Once you as the conference organizer are convinced that you want to move your education to more learner centric approaches, with a focus on the attendee as participant and learner, you may discover that your speakers do not respond with the same zeal. In reality, speakers and attendees may resist the new approach both passively and openly in front of others. Change can be frightening and it's easier to keep things the way they've always been done. Change requires work and it's often stepping … [Read more...]
Getting Started With Brain Friendly Presentations
Ideas that the brain thinks about and accepts usually lead to some type of action. That seed of a concept, thought or insight can transform you life. Ultimately, learning involves change. When you learn something new, your brain changes and then our attitude or behaviors also change. When you refuse to adapt to change, you are actually refusing to learn! Ready, Set....Oh Wait, Are You Ready? Putting brain friendly principles to work is really much easier than you think. The biggest … [Read more...]
Fostering An Extremely Powerful Tool At Your Conference: The Session Discussion
Can we talk? I certainly hope so! Two-way communication is an extremely powerful tool that your conference needs to foster. Discussions are critical to cement learning in the brain. Without peer discussions, your conference education sessions are nothing more than audio voices blowing in the wind. Let's Talk Talk! We can't get enough of it. Yet often we try to control chatter and talking at our conferences because we believe listening to an expert speak is more important than allowing the … [Read more...]
Five Strategies To Improve The Common Conference Lecture
All learning IS experience. Everything else is just information. ~ Albert Einstein Talking is a critical part of that learning experience. We talk so we can understand. We talk so we can remember. We talk so we can learn. But who does the majority of talking at a conference and who does the majority of listening? The speakers talk as the audience listens. Attendees Spend The Majority Of Their Conference Time Listening Yes, listening is part of the learning process. However, in formal learning … [Read more...]
Understanding Your Attendees’ Goldilocks Leads To Conference Success
We've all experienced it: that overwhelming sense of dread! A tsunami of emails. Total exhaustion from too many meetings. The constant barrage of urgent texts from colleagues, family and friends. Change piled upon change, often when we can't or won't tolerate it. Our brain has its limits! Too much stress and pressure and it gets overwhelmed. Not enough arousal and interest and it gets bored. Let's face it, thinking is hard work! Everything must be "just right." Understanding Your Own Personal … [Read more...]
Is Your Presentation Like Facebook Or TV?
Is your presentation a one-way monologue for listeners? Or is it an invitation for listeners to enter the conversation? If you want your listeners to remember what you said, then your presentation needs to be more like Facebook than TV. Why? The best learning occurs in a social context not in a passive listening experience. Comparing Facebook And TV Today, people spend more time on the internet and Facebook than they do watching TV. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, … [Read more...]
Speakers Required To Promote Your Conference In Social Media Must Follow FTC Endorsement Guidelines
We've come a long way, baby! ~ Loretta Lynn The times they are a-changing. ~ Bob Dylan The catch-phrases are abundant that our world and work continues to evolve. The Ever-Evolving Conference Speaker Contract Nowhere is this evolution more evident than some conference speaker contracts. I have personally seen a change in some conference speaker agreements that I sign. I am often now required to do more than just show up and present. I'm being asked to blog on the event, create … [Read more...]
Your Presentation Needs To Start With A Presenter Attendee Agreement
I start the majority of my presentations by making an agreement with my audience. I call it my presenter-attendee agreement. Why use valuable presentation time for the presenter-attendee agreement? Most people come to conferences and presentations with an implied agreement that the presentation is about and for the speaker, not the audience. In reality, the focus should be on the audience, the learners. Audience Presentation Expectations Some come to my presentations with an unspoken … [Read more...]
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