Three Perspectives On Audience Engagement
How are you managing communication and engagement with the four generations that are attending your events? How do you invite the spirit of co-creation? How do you get adults with a 20 minute attention span to listen to a 60 minute presentation?
Those are a few of the
Why Television?
We all know that TV is a passive form of entertainment. People sit on the couch and watch others do things on a screen. In fact, people that watch TV all the time are called couch potatoes.
I think a similar phenomenon occurs at most meetings and conferences. Participants sit passively
In August, I took a few digital-days-off to celebrate my 10 year wedding anniversary in Croatia. While I was off-the-grid, Corbin Ball of Corbin Ball Associates and David Nour of Relationship Economics hosted a webinar on the 10 Meeting Trends for 2010. (Watch)
I finally got a chance to watch that
This morning, I was powering through my backlog of “toread” articles when I ran across two articles from Jack Morton that are worth discussing: “The Power of Smart: Integrated Event Technology” and “Orchestrating the (IT) Experience.”
Think Beyond Tools. Focus on Attendees.
I like the way they frame the discussion in
This morning, I read an article on interactive whiteboards that got me thinking about whiteboards and collaboration in events. The article indicated that interactive whiteboards were improving learning and collaboration in educational environments. Also, it said that 1 in 7 classrooms will be using these interactive whiteboards by 2011.
It made
When I look around me, I feel like the world is screaming for more interaction and dialogue in events. I want to help. So, I created this blog to start the discussion for using technology to create dialogue in events.
Here are some trends that have shaped some of my thinking:
The
