Resurrect Lifeless Lectures: Tips For Turning Listeners Into Learners December 8, 2011 by Jeff Hurt You want me to do what? Include audience engagement and participation in my presentation? You’ve got to be joking. I’ve got too much content to cover! We’ve all heard that excuse from presenters. They fear if they don’t cover all the content, the listener won’t get all of the information. We love to explain things, … [Read more…] Filed Under: Speaker Coaching Tagged With: , active learning, active participation, adult learning, adult learning principles, adult learning strategies, lecture, presentation 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
Why The PCMA Learning Lounge Worked February 10, 2011 by Jeff Hurt “What if no one shows up? What will we do?” It was 6:45 am on a Monday morning in Las Vegas. We wondered if anyone would actually show up when PCMA’s Convening Leaders’ Learning Lounge opened at 7 am. As the final countdown started, we were about to find out first hand if people would … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education, Experience Design Tagged With: , active learning, active participation, adult learning, conferences, engagement, Learning Lounge, PCMA11
Your Memory: The Engine And Bottleneck Of Learning February 8, 2011 by Jeff Hurt Myth: The more we sit and listen to conference lectures, the more we learn. Fact: Our memory is both the engine and the bottleneck of learning. The more information we receive without thinking about it, the more we corrupt our learning. Three Critical Factors Of Working Memory Working memory is the part of your mind … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , active learning, active participation, adult learning, conferences, engagement, lecture, meeting planning basics, presentation best practices, presentation strategies
The Brain As A Gambler And Conference Camouflaged Listeners February 7, 2011 by Jeff Hurt If we wanted to create an education environment that is directly opposed to what the brain is good at doing, we would design something like today’s conference lectures. Listening to a 45-, 60- or 90-minute lecture floods the working memory with information. We can’t store everything we hear in our memory. The Brain As A … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , active learning, active participation, adult learning, conferences, engagement, lecture, meeting planning basics, presentation best practices, presentation strategies
Myths, Facts, Challenges And Tips With Learning From Lectures February 3, 2011 by Jeff Hurt Myth: Our minds are like sponges that just soak up information which creates learning. Many of us grew up believing that myth. We believed that we could sit in a lecture and the speaker’s information would magically transfer to our brains. We thought we could automatically recall everything the teacher said. Without studying, our test … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , active learning, active participation, adult learning, conferences, Education & Adult Learning, engagement, lecture, presentation best practices, presentation myths, presentation strategies
Conference Lectures Are A Lazy Format For Lazy Learners February 2, 2011 by Jeff Hurt This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs. This is your brain during a lecture. (See image.) Our Addiction To Lectures We are addicted to lectures. Why? They are easy to plan and schedule for a conference. Release a call for presentation proposals. Select speakers from submitted proposals. Ask speakers to give monologues … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , active learning, adult learning, conferences, Education & Adult Learning, engagement, lecture, short term memory, work
Confronting The Challenges Of Today’s Participatory Culture In Conferences And Events January 14, 2011 by Jeff Hurt This post is my contribution to the free eBook, What’s Next In Events 2011: 9 Event Experts Weigh In compiled and created by Lara McCullouch-Carter. We are witnessing the emergency of a cultural phenomenon that supports widespread participation in the production and distribution of content, information and media. Sociologists call it the new participatory culture. We … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , active learning, active participation, adult learning, conferences, engagement, participatory class, participatory culture
Information Dump Or Learning Facilitator? December 13, 2010 by Jeff Hurt It’s time to decide which one your conference is: information dump or learning facilitator. Is there a difference between information and education? Education and learning? A quick review of the definitions for each within the context of meetings helps provide clarity. Information Information is concepts, data, facts and research. Communicating information is normally show-n-tell lectures … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education, Speaker Coaching Tagged With: , active learning, active participation, adult learning, conferences, content, delivery, Education & Adult Learning, engagement
Obituary For A Conference Education Session December 7, 2010 by Jeff Hurt It was a wasted ninety minutes of life. 5,400 seconds of possibility that are now gone forever without a shred of hope, learning or motivation. It had such potential. It died so quick and so young. No one understood a single thing that was said. The barrage of PowerPoint slides with small fonts, too many … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , active learning, adult learning, conferences, content, delivery, Education & Adult Learning, engagement, meeting planner
