Tweet On May 11, 2010, I presented a Webinar for KRM Information on Designing Next Generation Conference Education Sessions: Creating an Environment for Informal and Formal Learning in a Digital Age. Update May 13, 2010: Listen to the free recording of the sixty-minute presentation. As promised, here are the slides from the presentation. Enjoy. Designing Next…
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Save These Dates: On Designing Next Generation Conference Education
Tweet Mark your calendars! May 11 and 25, 2-3 pm ET for a two-fer webinar series. It’s two great education sessions for the price of one…oops I mean for the price of free hosted by KRM. Part I – May 11, 2-3 pm ET I will present: Designing Next-Generation Conference Education Sessions: Creating an Environment…
The Three Dimensions Of Meeting Stewardship
Tweet Recently I wrote about the need to create meeting stewards for our conferences and events to plan, orchestrate and oversee each conference attendees’ experiences. We can’t continue on the trajectory of piecemealing together conference logistics, content and other meeting fragments and expecting a sophisticated, quality attendee experience. It just doesn’t work. Attendees know when…
14 Adult Learning Principles To Combat The Conference Learning Crisis
Tweet Leaving no conference attendee brain behind. It’s the new motto of the 21st century conference organizer…that is, if you want to get them back next year. It’s time for associations and corporations to address the root cause of the conference learning crisis: a limited understanding of successful adult learning. Andragogy – How Adults Learn…
We Are The Problem: We Are Selling Conference Snake Oil
Tweet 80 percent of what we learn comes from informal learning.* Ironically, 60% to 80% of a conference attendee’s time is spent in formal learning, passively listening to a presenter. Unfortunately, 14 days later we only recall 20% of what we hear in those presentations. (John Medina, Brain Rules; E. Dale, Audio-Visual Methods in Teaching)….