Two Reasons Why Crowdsourcing Your Conference Content Won’t Work March 24, 2010 by Jeff Hurt Let’s put children in charge of their own meals. Being the forward thinking leaders that we are, we’ll allow kids to decide what they want to eat. We’ll use an online voting system similar to Digg so kids can crowdsource the suggestions. They’ll even be allowed to announce to their friends which food items they … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , association, conferences, content, crowdsourcing, crowdsourcing conference content, Education & Adult Learning, meeting planner, professional development
The Wal-Mart Conference Experience: Why It Doesn’t Scale March 23, 2010 by Jeff Hurt We’re not in Manhattan anymore. That’s the tagline for the Sarah Jessica Parker, Hugh Grant movie Did You Hear About The Morgans? The plot: An estranged New York couple observes a murder and is relocated to a small town in Wyoming as part of a witness-protection program. In the movie, Parker’s character did not pack … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , association, boutique conference experience, conferences, content, Education & Adult Learning, mass of niches, meeting, meeting planner, Wal-Mart conference experience
Do Conference Session Learning Objectives Really Matter? March 19, 2010 by Jeff Hurt This is the last in a series of posts on writing better conference session descriptions. Read the previous posts Conference Descriptions That Whet The Appetite, an overview of the four elements of a successful conference description, How To Write Killer Conference Session Titles That Attract Attendees and Crafting Better Conference Materials: Writing Session Descriptions For … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , association, conference session descriptions, conference session titles, conferences, learner objectives, meeting, meeting planner, professional development, writing good conference session descriptions
Crafting Better Conference Materials: Writing Session Descriptions For Dummies March 18, 2010 by Jeff Hurt This is the third in a series of posts on writing better conference session descriptions. Read the first post Conference Descriptions That Whet The Appetite, an overview of the four elements of a successful conference description, or second post How To Write Killer Conference Session Titles That Attract Attendees. Begin With The End In Mind … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education, Event Planning Tagged With: , association, conference session descriptions, conference session titles, conferences, learner objectives, meeting, meeting planner, professional development, writing good conference session descriptions
How To Write Killer Conference Session Titles That Attract Attendees March 17, 2010 by Jeff Hurt This is the second in a series of posts on writing better conference session descriptions. Read the first post Conference Descriptions That Whet The Appetite, an overview of the four elements of a successful conference description. What is the primary purpose of most conference session titles, descriptions and learner objectives? Did you say, “To get … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education, Event Planning Tagged With: , association, conference session descriptions, conference session titles, conferences, learner objectives, meeting, meeting planner, professional development, writing good conference session descriptions
Conference Session Descriptions That Whet the Appetite March 16, 2010 by Jeff Hurt This is the first in a series on writing better conference session descriptions. This overview article was written (well, ghostwritten by me in collaboration with Dave Lutz) for Dave’s People & Processes column in PCMA’s March edition of Convene. In subsequent posts, we’ll explore conference sessions titles, descriptions and learner objectives in more detail. Why … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education, Event Planning Tagged With: , association, conference best practices, conference session descriptions, conference session titles, conferences, learner objectives, meeting, meeting planner, meeting planning best practices, professional development, writing good conference session descriptions
13 Things You Can Do Now To Improve Your Conference Content March 3, 2010 by Jeff Hurt Imagine you are going to hear Martin Luther King’s memorable “I’ve Got A Dream” speech for the first time, live and in person. You grab your time machine manual and follow its instructions. You step into your time machine and set the location for the steps of the Lincoln Monument and the date for August … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , conferences, content, delivery, Education & Adult Learning, meeting planner
Baseball, Children’s Counting Rhymes And Virtual Events February 25, 2010 by Jeff Hurt Eeny, meeny, miny, moe Face-To-Face or Virtual Go My mother told me To pick the very best one And you are [not] it. Often when meeting professionals consider whether to offer a face-to-face or virtual event, they feel as if the choice is best made by using a children’s counting rhyme. You know… Pizza, pizza, … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Technology, Hybrid & Virtual Tagged With: , 2D, 3D, conferences, delivery, event technology, face-to-face event, hybrid event, live streaming, meeting planner, virtual attendee, virtual event
Conference Organizers: Let’s Do The Time Warp Again February 22, 2010 by Jeff Hurt It’s so dreamy, oh fantasy free me So you can’t see me, no not at all In another dimension, with voyeuristic intention Well-secluded, I see all With a bit of a mind flip You’re there in the time slip And nothing can ever be the same You’re spaced out on sensation, like you’re under sedation … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , conferences, Education & Adult Learning, event, meeting planner
Is It Our (De)-Fault To Distance Ourselves From The Meeting’s Content And Programming? February 19, 2010 by Jeff Hurt What event professional do you know that takes full responsibility for the entire attendee experience at their face-to-face event or meeting? What would meetings and events look like if meeting professional’s quit blaming others for the content, programming and experience of the event? For the past 18 months I’ve consistently heard meetings and event professionals … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , association, content, Education & Adult Learning, engagement, event, face-to-face event, meeting, meeting planner, meeting professional
