Five Steps To Take Your Education Programming From Blah To Wickedly Smart March 14, 2014 by Jeff Hurt Curation: it’s more important than you think. And it’s extremely critical to the success of your education programming. When it comes to choosing education programming, curation involves deep excavation of the right content for the right audience at the right time for the right issue. Authentic Curation For Education Programming Curation is more than just … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , conferences, content-strategist-curator, curate, curation, curator, education best practices
How To Choose Education Content That Leads to a Treasure of Learners February 11, 2014 by Jeff Hurt Pirates are treasure hunters that don’t always play by the rules. As an association education professional, you too can buck tradition by searching for hidden treasures of content and delivering them to your members. The Pirate Spirit Many of us have negative images of pirates as shipmates that pillage and rob other vessels. Some of … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , adult education, adult learning strategies, conference curator, content-strategist-curator, context, curate
Establishing A New Model To Select Conference Content And Programming December 4, 2013 by Jeff Hurt Is it time to end the speaker call for proposals? Does the traditional open call for topics and speakers actually meet the conference audience’s needs? The traditional call for volunteer and professional speakers is a roll of the dice that the submissions meet the needs of the conference attendees. Too often staff and committees rely … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , association best practices, conference best practices, conference curator, content-strategist-curator, curate, meeting best practices, meeting experience, meeting industry trends
Five Steps To Become Conference Content-Strategist-Curators (Part 1) August 12, 2011 by Jeff Hurt If you are a conference organizer, imagine your job as a museum curator. Art gallery and museum curators use judgment and a distinguished sense of style to select and arrange art. They juxtapose art pieces against one another to create a narrative, evoke a response and communicate a message. Conference organizers must approach a conference’s … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , conference best practices, conference curator, conferences, content design, content strategist, content-strategist-curator, curate, curator, integrated content, meeting best practices, meeting planning best practices, meeting professional
Seeing The Meeting Professional As Content Strategist And Conference Curator August 11, 2011 by Jeff Hurt Our conference participants are becoming progressively more sophisticated. At the same time, our digital network is becoming increasingly complex bringing current information and our audience closer. Often our conference participants walk into our events knowing more than our speakers. Their experiences applying knowledge and information frequently surpass that of our presenters. So how can we … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , conference best practices, conference curator, conferences, content design, curate, curator, integrated content, meeting best practices, meeting planning best practices, meeting professional