The Benefit Of Shifting From Presenting To Participating December 3, 2010 by Jeff Hurt “Not a presentation, a participation,” says Scott Gould. The Typical Presentation Like Minds Conference founder Scott Gould raised an interesting question on his blog this week. He was talking to his compadre Robin Dickinson about an upcoming presentation he was delivering. The presentation was on participation. Robin challenged Scott to move from presenting information about participation … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , active learning, active participation, association, brain-friendly conferences, conferences, Education & Adult Learning, engagement
Conference Trend: Taste On A Toothpick December 2, 2010 by Jeff Hurt Like moth to the flame, mosquitoes to blood or honey bees to pollen, the mall crowd surrounded the young man. Piranhas Devouring Their Prey They looked like a frenzied group of piranhas, devouring their prey. They were driven by the opportunity for a taste on a toothpick. The chance to sample food. To digest and … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , adult learning, brain-friendly conferences, conferences, content, Education & Adult Learning, professional development
Move From Broadcast To Social Engagement With Your Facebook Page December 1, 2010 by Jeff Hurt Most organizations are using their Facebook page to broadcast information versus using it for two-way communications. Missing the Mark With Broadcast Marketing Only They are missing the mark. They are doing all the talking. They come across as arrogant, egotistical and self-serving. They don’t focus on their customers. They focus on themselves. These organizations are … [Read more…] Filed Under: Social Media Tagged With: , association, conferences, engagement, facebook, Facebook Fan page, nonprofit
Two Conference Education Extremes: Reports And Stories November 30, 2010 by Jeff Hurt Most conference education sessions are broken. Creating The Walking Dead Attendee They are full of the requisite PowerPoint bullet presentations that promote status quo thinking. They lull attendees into a coma-like state of disinterest and boredom so that they become the walking dead. Admit it. You’ve been trapped in those dead presentations before. Even remembering … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , active participation, adult learning, brain-friendly conferences, conferences, Education & Adult Learning, engagement, stories, storytelling
Shifting From Serving Attendees To Involving Participants November 18, 2010 by Jeff Hurt If you haven’t made the shift from ‘serving attendees’ to ‘involving participants,’ consider this your wake-up call — and your roadmap. The Participatory Class Sociologists identify today’s networked individuals as the participatory class. As part of a participatory culture, we expect to create, collaborate, connect, share, and learn interactively. We feel that our contributions matter. … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education, Experience Design Tagged With: , active learning, active participation, community development, conferences, Education & Adult Learning, engagement, participatory class, push and pull
Stuff Your Conference Speakers Need To Know: The TED Speaker Commandments November 16, 2010 by Jeff Hurt I love these ten TED speaker commandments. If you’ve not seen them before, make them part of your conference speaker packet! The TED Speaker Commandments Thou shalt not simply trot out thy usual shtick. Thou shalt dream a great dream, or show forth a wondrous new thing, or share something thou hast never shared … [Read more…] Filed Under: Speaker Coaching Tagged With: , adult learning, conferences, delivery, Education & Adult Learning, engagement, presentation best practices, presentation strategies, speaker
Leveraging Six Right-Brain Aptitudes For Successful Conferences November 11, 2010 by Jeff Hurt “The future belongs to a different kind of person,” Dan Pink, A Whole New Mind. It belongs to “…creative and empathetic right-brain thinkers whose abilities mark the fault line between who gets ahead and who doesn’t.” Pink claims we are living in a different age. A different time that demands different thinking. According to Pink, … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , association, conferences, meeting, meeting planner, meeting planning best practices
Why Do Conferences Offer Education Sessions? November 9, 2010 by Jeff Hurt Breakouts, concurrent sessions, forums, general sessions, Ignite, lectures, Open Space, panels, Pecha Kucha, peer to peer, plenary sessions, round tables, seminars, workshops. Conference education. No matter what we call them, they all have one thing in common: sharing of information with the goal of education and learning. What Is The Goal Of Conference Education? So … [Read more…] Filed Under: Business Model, Conference Education Tagged With: , association, conferences, delivery, Education & Adult Learning, speaker, Speaker Emerging Practices
Creating Case Studies That Rock Your Learners’ World November 5, 2010 by Jeff Hurt Two words that cause my heart to sink: Case Studies. Most of the case studies I’ve seen are serious and dull as dirt. They read like a dry, long instructional booklet: illogical, nonsensical and technical. They are void of human life. Many are full of self promotion marketing spin with no educational benefit to the … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , active learning, active participation, adult learning, case studies, conferences, Education & Adult Learning, engagement, learning
Five New Tenets For Event Success November 2, 2010 by Jeff Hurt Nothing is the way it used to be. Little is the same. Not much is a sure thing. The convergence of the economy, society and technology has turned the old ways of doing things upside down. The old rules for success have changed. Your ability to learn new things and adapt mean the difference between … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , community, conferences, event, meeting, meeting planner
