Tweet Is your annual meeting nothing more than a zombie conference? Zombie conferences provide schedules packed full of informative presentations and sessions that try to consume your brain. Presenters rapidly shovel content at attendees. Their goal is to cram as much information as possible into a person’s mind. They stuff more information into their presentation…
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Conference Lectures Are A Lazy Format For Lazy Learners
Tweet This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs. This is your brain during a lecture. (See image.) Our Addiction To Lectures We are addicted to lectures. Why? They are easy to plan and schedule for a conference. Release a call for presentation proposals. Select speakers from submitted proposals. Ask speakers to give…
Creating Zombie Conferences That Consume Attendee Brains
Tweet Most conference marketing should say: Come to our Zombie Conference! We want to consume your brain! At least that statement would be more authentic to many conference experiences. Many conference schedules are packed full of education sessions and informative presentations. Organizers rapidly shovel and push information at attendees. It often feels like a medieval…
Four Principles For Planning Brain-Friendly Annual Meetings
Tweet My post for ASAE’s Acronym’s “Big Ideas” month for association bloggers. What if associations provided brain-friendly annual conferences? Planning Brain-Friendly Conferences If you wanted to create a conference environment that was directly opposed to what the brain was good at doing, you probably would design something like today’s conferences, meetings and workshops. If you…