The Mirage Of Conference Information Tsunami October 4, 2011 by Jeff Hurt Your attendees rate the learning impact of “massing” as superior at your event. Massing in the education world is defined as receiving large blocks of information in condensed amounts of time. Attendees feel that the more information they can receive, the higher their performance. Unfortunately, the conference information tsunami is a mirage. It is a … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , brain science education, brain-friendly conferences, brain-friendly meetings, conference best practices, conference education, conference tips, conferences, meeting industry trends, meeting planning best practices
Connecting The Dots Critical To Brain-Friendly Conference Learning September 22, 2011 by Jeff Hurt Do you remember the children’s activity connect the dots? This paper and pencil puzzle contained a sequence of numbered or lettered dots. Your task was to draw a line connecting dots in the right series so that the outline of an object was revealed. As we got older, the dot to dot activities became more … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , brain science education, brain-friendly conferences, brain-friendly meetings, conference best practices, conference education, conference tips, conferences, meeting industry trends, meeting planning best practices
Creating A Brain-Friendly Not Brain-Adverse Event September 21, 2011 by Jeff Hurt Imagine going to a party where you meet a bunch of new people. Which faces will you remember? Which names will you recall? You’ll probably remember the woman who made you laugh. The man who accidentally spilled his drink on you. The man who made your face turn red from embarrassment. And the women who … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , brain science education, brain-friendly conferences, brain-friendly meetings, conference best practices, conference education, conference tips, conferences, meeting industry trends, meeting planning best practices
Using AGES To Design Brain Friendly Conferences September 20, 2011 by Jeff Hurt Is your conference experience one that hurts your participants’ brains or one that helps their brains learn? In other words, is your conference brain-adverse or brain-friendly? Does the experience align with how your attendees’ brains work? Or does it work against the brain’s natural systems, shutting it down from learning? Two Critical Conference Factors To … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education, Experience Design Tagged With: , brain science education, brain-friendly conferences, brain-friendly meetings, conference best practices, conference education, conference tips, conferences, meeting industry trends, meeting planning best practices
Top Creativity Tips To Think Outside Your Box August 30, 2011 by Jeff Hurt Ever been stuck and feel like you can’t get out of your box? Maybe even backed into a corner? I have. And I suspect you have too. Routine Thinking Leads To Being Stuck I believe that often we do the same thing so much that we can’t see another way of proceeding. Our minds really … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education, Experience Design Tagged With: , adult learning, adult learning principles, brain science education, creative process, creativity
Seven Tips To Jump-Start Your Creativity August 3, 2011 by Jeff Hurt I consider myself fairly creative. I am not more creative than you. I’ve just spent a lot of time practicing creativity. And I’ve surrounded myself with people who constantly encourage me that I can be creative. It helps that my parents, family and teachers always encouraged me that I was creative. Believing that inner voice … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , adult learning, adult learning principles, brain science education, creative process, creativity, creator
Demystifying The Creative Process August 2, 2011 by Jeff Hurt Remember kindergarten when we used to play with finger paints, watercolors, crayons, chalk, colored pencils, markers and other fun things. We’d paint with great abandon not worried about what anyone would think about our pictures. And we’d have fun. Our teachers would hang everyone’s art on the bulletin board. They would ask us, “Tell us … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , adult learning, adult learning principles, brain science education, creative process, creativity, creator
Are You A Right-Brained Creative? August 1, 2011 by Jeff Hurt Where does creativity come from? No, it doesn’t come from the strike of lightning bolt or a handful of hallucinogenic drugs. Although the movie Gothic depicting English Romantic poets Mary Shelley and Lord Byron taking drugs on a rooftop in the midst of a thunderstorm might lead you to think so. Dramatic, yes! And far … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , adult learning, adult learning principles, brain science education, creativity, creator, learning myths, learning styles exposed
Get On The Brain Train Before It Leaves The Station July 13, 2011 by Jeff Hurt Attendees spend about 24 hours physically present in a three-day conference experience. (About eight hours a day, outside of sleep and night activities.) Students who attend school from kindergarten through high school typically spend more than 13,000 hours learning from teachers. 24 hours seem minimal as compared to 13,000 hours. Yet, most conference participants try … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , brain science education, brain-friendly conferences, brain-friendly meetings, conference tips, conferences, learning styles exposed, meeting best practices, meeting planning best practices
Are You Corrupting Your Education Sessions? May 19, 2011 by Jeff Hurt Less is more. Too much, too fast, it won’t last. That’s a favorite adage used by some educators. The underlying concept is that you can present more and faster. But your listeners will simply forget more and faster! Overloading The Mind Organizations and conference planners are often pressured to offer more presentations and content. More, … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , brain science education, conference education, conferences, content, delivery, meeting planning best practices, presentation best practices
