America has a love-hate-relationship with American Idol. We boo the negative naysayer and painfully honest founder and judge Simon Cowell. Although we often secretly agree with what he has to say. We applaud the effervescent Ellen DeGeneres when she says she likes a finalist and compares them to an unripe banana. Although we know she is struggling to find something positive to say when a singer does a poor job. The entire process of finding the next American Idol is very similar to the … [Read more...]
Does Your Conference Content Resemble New York City Or A Ghost Town?
Consider your association's education and conference content. Does it resemble a vibrant, youthful, buzzing community, like the always open 24-7 New York City? Or does it resemble an old ghost town with dust and tumbleweeds, a city stuck in the past refusing to change with the times? Now let's take that further. So, which do you prefer for your association to provide at your next annual meeting and programs? Content from the "Good Old Days" - featuring sessions and stories from the … [Read more...]
13 Things You Can Do Now To Improve Your Conference Content
Imagine you are going to hear Martin Luther King's memorable "I've Got A Dream" speech for the first time, live and in person. You grab your time machine manual and follow its instructions. You step into your time machine and set the location for the steps of the Lincoln Monument and the date for August 28, 1963. You put on your seatbelt, push the flux capacitor button thingy and away you go. As you open the door of your DeLorean, you find yourself in a New York Subway. There standing on the … [Read more...]
Is Your Conference Content Boogielicious Or Headbanging Hurt?
Can your conference content boogie? Is its SPH (Sessions Per Hour), similar to BPM, contagious, and trance-like making everyone want to sway to its beat? Does your content have an infectious swing and shuffle rhythm that makes the heart beat faster, toes tap and the booty shake more? Does it have a rockabilly, blues, boogie-woogie wow factor? Does everyone suddenly jump up and get their groove on and once the content ends the crowd asks for more? Or is your conference content like the Acid … [Read more...]
Conference Organizers: Let’s Do The Time Warp Again
It's so dreamy, oh fantasy free me So you can't see me, no not at all In another dimension, with voyeuristic intention Well-secluded, I see all With a bit of a mind flip You're there in the time slip And nothing can ever be the same You're spaced out on sensation, like you're under sedation Let's do the Time Warp again! Take a step back into time with me. Let's do the time warp again. "It's a jump to the left. Then a step to the right." Let's go back to the halls of one of the first … [Read more...]
Is It Our (De)-Fault To Distance Ourselves From The Meeting’s Content And Programming?
What event professional do you know that takes full responsibility for the entire attendee experience at their face-to-face event or meeting? What would meetings and events look like if meeting professional's quit blaming others for the content, programming and experience of the event? For the past 18 months I've consistently heard meetings and event professionals denounce the government and organizations for lack of support of face-to-face meetings and events. I've heard them cry and bemoan … [Read more...]
Busted: Ten Conference Adult Learning Myths
In conference and meeting environments, attendees receive more messages and content from attending six to eight hours of presentations than a typical day of being bombarded by advertising, direct mail, radio and TV. Duplicate that day two or three times, and you have a mind that is flooded with messages and information on excessive conference overload. But how many of those messages are remembered? How many are actually learned and retained? Here are ten conference adult learning myths - … [Read more...]
Four Overlooked Tips To Make Your Conference Experience More Successful
If you're like me, you're probably planning on attending at least one conference during the coming year. How do you prepare for your conference attendance? Do you make a list of goals or people that you want to meet before you attend? Or do you attend with a free spirit attitude and let spontaneity rule? Here Are Four Often Overlooked Tips To Make Your Conference Experience More Successful 1. Take The Path Less Traveled During a conference, attendees tend to travel together in packs. … [Read more...]
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