Meeting Professionals Anxiously Want To Start Their Improvement Planning Process Yesterday July 26, 2018 by Jeff Hurt Conference and meeting professionals like action when planning their events. They are accustomed to juggling multiple demands. They have long to-do lists that require their attention and often exceed their available time. So, they have the tendency to want to hurry up and check-off items on their to-do list–yesterday. Herein likes one of their challenges … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , backward design, conference organizers, conference planning, conference professionals, future-back planning process, long-term trends planning mindset, present-forward planning mindset
Star Struck: Identifying Your Conference North Star June 21, 2018 by Jeff Hurt For centuries, explorers and those sailing the sea have relied on the North Star, or Polaris, to navigate. Long before the advent of the GPS, the North Star provided a distinctive visible position to true north. Travelers used its bright light as a guide to ensure they were voyaging in the right direction. Sailors adjusted … [Read more…] Filed Under: Experience Design Tagged With: , conference organizer, conference professionals, conference purpose, conference purpose as North Star, lead with purpose, meeting professionals, North Star for conferences, purpose, purpose-driven, purpose-driven conference organizers, purpose-driven conferences
Conference Purpose With Power And Participants Leads To Profitability June 14, 2018 by Jeff Hurt Does your event have a clear and inspiring purpose? (If you’re shaking your head yes, then what is it?) Now imagine someone asking your conference participants that question. How would they respond? I suspect they would say “Yes, of course it has a purpose!” Then they would launch into a passionate description of your event’s … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , conference organizer, conference professionals, conference purpose, lead with purpose, meeting professionals, purpose, purpose-driven, purpose-driven conference organizers, purpose-driven conferences
Flourishing Conference Professionals Lead With Purpose July 31, 2017 by Jeff Hurt As a conference organizer, how purpose-driven are you? Successful conference organizers are purpose-driven! They grow into purpose leaders that influence others with a shared vision and purpose. They evolve into meaning-machines. They design conference experiences that become meaning-making opportunities for their participants. And they make their planning teams’ work important. Not clichéd or trivial. Critically … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , conference organizer, conference professionals, conference purpose, lead with purpose, meeting professionals, purpose, purpose-driven, purpose-driven conference organizers, purpose-driven conferences
