Category Archives: Education

Why Your Conference Rots: It Is Just Like School

Tweet What’s wrong with your conference? It’s just like school! Most conference education has adopted bad baggage from America’s education system. Every conference organizer was brainwashed for twelve or more years that our education system works. Every conference host is convinced that education only occurs with a subject matter expert at the front of the…

Are You Prepared For The Increased Expectations For Online Learning? [Infographic]

Tweet If more college students are embracing online learning, won’t they have similar expectations when they start their professional careers? You be the judge. Via: Online PhD Programs Blog

The Evolution Of eLearning [Infographic]

Tweet   Distance learning, often called online or eLearning, has evolved dramatically from the 1700s to the Millennium. Many adults are seeking more education opportunities and degrees online. This inforgraphic from Rasmussen College illustrates how online learning technology has changed through the years. How has online learning affected your organization? Which do you prefer, online or face to…

Top Creativity Tips To Think Outside Your Box

Tweet Ever been stuck and feel like you can’t get out of your box? Maybe even backed into a corner? I have. And I suspect you have too. Routine Thinking Leads To Being Stuck I believe that often we do the same thing so much that we can’t see another way of proceeding. Our minds…

Ten Learning Shifts For Conferences, Events And Associations

Tweet To paraphrase cognitive scientist and author Cathy Davidson: Our nonprofit institutions, for the most part trade and professional associations as well as professional societies, are acting as if the world has not suddenly, irrevocably, cataclysmically, epistemically changed. Learning Is Changing Learning is changing. Anyone. Any time. Anywhere. By the end of 2011, 2 billion…