Activating Attendee Heart Coherence Thru Intentionally Crafted Conference Experiences November 24, 2014 by Jeff Hurt What type of emotions does your conference experience activate? “Huh?” you say. “My conference is supposed to connect on an emotional level with attendees?” Whether you like it or not, your conference does initiate some type of emotion. Unfortunately, many conference experiences are bland, sterile boring events. They lack passion, enthusiasm and emotional highs and … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , adult learning principles, brain-friendly conferences, brain-friendly meetings, Brain-in-heart, conference best practices, education best practices, heart coherence, neuroscience
Growing Conference Technology Competency To Increase Your Value November 21, 2014 by Dave Lutz As a conference organizer, how would you rank your competency regarding conference technologies like registration, speaker management databases, exhibits, conference apps, wayfinding signage, email marketing, CRM data bases and social media? Technology geek, technophobe or somewhere in between? The most effective and valuable meeting professionals are squarely in the middle. Why Two Tech Extremes Don’t … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Technology Tagged With: , conference best practices, conference experience, conference technology, conferences, meeting professional
Improving Conference Experiences With The Ground Breaking Discovery Of Brain-In-The-Heart November 14, 2014 by Jeff Hurt We’ve all heard people say: “Go with your gut.” “Just follow your heart.” “Trust your instinct.” These colloquial sayings feel more like fuzzy-thinking, sensitive touchy-freely speeches or lyrical metaphors. It’s not normally something that you expect experts to say at a conference. Nor is it something we strive to create in conference experiences. But should … [Read more…] Filed Under: Experience Design Tagged With: , adult learning principles, brain-friendly conferences, brain-friendly meetings, Brain-in-heart, conference best practices, education best practices, heart coherence, neuroscience
Your Conference Attendees Utterly Deep Driving Need To Share Experiences November 12, 2014 by Jeff Hurt My sister likes to talk! Saying she like to talk is an understatement. I don’t think she ever stops talking except when she sleeps. She is not that much different from my father. He likes to talk and talk and talk. And a couple of my very close friends are like that too. They all … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , adult learning, conference best practices, informal learning, learning design, peer-to-peer, peerology, speaker tips
Increase Conference Attendee Acquisition With Targeted Message Maps November 3, 2014 by Wendy Holliday How often are your conference communication pieces in lockstep with your attendees’ needs? Do your conference emails tend to go out as a one-size-fits-all blast to your entire database? Or is your copy customized with critical issues for each primary target audience segment? If you want to increase your conference attendee acquisition, you need targeted … [Read more…] Filed Under: Attendance Marketing Tagged With: , conference best practices, engagement, meeting planning best practices
Part 2: Ten Industrial-Strength Awesome Trends Poised To Disrupt Your Conference Education October 31, 2014 by Jeff Hurt More powerful than your current offerings. More effective than your current industrial-strength-stupid monologues and ineffective-panel-methods. These trends are poised to give you the upper hand and differentiate you from your competitors or send your conference committee suggestions into a downward spiral that will take years to recover from. Take heed. These trends will be knocking … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , adult education, adult learning strategies, appointment learning, conference best practices, conference education, lossless learning, micro-learning, transformational learning
Ten Industrial-Strength Awesome Trends Poised To Disrupt Your Conference Education Part 1 October 30, 2014 by Jeff Hurt They are unusually strong and potent. They are more durable than your current conference education strategies. And they are highly-concentrated ready to improve your attendees’ learning ROI. That is assuming that you are open to understanding, adopting and applying them. The choice is yours. Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is convincing your … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning, Hybrid & Virtual Tagged With: , adult education, adult learning strategies, appointment learning, conference best practices, conference education, lossless learning, micro-learning, transformational learning
Fostering Planned Serendipity At Conferences October 28, 2014 by Sarah Michel Some people call it luck. Others call it fate. Whatever we call it, serendipity is a wonderful thing. We’ve all experienced it at a conference. That happy accident or surprising discovery when you sit next to someone at a session who deals with the same work challenges as you. This new serendipitous connection introduces you … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Networking, Experience Design Tagged With: , conference best practices, conference serendipity, meeting planning best practices, networking
Post-Conference Debrief Tips To Improve The Conference Experience October 27, 2014 by Donna Kastner The closing keynote was a big hit. Attendees head home. Your team has worked tirelessly for weeks. And they delivered beyond your expectations. You would love to get packed quickly. You know everyone on your teams deserves some time off now. Gathering The Team For One Final Meeting You think, “If I can just gather … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning, Experience Design Tagged With: , conference best practices, conference debriefs, conference improvement, team debriefs
Five Super Effervescent Sparkling Fresh Conference Education Ideas October 24, 2014 by Jeff Hurt As a conference organizer, do you replicate last year’s conference schedule and experience and just change the filling? Or do you mix it up? Constantly looking for new ways to freshen up the attendee’s conference experience. The best conference organizers proactively seek fresh, new ideas to implement at their next annual meeting. They work hard … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education, Event Planning Tagged With: , adult learning strategies, brain science education, brain-friendly conferences, conference best practices, conference education, conferences, participatory class, participatory culture, participatory learning
