Tweet Lectures are a barrier to the listener’s thinking. The constant one-way transfer of information is like a dripping faucet. The information keeps coming and coming and coming. And that constant drip of new data, facts, figures and info keeps the brain overwhelmed with new information. The listener is faced with a choice: listen to…
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Creating Buzz Groups To Add Audience Participation To Traditional Lectures
Tweet Lectures are good for sharing information. They are not good for learning and getting listeners to think! Nor are the good for getting listeners to remember and apply the information they hear. Audience discussion methods are more effective for learning than the lecture. Lectures are the equivalent of distributing a report and asking people…
Resurrect Lifeless Lectures: Tips For Turning Listeners Into Learners
Tweet You want me to do what? Include audience engagement and participation in my presentation? You’ve got to be joking. I’ve got too much content to cover! We’ve all heard that excuse from presenters. They fear if they don’t cover all the content, the listener won’t get all of the information. We love to explain…
Three Event Infographics On Conference Education And ROI
Tweet Here are three Infographics from Experient’s e4 2010 Conference. Modernizing Conference Education – 15 min, TED-Style talk as part of Summer Storms Building A Customized ROI Tool That Measures Results – Terri Breining’s 15 min, TED-Style talk as part of Summer Storms Developing Next Generation Conference Education Sessions – Cafe Session Images by GraphicFootprints….
Why The PCMA Learning Lounge Worked
Tweet “What if no one shows up? What will we do?” It was 6:45 am on a Monday morning in Las Vegas. We wondered if anyone would actually show up when PCMA’s Convening Leaders’ Learning Lounge opened at 7 am. As the final countdown started, we were about to find out first hand if people…
