Why Do We Start Conferences With General Sessions? April 2, 2012 by Jeff Hurt Most conferences kickoff with an opening general session. Why? What’s the point? What’s the purpose of a general session? Back To Presentation Basics What’ the purpose of a speaker for any presentation? Nancy Duarte, author of Resonate says it best, Presentations are most commonly delivered to persuade an audience to change their minds or behavior. … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education, Experience Design Tagged With: , conference best practices, conference education, conferences, general sessions, meeting planning best practices, speaker, Speaker Emerging Practices
Creating Customized Conference Learning Experiences March 27, 2012 by Jeff Hurt Dave Lutz and I recently presented for ASAE’s Great Ideas Conference 2012 on Creating Customized Conference Learning Experiences. We shared our philosophy and process for planning the content for PCMA’s 2011 and 2012 Learning Lounge. The Learning Lounge was a joint project between PCMA, Freeman and Velvet Chainsaw. Here are the slides from our presentation. … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education, Experience Design Tagged With: , adult education, conference education, conferences, customized learning. brain-friendly learning, Education & Adult Learning, Learning Lounge, PCMA
Leveraging Professional Speakers For Conference Impact March 15, 2012 by Dave Lutz Most conference expense budgets are tight and limiting. Technology innovations, including Skype, Snagit, DIY screen capture and affordable video editing tools, can help you bring more thought leaders to your conference experience. Increasing Conference Value With Professional Speakers Professional speakers are often the most remembered, valued and polished elements of a conference. Typically they are … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education, Experience Design, Speaker Coaching Tagged With: , conference best practices, conferences, presentation best practices, professional speakers, speaker, Speaker Emerging Practices
Overhauling Your Conference To Adapt To The Lean, Mean, Thinking Machine February 21, 2012 by Jeff Hurt Regardless of one’s age, culture, gender or race, we share one thing in common: Our human brains love to learn! Our brains are a lean, mean, thinkin’ machine. It’s always on the prowl for new things to explore. It is genetically programmed to learn. Brain Boredom Our brains are always paying attention to something says … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education, Experience Design Tagged With: , brain science education, brain-friendly conferences, brain-friendly meetings, conference best practices, conferences, meeting planning best practices, meeting professionals
10 Brain-Based Learning Laws That Trump Traditional Education January 31, 2012 by Jeff Hurt If you play cards you know the importance of a trump. A trump is a card which ranks higher than the played cards. A trump suit outranks all cards of plain suits. Literally, a trump refers to any sort of action, authority or policy that automatically prevails over others. The Brain’s Natural Learning Trumps The … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education, Experience Design 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
Creating Compelling Irresistible Social Conference Experiences January 30, 2012 by Jeff Hurt Social. It’s a word that strikes fear in some and excites others. Today it seems that everything is social. From social media to social networking to social technology to social business, the trend is all things social. It’s the new black. Defining The Social Conference So what is the social conference? Does it mean adding … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Networking, Experience Design Tagged With: , adult learning, adult learning principles, adult learning strategies, conference best practices, conferences, meeting planning best practices, social conference
The Conference Innovators DNA January 26, 2012 by Jeff Hurt The Conference Innovators DNA View more presentations from Jeff Hurt Innovation. It’s the heartbeat of today’s economy. It’s also where meeting professionals need to focus their attention, time and resources to compete in the meetings marketplace. Average meetings are planned by average meeting professionals. Yet, most conference attendees don’t want to pay for an average … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education, Experience Design Tagged With: , conference best practices, conferences, disruptive innovation, Innovation, meeting planner, meeting planning best practices
Four Discovery Philosophies That Lead To Innovation December 27, 2011 by Jeff Hurt How innovative is your organization? Do your executives instill in you and your coworkers the courage to try new ideas? The Source Of Organizational Innovation Organizational innovation starts at the top. At least that’s the finding from The Innovator’s DNA authors Jeff Dyer, Hal Gregersen and Clayton M. Christensen. They researched and studied highly innovative … [Read more…] Filed Under: Experience Design Tagged With: , association best practices, disruptive innovation, Innovation, nonprofit
Your Organization Has Too Much To Do Because You Do Too Much December 22, 2011 by Jeff Hurt How can we add social media to our plates when we have so much to do? This is a common statement from nonprofit employees. They don’t want another task. They already have too much to do. So how can they simplify their work? The answer is simple: You have too much to do because you … [Read more…] Filed Under: Experience Design Tagged With: , association trends, nonprofit governance, nonprofit trends, organization structure
The Person Who Chooses Your Conference Content Has All The Power December 12, 2011 by Jeff Hurt “If we live in a world where information drives what we do, the information we get becomes the most important thing. The person who chooses that information has power,” says Seth Godin. Currently many conference hosts put the power of their conference content into the hands of administrators focused on shuffling speaker proposals and scheduling … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education, Experience Design Tagged With: , conference best practices, conference curator, conference education, conferences, content-strategist-curator, curation, meeting planning best practices
