Activating Attendee Heart Coherence Thru Intentionally Crafted Conference Experiences November 24, 2014 by Jeff Hurt What type of emotions does your conference experience activate? “Huh?” you say. “My conference is supposed to connect on an emotional level with attendees?” Whether you like it or not, your conference does initiate some type of emotion. Unfortunately, many conference experiences are bland, sterile boring events. They lack passion, enthusiasm and emotional highs and … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , adult learning principles, brain-friendly conferences, brain-friendly meetings, Brain-in-heart, conference best practices, education best practices, heart coherence, neuroscience
Improving Conference Experiences With The Ground Breaking Discovery Of Brain-In-The-Heart November 14, 2014 by Jeff Hurt We’ve all heard people say: “Go with your gut.” “Just follow your heart.” “Trust your instinct.” These colloquial sayings feel more like fuzzy-thinking, sensitive touchy-freely speeches or lyrical metaphors. It’s not normally something that you expect experts to say at a conference. Nor is it something we strive to create in conference experiences. But should … [Read more…] Filed Under: Experience Design Tagged With: , adult learning principles, brain-friendly conferences, brain-friendly meetings, Brain-in-heart, conference best practices, education best practices, heart coherence, neuroscience