Monthly Archives: April 2010

Are You Creating An Annual Conference Abyss Or A Healthy Oasis?

Tweet The Crate Full Of Content Conference Presentation Many conference presenters use the Crate Full Of Content development process for their presentations. They collect book excerpts, jokes, links, magazine articles, pictures, pithy sayings, questionnaires, quotes, videos, websites and anything else that looks like good fodder for their session. They dump them into a crate for…

Helping Your Conference Attendees Increase Their Life Span. Seriously!

Tweet No, this isn’t some infomercial or gimmick on a new pill to take that will add to your life span. And no, this is not a pill that you can get logoed with your conference’s name or sponsors and distribute to your attendees so they can increase their life span. It is however something…

Killing Me Softly With Your Lecture

Tweet I heard he spoke a good speech I heard he had a style And so I came to see him To listen for a while And there he was a young man A stranger to my eyes Tickling my ears with his statements Speaking my world with his words Killing me softly with his…

How Do Your Dendrites Grow? With Enriched Environments, Active Participation And Conference Chairs Not In A Row

Tweet Imagine this scenario. You’re attending the annual conference of your favorite professional association. You can’t make up your mind which breakout to attend and decide to peek in on a couple sessions that have alluring topics and descriptions. Session 1 You walk into one room and find the presenter demonstrating the use of a…

14 Social Media Stats Nonprofit Organizations Should Consider

Tweet Still wondering if your nonprofit or trade association should use social media? Take a look at some of this recent research and decide for yourself.  1.  400 million people use Facebook with nearly 95 million in the United States. Facebook Statistics  2.  More than 50% of the active users logon to Facebook daily and…