Is Your Conference Guilty Of Incestuous Inbreeding Or Speaker Vanity Publishing? October 21, 2010 by Jeff Hurt Your Conference Is Like Vanity Press Are you charging speakers a full or discounted registration fee to present at your conference? Perhaps they must cover their own travel, lodging and expenses to attend your conference in addition to spending time to develop their presentation. And pay a registration fee. Does your conference do that? If … [Read more…] Filed Under: Ramblings Tagged With: , conferences, content, delivery, Education & Adult Learning, speaker, Speaker Emerging Practices
Raining On Your Presentation Parade: Facts Do Not Persuade October 20, 2010 by Jeff Hurt It felt like a scene from Groundhog Day. I was stuck in a time warp loop. Presenter after presenter after presenter started with the same phrase, “I have no financial conflict of interest to disclose.” Then each one launched into a diatribe of data, diagrams, facts and research. Dark, boring PowerPoint slides flashed before my … [Read more…] Filed Under: Speaker Coaching Tagged With: , conferences, content, delivery, Education & Adult Learning, presentation strategies, speaker, Speaker Emerging Practices
Nine Essentials To Keep Your Presentation From Becoming A Corpse October 19, 2010 by Jeff Hurt Presentations are the economy of most conferences and business today. Yet most presentations are boring. A majority of them are just uninteresting. They lack humanness, life, passion and emotional connections. Today, many conference participants feel trapped by a parade of monotonous, dreary, insipid presentations. It doesn’t take long to recognize a corpse. It takes even … [Read more…] Filed Under: Speaker Coaching Tagged With: , conferences, content, delivery, Education & Adult Learning, engagement, presentation strategies, professional development, speaker, Speaker Emerging Practices
Seven Tips to Get the Most From Your Industry Speakers October 15, 2010 by Jeff Hurt “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” When it comes to selecting industry speakers, that adage is especially sage. You’ve read their speaker proposal, description and bio. They look like the right fit for your conference. But just because they’ve got the right dancing shoes doesn’t mean they can pull off the dance. Here are … [Read more…] Filed Under: Speaker Coaching Tagged With: , active participation, adult learning, brain-friendly conferences, brain-friendly meetings, content, delivery, Education & Adult Learning, speaker, Speaker Emerging Practices
What Presentations And Pancakes Have In Common October 4, 2010 by Jeff Hurt I woke up with an intense craving for golden, fluffy, hot, spongy pancakes with a crispy edge. I rarely eat pancakes. But this morning the desire was strong. My mind was deluged with the smell of fresh pancakes on the griddle, the sound of the batter hitting the pan and the sight of a pancake … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , active learning, active participation, adult learning, content, delivery, participatory learning, speaker, Speaker Emerging Practices
HAPO – Help A Planner Out! Crowdsourcing A Speaker Confirmation Letter July 14, 2010 by Jeff Hurt Have you heard of HARO – Help A Reporter Out? We’ll here’s your opportunity to HAPO – Help A Planner Out. If you have expertise in meetings, events, education, association work, marketing, branding–whatever, think about helping this meetings and education specialist. Crowdsourcing A Speaker Confirmation Letter Meet Veronica Bemis, Education Program Coordinator, American Wind … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , #eventprofs, adult learning, conferences, Education & Adult Learning, HAPO - Help A Planner Out, speaker, Speaker Emerging Practices
Three Ways To Upgrade Reekin’ Stinkin’ Conference Education And Help Your Presenters Practice Their Craft July 6, 2010 by Jeff Hurt Let’s face it. Most conference education is lackluster. Actually, most of it stinks, is dull and could be used to line bird cages. Generally, our customers say they attend conferences and meetings to learn and network. Yet, we as conference organizers continue to do the same things we’ve always done when planning our meetings–focus on … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education, Speaker Coaching Tagged With: , adult learning, content, delivery, Education & Adult Learning, engagement, practice versus experience, speaker, Speaker Emerging Practices, speaker evaluations
Improving Your Conference Education: Begin With The End In Mind July 1, 2010 by Jeff Hurt When securing speakers for you next conference or meeting, here are two things that you can do that will have an immediate positive effect on your conference education: Tell your speakers that you want them to build their presentations backwards. They should begin by identifying the learning outcomes. What is it that they want their … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education, Speaker Coaching Tagged With: , conferences, delivery, Education & Adult Learning, speaker, Speaker Emerging Practices
The American Idol Strategy Of Picking Conference Speakers March 5, 2010 by Jeff Hurt America has a love-hate-relationship with American Idol. We boo the negative naysayer and painfully honest founder and judge Simon Cowell. Although we often secretly agree with what he has to say. We applaud the effervescent Ellen DeGeneres when she says she likes a finalist and compares them to an unripe banana. Although we know she … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , association, conferences, content, delivery, Education & Adult Learning, event, meeting, speaker, Speaker Emerging Practices
Fore! Some Master It. Others Teach It. A Speaker Selection Golf Lesson For Meeting Professionals January 18, 2010 by Jeff Hurt In early history, golf was reserved for the royals, played with sticks and pebbles over natural landscapes. During the Industrial Revolution, golf clubs and balls became mass produced and inexpensive enough for more of us to chase the little white ball around a fairway, rough and other hazards. Today, there are millions of golfers in … [Read more…] Filed Under: Speaker Coaching Tagged With: , association, conferences, Education & Adult Learning, master presenters, meeting planner, speaker, Speaker Emerging Practices, subject matter experts
