These Barriers Keep You From Conference Innovation August 27, 2013 by Jeff Hurt Things are changing faster than ever before. Conference owners used to get dominance through scale. That scale came from securing the most industry-related exhibitors, sponsors and attendees as possible for your event. Then, the conference became the industry’s go-to-place for new product announcements from exhibitors, breaking industry research, the industry’s experts and the latest, greatest … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , conference best practices, conferences, disruptive innovation, Innovation
Five Questions For 21st Century Conferences August 26, 2013 by Jeff Hurt I believe that questions are the currency of today’s world. We should all be embracing questions like: What’s next? How does that impact me? Where do we go from here? What will it take to make this happen? Why and Why not? Five Questions For 21st Century Conferences And Their Organizers With hat tips and … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning, Experience Design Tagged With: , conference best practices, conferences, meeting industry trends
Cheat Sheet: Using Group Talk As Discussions For Conference Education August 22, 2013 by Jeff Hurt The evidence is loud and clear that peer discussions are more effective than lectures if memory and knowledge retention, attitude, behavior and skill change, and learning are the goals. Just dividing a traditional lecture into 10 minute chunks and then giving the audience two to ten-minute breaks for time for discussion increases learning. How Discussions … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , active learning, active participation, adult learning, adult learning principles, adult learning strategies, conference best practices, conference education, conferences, discussions, lecture
How To Create A Bodacious, Mind-boggling, Unforgettable Conference Experience August 14, 2013 by Jeff Hurt Now, more than ever, conference organizers can’t continue to play it safe! Your annual conference is part of your organization’s brand experience. Most conference hosts and organizers understand the power of experience to inspire people and drive business growth. Yet few take the time to consider, plan and design an amazing conference experience. They just … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , conference best practices, conference experience, conferences, emotional experience, meeting planning best practices, unforgettable events, wow experience
Five Ways To Combine Conference Lectures With More Effective Education August 13, 2013 by Jeff Hurt In principle, there are many education methods that could replace conference lectures. The research is loud and clear that the majority of these education methods are more effective than the conference lecture. Yet, the conference lecture dominates the most conference education. Yes, the lecture has a place. Unfortunately, conference organizers give it too much prominence. … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , active learning, active participation, adult learning, adult learning principles, adult learning strategies, conference best practices, conferences, lecture
Want To Know Why Your Conference Fails At Changing Behavior? August 12, 2013 by Jeff Hurt The traditional lecture, the primary education method of your conference, fails at promoting learning! Yes, it’s true. The conference lecture is only good for transmitting information. (Bligh 1970, 2000). It is not good for changing attitudes, behaviors or skills. (Bligh 1970, 2000) The Lecture Is Good For Teachers Bad For Learners As long as your … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , active learning, active participation, adult learning, adult learning principles, adult learning strategies, conference best practices, conferences, lecture
5 Conference Conditions That Lead To Attendee Focused Attention July 30, 2013 by Jeff Hurt Note: This post was originally published on July 11, 2011 and has been slightly edited. Attention is a payment of the brain’s resources. It requires that we adjust, engage and sustain each of our nine brain areas involved in attention. We must also exclude, suppress or ignore external and internal distracters–and often that’s the real … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , conference best practices, conference tips, conferences, engagement, meeting planning best practices
Overcoming These Six Barriers To Audience Resistance To Participation July 24, 2013 by Jeff Hurt Even when you’ve adequately communicated the transition from passive attendee to active participant, some audience members will still resist. You’re challenging their comfort zone of passively sitting in a lecture. You are now asking them to engage on a different level which requires being fully present and doing something. And you’re challenging their past school … [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, learner-centric, meeting planning best practices, participant-centric, presentation best practices
You Need To Communicate Conference Changes To All Your Stakeholders July 22, 2013 by Jeff Hurt You’re convinced that you need to make changes to your conference experience and have got approval from your boss and leadership to proceed. You’re excited about those changes and ready to launch that new experience. Then you discover that many of your conference stakeholders do not respond with the same enthusiasm. Your stakeholders’ response is … [Read more…] Filed Under: Attendance Marketing Tagged With: , change management, conference best practices, dealing with resistance
Presenter Tips For Audience Discussions July 19, 2013 by Jeff Hurt “Nobody can’t teach nobody nothing,” says O. P. Kolstoe, author of College Professoring. We need better presenters, as our conference attendees often suggest. Or we need better attendees as our speakers often state. I think Kolstoe hit the bull’s-eye. As a presenter, so also a learner–the conference attendee. (paraphrased Joseph Lowman, 1995). If there is … [Read more…] Filed Under: Speaker Coaching Tagged With: , active learning, conference best practices, conferences, Education & Adult Learning, master presenters, presentation best practices, presentation strategies, presenter, speaker tips
