Copycat Cookie-Cutter Conference Or Unique Event June 20, 2016 by Jeff Hurt You are unique. And the conference and events you plan can be unique too. As a one-of-a-kind meeting professional, you are called to create one-of-a-kind conferences. You have an infinite amount of possibilities to create something new. Something different. Something unique. Thanks to Will Mancini for continually challenging me to think and be different. Too … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , copycat, copying great ideas, mimicry
Two More Bear Traps And Five Practices You Should Steal Immediately (Part 3) March 1, 2016 by Jeff Hurt This is the third installment in this three part post on why you should not copy successful conference leaders. The first post looked at who we follow within the conference and meetings industry. It also established five bear traps to avoid when copying new ideas. The second post identified three big ole bear traps to … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , copying great ideas, leading chage., mimicry
To Believe Or Not To Believe Conference Copying: Three Big Ole Bear Traps To Avoid (Part 2) February 29, 2016 by Jeff Hurt Why do we blindly copy another conference’s success? Too often, we try to find fresh ideas from leading conference professionals. Copying another person’s conference success is so much easier than investing the time to think it through for ourselves. Hat tips to Carey Nieuwhof’s Leading Change Without Losing It: Five Strategies That Can Revolutionize How … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , copying great ideas, leading chage., mimicry
To Believe Or Not To Believe: 5 Devastating Reasons You Should Not Copy Another Conference February 24, 2016 by Jeff Hurt Who do you follow today in the conference landscape? I can think of several conference leaders and a handful of organizations that you should carefully watch. I know I follow them—even if from a distance. Your list might consist of any of the stalwart traditional conference organizers. They’ve taken their organization to success. Or you … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , copying great ideas, leading chage., mimicry
Is Your Conference Fostering Conscious Cognitive Misers? January 21, 2015 by Jeff Hurt Are you creating intellectually lazy conference participants? Your conference programming may harbor bias toward minimizing cognitive efforts. In other words, your conference sessions and speakers may actual curtail participants’ thinking. Your conference could be creating happy fools. These happy fools blindly respond to their own problems by erroneously using your conference takeaways as accurate solutions. … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , adult learning principles, adult learning strategies, conference best practices, conference education, copying great ideas, education best practices, transformational conferences, transformational learning
Borrowing Great Ideas Leads To The Risks Associated With Mimicry January 20, 2015 by Dave Lutz We seem to always be looking for the next quick tip, idea, or feature to implement for our next conference. But not so fast — there’s some work that needs to be done first. Just copying someone else’s success and ideas is an easy way out. Give Me Your Great Ideas…Fast! We like to see … [Read more…] Filed Under: Experience Design Tagged With: , adult learning principles, adult learning strategies, conference best practices, conference education, copying great ideas, education best practices, exhibit, Learning Lounge, list education sessions, mimicry
