The National Adult Survival Association (NASA) has decided to send the next generation of land rovers to your annual meeting. These rovers have more robust and hyper-sensitive life detecting systems than the traditional conference evaluation smile sheets. NASA is looking for signs of life...at your conference. NASA's ...
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Seven Tips To Make Your Conference Millennial–Friendly
This article was written (well, ghostwritten by me in collaboration with Dave Lutz) for Dave’s People & Processes column in PCMA’s June edition of Convene. Many associations are trying to find a way to reach a generation that’s ...
Engineering Education Strategies For Next Generation Conferences And Events – Wrap Up
On June 14, 2010, at PCMA’s Education Conference at the Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth, I facilitated a discussion about the changes of learning in the digital age and their impact on conference education. We discussed these six principles of designing next generation sessions for today’s conferences. Conference education 1. Should transition from passive listening to participatory learning. 2. ...
Let Your Content Run Wild And Free To Attract New Members And Retain Current Ones
With the explosion of social media comes the expectation that content should be free. How do you embrace that as a way to create greater demand for your face-to-face events — and attract new members? This past summer we've experienced a confluence of events with significant implications ...
Does Your Annual Conference Provide Education Or Information?
How do you define education? Seriously, how do you define education? How would you define information? Is there a difference in education and information or are those words synonymous? Think about the annual conferences that you attend. Do they provide education, information, ...
