You Need Most At Your Meeting May 12, 2011 by Jeff Hurt Engagement is an overused two-dollar word that has been tossed around like cascarons (Mexican confetti filled Easter eggs). Everyone uses that word. Yet rarely is their consensus on what it is and how we get it. Is The Presentation Engaging? In the conference and meetings world, we struggle with defining and observing engagement during our … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , conferences, engagement, meeting planning best practices, presentation best practices, presentation strategies
Conference Education: Moving From Learning Style Myths To Evidenced-Based May 10, 2011 by Jeff Hurt Meeting professionals are long overdue to retire learning style myths in favor of evidenced-based education. (So are ASAE and the Convention Industry Council-CIC-which promotes unscientific learning styles in the CMP Handbook!) It’s time for conference organizers to bridge the gap between learning research and practice. It’s time to bring the research into the conference planning for … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , conference learning model, conferences, Education & Adult Learning, learn, learning, learning myths, meeting planning best practices
Are Conferences Flushing Education Dollars Down The Toilet? May 9, 2011 by Jeff Hurt Companies spent more than U.S. $125.88 billion in 2009 for training, including conference education. (ASTD 2010 State Of Industry Report) And less than 10% of what employees are taught sticks. (Influencer: The Power To Change Anything, VitalSmarts) That’s $113.29 billion dollars wasted, flushed down the toilet. What Really Matters The top two reasons people attend … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , conference education, conferences, Education & Adult Learning, meeting planning best practices
Three Event Infographics On Conference Education And ROI May 6, 2011 by Jeff Hurt Here are three Infographics from Experient’s e4 2010 Conference. Modernizing Conference Education – 15 min, TED-Style talk as part of Summer Storms Building A Customized ROI Tool That Measures Results – Terri Breining’s 15 min, TED-Style talk as part of Summer Storms Developing Next Generation Conference Education Sessions – Cafe Session Images by GraphicFootprints. Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , active learning, active participation, brain-friendly conferences, brain-friendly meetings, engagement, meeting planning best practices, ROI
Life Long Learning: In Pursuit Of Our Dreams March 9, 2011 by Jeff Hurt What d’ya know? Not enough. We can never know enough in the modern workplace. At least, that’s how I feel. Lifetime Learning A Path To Success Good education serves as the foundation for productive work. Lifetime learning offers a well-marked path to success. It’s up to us to follow it. On average, Americans spend just … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , adult learning, conferences, Education & Adult Learning, learning, meeting planning best practices
Confessions Of An Industry Speaker: What I Dislike About Your Conference March 7, 2011 by Jeff Hurt I feel like a professional conference attendee lately. I have attended and spoke at nine different conferences in the last 63 days. That’s one conference for every seven days. In reality, I spoke more than nine times because sometimes I had two or three presentations at each event. Seeing Your Speakers As Partners As a … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education, Speaker Coaching Tagged With: , conferences, industry speaker, meeting planner, presenter, speaker
Giving Your Conference Content Handles February 25, 2011 by Jeff Hurt Presentations are a way to move information from my head into your actions. If I do it right, I give my ideas handles, so that you can run with what I’ve started and make it your own. ~ Chris Brogan Do you design your conference content so that it has handles? Have you ever even … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education, Speaker Coaching Tagged With: , conferences, Education & Adult Learning, presentation strategies, speaker
Does Your Hybrid Event Have The It Factor? February 17, 2011 by Jeff Hurt Your heart races as your fingers type at lightning speed. You’re running behind schedule and want to make sure that you catch the opening general session online. Due to budget and schedule conflicts, you couldn’t attend that annual meeting. You didn’t want to miss some of the content so you registered as a virtual attendee. … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education, Hybrid & Virtual Tagged With: , hybrid events, hybrid meetings, live streaming, virtual attendee, virtual event
The Rise Of Informal Learning: Is Your Organization Capitalizing This? February 16, 2011 by Jeff Hurt Most organizational education is face-to-face in formal training programs. Or it is online in boring elearning text-based courses. Or it may occur at conferences where we try to condense as much content as possible and pour it into our brains. Filling our heads with facts, information and knowledge is ineffective. People forget most of what … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , adult learning, informal learning, workplace learning
