Three More MindShift Antidotes To Poisonous Toxic Conference Mindsets May 5, 2016 by Jeff Hurt Antidote: a substance that can counteract a form of poisoning (and in the case of conferences, ingrained, fixed, established methods of thinking). An antidote neutralizes or prevents something harmful, damaging or dangerous. Some antidotes require antivenom used to treat a lethal situation. Many conference planning teams need antidotes to their panacea outdated thinking processes. They … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , association issues and challenges, association trends, conference best practices, conference MindShifts, conference predictions, conference trends, meeting industry trends, meeting predictions, mindset, MindShift
Creating Some Astonishingly Noble Meeting Mojo With Forward Leaning Conference MindShifts May 4, 2016 by Jeff Hurt As a conference organizer you have the amazing opportunity to create some noble and transformative meeting mojo! We just need the right thinking tools to do conferences better. We have to reframe our lens, filters and thinking so that we can propel our customers into the future advantageously. We have to move beyond gathering and … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , association issues and challenges, association trends, conference best practices, conference MindShifts, conference predictions, conference trends, meeting industry trends, meeting predictions, mindset, MindShift
Conferences Need a Strategic Purpose April 11, 2016 by Dave Lutz Does your annual conference have a documented purpose or strategy? My experience is that most organizers either don’t have one or haven’t updated, or used it, in quite a while. With competition for attendee time and share of wallet reaching new degrees of complexity, revisiting this strategic step should be a high priority. Defining the … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning, Experience Design Tagged With: , conference purpose, strategy
Two More Bear Traps And Five Practices You Should Steal Immediately (Part 3) March 1, 2016 by Jeff Hurt This is the third installment in this three part post on why you should not copy successful conference leaders. The first post looked at who we follow within the conference and meetings industry. It also established five bear traps to avoid when copying new ideas. The second post identified three big ole bear traps to … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , copying great ideas, leading chage., mimicry
To Believe Or Not To Believe Conference Copying: Three Big Ole Bear Traps To Avoid (Part 2) February 29, 2016 by Jeff Hurt Why do we blindly copy another conference’s success? Too often, we try to find fresh ideas from leading conference professionals. Copying another person’s conference success is so much easier than investing the time to think it through for ourselves. Hat tips to Carey Nieuwhof’s Leading Change Without Losing It: Five Strategies That Can Revolutionize How … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , copying great ideas, leading chage., mimicry
To Believe Or Not To Believe: 5 Devastating Reasons You Should Not Copy Another Conference February 24, 2016 by Jeff Hurt Who do you follow today in the conference landscape? I can think of several conference leaders and a handful of organizations that you should carefully watch. I know I follow them—even if from a distance. Your list might consist of any of the stalwart traditional conference organizers. They’ve taken their organization to success. Or you … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , copying great ideas, leading chage., mimicry
Four Stupendous Strategic Steps You Should Practice Regularly February 19, 2016 by Jeff Hurt One of the biggest challenges we face—especially nonprofit association and conference professionals–is spending adequate time thinking. For some reason, we believe that doing is better than thinking. When we do something, we seem to make progress. Well, at least that’s what we tell ourselves. When we think, there doesn’t seem to be any forward movement. … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , association executives, credibility, event professionals, hospitality professionals, meeting planning best practices, meeting professionals, strategic thinking, strategic value, strategy
Why Bother With Conference Education Peer Discussions? February 17, 2016 by Jeff Hurt How many conference speakers have you seen that don’t want attendees asking, answering, commenting or participating during their presentations? From the speaker’s point of view, the presentation seems to be moving along nicely as the content is covered. The room is silent except the speaker’s voice. And surely that means that the audience is attentively … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , adult education, adult learning, adult learning principles, adult learning strategies, conference best practices, conference education, discussions, lecture, paragogy, peer-to-peer, peerology
Nurturing Conference Experiences That Foster Skillful Collaboration To Create Progress February 4, 2016 by Jeff Hurt We can’t solve today’s and tomorrow’s problems with yesterday’s thinking says Dan Pink. Most of us only know one way to address our challenges. Our problem solving skills, our communication strategies and our capacity to bend our ideas as we bridge gaps have not evolved fast enough. We think there is only a right and … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , collaboration, collaborative learning, conversations, fearless conversations, transformation, transformational conferences, transformational learning
Conference Pivoting: Memory, Remembering, Cues And Mnemonics January 26, 2016 by Jeff Hurt Viewing a conference presenter does not give it much sticking power in the memory to paraphrase cognitive psychologist Dr. Daniel Willingham. Ouch, that’s certainly smacks at the primary conference education session—the traditional lecture. Viewing a conference lecture, even reviewing its recording later, leads to the illusion that the viewer knows the material because it seems … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , cognitive psychology, cognitive science, conference best practices, learning, memory, neuroscience, remembering
