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…
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The Conference Session Is Dead
Tweet The conference session is not the appropriate shell for most learning experiences. The sixty- or ninety-minute presentation was created for the convenience of the institution, not the learner. The conference session is a triumph of standardization and it is so ingrained in our thinking we still buy and sell seat time rather than performance…
Tips For Planning An Unconference: Lessons Learned From The Trenches
Tweet Yesterday, I wrote about my experience with WordCamp 2009 Dallas, an WordPress Camp / unconference for bloggers and WordPress enthusiasts. Today, here are some of my tips for those organizing an unconference or BarCamp from my years of experience planning events and meetings. 1. Connect with a meeting and event professional in your community….
Planning An Unconference: What I Learned By Attending WordCamp Dallas 2009
Tweet This past weekend, I participated in WordCamp Dallas 2009 (#wcdfw09), an Unconference for more than 325 bloggers and new media types held at University of Dallas in Richardson, TX. John P. and Cali Lewis of GeekbriefTV spearheaded the event’s organization and secured a host of sponsors and other volunteers to assist them. As a new…
