Making Meaningful Meeting Memories: Using The Five Memory Lanes May 12, 2010 by Jeff Hurt Have you ever lost your keys? Your wallet? Your cell phone? Your favorite pen? I have. Well, I didn’t really lose them. I just forgot where I put them. I have a ritual of walking into my house and always placing my keys, wallet, favorite pen and cell phone in the same spot. That way … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , active learning, adult learning, association, automatic memory, brain-friendly conferences, brain-friendly meetings, conferences, Education & Adult Learning, emotional memory, episodic memory, five memory lanes. automatic memory, learning, procedural memory, semantic memory
Creating Memory-Filled Emotional Conference Experiences May 6, 2010 by Jeff Hurt Take a stroll with me down memory lane. Imagine your favorite food that your mom, dad, grandmother, grandfather or other relative used to cook for you. Got it in your mind? Recall how it looked, it smelled and tasted. Now, close your eyes and think about where that food was lovingly made. Where are you … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , active learning, adult learning, association, brain-friendly conferences, brain-friendly meetings, conferences, Education & Adult Learning, emotional memory, episodic memory, five memory lanes. automatic memory, learning, procedural memory, semantic memory
Creating The Conference Cranium Conduit May 5, 2010 by Jeff Hurt Would you go to your local hardware store and walk down the paint aisle to buy milk? Of course you wouldn’t. If you tried, you could spend hours trying to find milk. When you go to the hardware store, you are usually there to purchase something for repair, renovation or home improvement. You don’t normally … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , active learning, adult learning, association, brain-friendly conferences, brain-friendly meetings, conferences, Education & Adult Learning, emotional memory, episodic memory, five memory lanes. automatic memory, learning, procedural memory, semantic memory
The Conference Session Is Dead March 25, 2010 by Jeff Hurt The conference session is not the appropriate shell for most learning experiences. The sixty- or ninety-minute presentation was created for the convenience of the institution, not the learner. The conference session is a triumph of standardization and it is so ingrained in our thinking we still buy and sell seat time rather than performance improvement. … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , association, blended learning, conference session, conferences, content, Education & Adult Learning, formal learning, informal learning, learning, Unconference