Tweet Is the association business climate keeping up with increasing speed of change? The association C-Suite, along with their Board of Directors, continue their traditional plans for the future as if nothing has changed. Unfortunately, their conventional planning methods cannot cope with so much uncertainty. Living In Snow Globes Disruptive innovation usually forces unexpected chains…
Monthly Archives: November 2010
Leveraging Six Right-Brain Aptitudes For Successful Conferences
Tweet “The future belongs to a different kind of person,” Dan Pink, A Whole New Mind. It belongs to “…creative and empathetic right-brain thinkers whose abilities mark the fault line between who gets ahead and who doesn’t.” Pink claims we are living in a different age. A different time that demands different thinking. According to…
Sizzle And Substance: Creating Brain Friendly Presentations
Tweet Here is the PPT from my recent presentation for the Higher Education User Group (HEUG). The presentation focused on creating brain friendly presentations and increasing learning as well as retention. Sizzle & Substance: Creating Brain Friendly Presentations
Why Do Conferences Offer Education Sessions?
Tweet Breakouts, concurrent sessions, forums, general sessions, Ignite, lectures, Open Space, panels, Pecha Kucha, peer to peer, plenary sessions, round tables, seminars, workshops. Conference education. No matter what we call them, they all have one thing in common: sharing of information with the goal of education and learning. What Is The Goal Of Conference Education?…
The Conference Life Cycle: Where Is Your Event In This Process?
Tweet All associations, businesses and professions must continually adapt in order to survive. Organizations, products and services go through a four stage life cycle: startup, growth, maturity and decline. Unless the organization reinvents itself, it declines and ceases to exist. The business life cycle also applies to conferences, meetings and events. Where do you think…
