Why Conferences Need More Peer To Peer Talking And Less Monologues April 17, 2012 by Jeff Hurt Hardwired into every one is the desire to communicate! We crave and need communication with each other. Listening to conference lectures is one-sided. It doesn’t provide the same fulfillment as two-way dialogue with our peers. As long as our attendees participate in speaker monologues and panel dialogues, they lack the ability to grow social bonds … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , adult education, adult learning principles, adult learning strategies, brain-friendly conferences, conference best practices, conference education, conferences, presentation best practices, social learning
Conference Attendees Remember What They Think About April 16, 2012 by Jeff Hurt Conference speakers make assumptions every day about how their attendees comprehend, remember and apply the information they hear. These assumptions, as well as their presentation decisions, are based on a mix of theories, trial and error, past experiences with their own teachers and professors, and instinct. Yet are these theories, experiences and instinct serving the … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education, Experience Design Tagged With: , adult education, adult learning principles, adult learning strategies, brain-friendly conferences, conference best practices, conference education, conferences, presentation best practices, social learning
Why You Should Not Hire A Speaker That Will Alienate Part Of Your Audience April 4, 2012 by Jeff Hurt Learning is a fragile thing. It is a biological process that happens in the brain. Provide the wrong stimulus and the brain responds by shutting down the learning process and instead protecting the human body. In order for people to learn something, their basic needs have to be met first. They must feel like the … [Read more…] Filed Under: Speaker Coaching Tagged With: , conference best practices, conference education, conferences, general sessions, meeting planning best practices, Speaker Emerging Practices
Why Risky Conference Speakers Can Lead To Failed Learning April 3, 2012 by Jeff Hurt What do well-informed town halls and WWE’s “Friday Night SmackDown” have in common? A lot more than you would think. In 2009, both Friday Night SmackDown and healthcare town halls were sold out. Both witnessed a staged, well-rehearsed, public feud that was more about sensationalism than fact. During those healthcare town halls, two opposing sides … [Read more…] Filed Under: Speaker Coaching Tagged With: , conference best practices, conference education, conferences, general sessions, meeting planning best practices, Speaker Emerging Practices
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
Uses And Abuses Of The Common Lecture March 29, 2012 by Jeff Hurt Few people agree about what makes a good lecture. It’s like asking about what is good art or great music. Our personal tastes are all over the map. Some researchers have found that individuals want different and often conflicting things from a lecture. Since lectures will be evaluated and assessed at extremes of a rating … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , adult learning, brain science education, conference education, dult education, lecture, presentation best practices
What Really Happens When We Listen To A Lecture March 28, 2012 by Jeff Hurt The ubiquitous lecture. On any given day thousands of lectures occur across the globe. People gather in arenas, board rooms, city halls, colleges and universities, conferences, conference rooms, churches, general sessions, libraries, meeting rooms, schools and theaters to hear lectures. It is the most common method used when teaching adults. Unfortunately, it is also ineffective … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , adult education, adult learning, brain science education, conference education, lecture, presentation best 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
Two Strategies To Infuse Lectures With Learning March 14, 2012 by Jeff Hurt Lectures are ineffective methods to promote learning. Even if you want to disagree with this premise, the scientific research remains the same. Lectures have limits. They are effective ways to transmit information. They are as effective as distributing a report to read. They are not as effective as discussions for learning. Two Methods To Combine … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , conference best practices, conference education, conferences, lecture, presentation best practices
What Lectures Actually Achieve March 13, 2012 by Jeff Hurt Lectures have limits when used for education. Lectures are a great way to share information. However they are not as effective as discussions for getting learners to think, develop attitudes or change behaviors. Why Lectures? In politics lectures are called speeches. In faith institutions lectures are called sermons. In colleges and universities lectures are called … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , conference best practices, conference education, conferences, lecture, presentation best practices
