Tweet Just how sticky is your conference? Sticky conferences create experiences that last beyond the two to three days of the conference. They focus on creating real relationships with strong connections. It’s about more than speed networking where people just exchange business cards or speed sessions to see how much info people can cram into…
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Horseshoe Groups: Merging Two Buzz Groups To Increase Audience Discussion
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…
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…
Participatory Conferences And Events: Participatory Design Or Design For Participation?
Tweet Here’s a test. Pick which statement best defines a participatory conference. A. Conference organizers invite prospective attendees to participate in the development, design and planning of a conference experience. B. Conference organizers design a conference experience using an intentional internal design process however once the conference begins, it invites attendees to contribute, participate and…
Facilitating Effective Audience Interaction With Questions
Tweet “We’re going to hold all questions until the end of the presentation. If we have time, we’ll answer them then.” It’s the generic statement many presenters make that audiences hate. Why Presenters Use This Statement Typically, the presenter’s goal is to cover as much content as possible. They have an agenda to cover. They…
