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Fifteen hundred years of broadcast learning
Forty years ago, I was one of the students in this picture (the physics lecture theatre at Oxford University). They’ve repainted the walls and replaced the seating, but the room layout has remained...
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Do great speakers just provide a better emotional experience?
Feeling good—for a while At MPI’s 2011 World Education Congress I heard the best motivational speaker I’ve ever seen. Bill Toliver gave an amazing twenty-minute speech. I felt inspired by Bill. Here’s...
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Meetings are a mess—and how they got that way
“Things are the way they are because they got that way.” —Quip attributed to Kenneth Boulding The hundreds-of-years-dominant paradigm for sessions, conferences, and meetings is broadcast: most of the...
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Passive Programs Past Prime
“Part of the art of making change happen is seeing which cultural tropes are past their prime and having the guts to invent new ones.” —Seth Godin, Skinny, sad and pale It took hundreds of years...
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How to convert a traditional conference into a connection-rich conference
When people are asked why they go to meetings, the top two reasons they consistently give are to learn and to connect with others. Both reasons are rated of similar importance (although there’s some...
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How well do 4-hour lectures work?
How well do 4-hour lectures work? Here’s Anonymous Insider, a medical school student writing about his classroom experience this week: Read the full article at Conferences That WorkRelated posts:Create...
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The workshop that wasn’t
Last week, my friend Traci B wrote to me about a workshop that wasn’t. “You’ll love this…I went to a 4 hour morning workshop at this digital conference. The speaker said, this will be interactive...
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Ask Me Anything—a better alternative to guest lectures
Recently, I’ve been appearing as a guest at college event planning and hospitality courses to talk about meeting design. (I love to do this. Teachers, please contact me, it’s free!) Rather than...
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