Back to School for Trade Show Organizers: Build In More Ways to Learn and Connect August 2, 2016 by Betsy Bair This is the second in a series of posts on the findings of reports published by the Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) based on research recently conducted on attendee retention strategies. The way we buy has evolved for both the B2B and B2C sectors. Trade show organizers who have re-imagined their expo floors into … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education, Sponsorship & Exhibits Tagged With: , conference best practices, conference education, Education & Adult Learning, tradeshow
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
Getting Serious About Forecasting Future Conference Topics June 23, 2016 by Jeff Hurt Savvy 21st Century conference organizers can effectively demonstrate strategic learning alignment of their conference networking and education programming. (Can you?) Smart conference professionals are skilled at articulating the value of their event’s networking and learning opportunities. They can discuss how their programming helps their target market achieve their business goals. (Can you?) These effective meeting … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , forecasting, foresight, future focused thinking, future-focused conference programming
Does Your Team Say Your Mandatory Workshops Are Unbearable? May 27, 2016 by Jeff Hurt Mandatory training triggers groans in most people. They even trigger groans in the presenters. They are usually long, tedious and unforgivably mind-numbing as well as butt-numbing. Most of us despise them. Here are some suggestions on how to make mandatory workshops more bearable. Find more education infographics on e-Learning Infographics How do you make mandatory … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , blended learning, mandatory training
Sagacious And Substantive Gists We Should Appreciate, Comprehend And Respect Regarding Learning May 25, 2016 by Jeff Hurt Learning: it is probably one of the most misunderstood and misapplied concepts today. Many of us assume learning results from attending a class. We believe that our brains are like sponges that just absorb whatever it hears or sees. We presume that learning is a byproduct of listening to a lecture. We’ve even given names … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , active learning, adult education, adult learning principles, adult learning strategies, andragogy, conference best practices, conference education, conference learning model
Lose the PPT Template May 20, 2016 by Dave Lutz Many conference organizers are actively seeking and experimenting new learning formats and innovative room sets. Both are worthwhile quests to improve conference learning and participant value. If this describes your organization, strike while the iron is hot and discontinue mandating usage of your conference’s PowerPoint template. The brand police at your company won’t like this … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education, Speaker Coaching Tagged With: , adult learning, industry speaker, PowerPoint, Speaker Emerging Practices, speaker tips, visuals
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
Creating Sticky Learning To Combat Our Illusion Of Knowing July 30, 2015 by Jeff Hurt Much of what we take for gospel about how to learn is wasted effort. Learning is grossly misunderstood. The most effective learning strategies are counterintuitive. We believe that attending education and listening to a presenter leads to learning. Just give me the crib sheets, the list of tips, the high level takeaways and I have … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , brain-friendly conferences, conference best practices, conversations, discussions, Education & Adult Learning, lecture, peer-to-peer, sticky learning
More Dangerous Assumptions About Your Conference Education Part 2 July 24, 2015 by Jeff Hurt The research* shows that much of what we do in our conference education is actually counterproductive. (*See partial list of research and books at the end of Dangerous Assumptions Part 1 post.) We spend too much of our conference time on delivery of information. The web is a better information delivery model than our events. … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , adult education, adult learning principles, adult learning strategies, brain friendly strategies, brain-friendly conferences, conference education, conference strategy, education best practices, learning myths
Dangerous Assumptions About Your Conference Education Part I July 23, 2015 by Jeff Hurt It’s a very dangerous assumption. We assume that if our speakers are talking, our attendees must be learning. We equate telling from the stage with audience education. Telling does not equal learning. We’ve placed a value on experts talking instead of a value on attendees’ learning. It’s backwards thinking and it’s one of our conference’s … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , adult education, adult learning principles, adult learning strategies, brain friendly strategies, brain-friendly conferences, conference education, conference strategy, education best practices, learning myths
