10 Key Gaming Elements To Increase Conference Engagement February 22, 2011 by Jeff Hurt Online games, MMOs, are changing the way people work, meet and interact. What Are MMOs? Multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs, MMOGs or MMOs) are sophisticated games with immersive environments. They support hundreds to thousands of players simultaneously. Played on the Internet, they feature a virtual world, a story with goals, avatars and guilds. Players engage … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Networking, Experience Design Tagged With: , conferences, engagement, massively multiplayer online games, MMO, MMORPG, online games
Why Online Games Will Change Work And Events February 21, 2011 by Jeff Hurt More than 375 million people worldwide engaged in a computer or video game last week. Adam Martin, T=Machine 63% of the U.S. population from ages 15-65 play some type of online game. (NPD Group 2008 Report) Multiplayer online games like Call of Duty, EVE online, Guild Wars2, Habbo Hotel, Lord of The Rings Online and … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , conferences, engagement, massively multiplayer online games, MMO, MMORPG, online games
Six Meeting Engagement Takeaways From Chris Brogan February 18, 2011 by Jeff Hurt Recently, Chris Brogan presented “Fitting Community Engagement Into Your Event Design” at EventCamp Chicago 2011. Here are six gems that he shared from his personal experience as a conference attendee, event organizer (he helped start Pod Camps and works in tradeshow space) and speaker. 1. Push experience over flow at the event. The attendee’s experience … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , conferences, engagement, meeting experience, meeting planning best practices
Why The PCMA Learning Lounge Worked February 10, 2011 by Jeff Hurt “What if no one shows up? What will we do?” It was 6:45 am on a Monday morning in Las Vegas. We wondered if anyone would actually show up when PCMA’s Convening Leaders’ Learning Lounge opened at 7 am. As the final countdown started, we were about to find out first hand if people would … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education, Experience Design Tagged With: , active learning, active participation, adult learning, conferences, engagement, Learning Lounge, PCMA11
Take The Wiffiti Plunge: Engage Your Audiences With Animated Texts February 9, 2011 by Jeff Hurt Texting: it’s one of today’s major methods of communication. You do it. Your kids do it. Your friends do it. Your parents do it. Maybe event your grandparents do it. People text at the store. They text while talking. They text during TV shows. They text from major sports and entertainment events. They probably text … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Technology Tagged With: , engagement, event technology, Social Media, social media for events, technology, Wiffiti
Your Memory: The Engine And Bottleneck Of Learning February 8, 2011 by Jeff Hurt Myth: The more we sit and listen to conference lectures, the more we learn. Fact: Our memory is both the engine and the bottleneck of learning. The more information we receive without thinking about it, the more we corrupt our learning. Three Critical Factors Of Working Memory Working memory is the part of your mind … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , active learning, active participation, adult learning, conferences, engagement, lecture, meeting planning basics, presentation best practices, presentation strategies
The Brain As A Gambler And Conference Camouflaged Listeners February 7, 2011 by Jeff Hurt If we wanted to create an education environment that is directly opposed to what the brain is good at doing, we would design something like today’s conference lectures. Listening to a 45-, 60- or 90-minute lecture floods the working memory with information. We can’t store everything we hear in our memory. The Brain As A … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , active learning, active participation, adult learning, conferences, engagement, lecture, meeting planning basics, presentation best practices, presentation strategies
Myths, Facts, Challenges And Tips With Learning From Lectures February 3, 2011 by Jeff Hurt Myth: Our minds are like sponges that just soak up information which creates learning. Many of us grew up believing that myth. We believed that we could sit in a lecture and the speaker’s information would magically transfer to our brains. We thought we could automatically recall everything the teacher said. Without studying, our test … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , active learning, active participation, adult learning, conferences, Education & Adult Learning, engagement, lecture, presentation best practices, presentation myths, presentation strategies
Conference Lectures Are A Lazy Format For Lazy Learners February 2, 2011 by Jeff Hurt This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs. This is your brain during a lecture. (See image.) Our Addiction To Lectures We are addicted to lectures. Why? They are easy to plan and schedule for a conference. Release a call for presentation proposals. Select speakers from submitted proposals. Ask speakers to give monologues … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , active learning, adult learning, conferences, Education & Adult Learning, engagement, lecture, short term memory, work
The Four Cs Of Social Engagement: Social Media For Events January 27, 2011 by Jeff Hurt According to a recent study, 80% of American adults use the Internet. 75% belong to a social network. Our social media use is increasing and event organizers need to adopt new thinking, new directions and new strategies for event communications and engagement. Here is the PPT from my presentation for Southwest Showcase jointly produced by International Association for Exhibitions … [Read more…] Filed Under: Social Media Tagged With: , conferences, content, engagement, event technology, Social Media, social networking, technology
