Comments on: Let Attendees Be Participants http://scottgould.me/let-attendees-be-participants/ Thu, 08 Dec 2011 04:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Scott Gould http://scottgould.me/let-attendees-be-participants/#comment-2091 Scott Gould Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:08:00 +0000 http://scottgould.me/?p=1857#comment-2091 Frances Thanks for the comments. That post by Robin - can't believe it's a year ago! - is one of his best and constantly informs me and my direction. Jeff Hurt and Dave Lutz - jeffhurtblog.com - are excellent on this group learning. Scott Frances

Thanks for the comments. That post by Robin – can’t believe it’s a year ago! – is one of his best and constantly informs me and my direction.

Jeff Hurt and Dave Lutz – jeffhurtblog.com – are excellent on this group learning.

Scott

]]> By: Scott Gould http://scottgould.me/let-attendees-be-participants/#comment-2090 Scott Gould Thu, 14 Oct 2010 11:43:00 +0000 http://scottgould.me/?p=1857#comment-2090 THanks Conor, and thanks again for commenting. Stick around :-) THanks Conor, and thanks again for commenting. Stick around :-)

]]> By: Anonymous http://scottgould.me/let-attendees-be-participants/#comment-2089 Anonymous Thu, 14 Oct 2010 11:32:00 +0000 http://scottgould.me/?p=1857#comment-2089 This reminds me of a Robert Kiyosaki conference I attended. Every ten minutes or so he'd say, "Discuss with your partner," because he said we learn much more if we talk about what we've heard and integrate it into our thoughts. When I did a Master of Teaching, I learned that we learn best in groups, when we chat with our classmates and learn together. How would this work online? I learn a lot online but I don't always want to discuss my personal life online, so perhaps taking it off into private forums would work. Robin knows a bit about this area :) A blast from the past: http://www.radsmarts.com/2009/12/room-filling-the-last-thing-a-post-internet-leader-does Frances This reminds me of a Robert Kiyosaki conference I attended. Every ten minutes or so he’d say, “Discuss with your partner,” because he said we learn much more if we talk about what we’ve heard and integrate it into our thoughts.
When I did a Master of Teaching, I learned that we learn best in groups, when we chat with our classmates and learn together.
How would this work online? I learn a lot online but I don’t always want to discuss my personal life online, so perhaps taking it off into private forums would work.
Robin knows a bit about this area :)
A blast from the past: http://www.radsmarts.com/2009/12/room-filling-the-last-thing-a-post-internet-leader-does

Frances

]]> By: Conor http://scottgould.me/let-attendees-be-participants/#comment-2088 Conor Thu, 14 Oct 2010 11:10:00 +0000 http://scottgould.me/?p=1857#comment-2088 My mistake... He is The Karmapa rather than Kampala... but here is the video: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/his_holiness_the_karmapa_the_technology_of_the_heart.html My mistake… He is The Karmapa rather than Kampala… but here is the video:
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/his_holiness_the_karmapa_the_technology_of_the_heart.html

]]> By: Scott Gould http://scottgould.me/let-attendees-be-participants/#comment-2087 Scott Gould Thu, 14 Oct 2010 10:50:00 +0000 http://scottgould.me/?p=1857#comment-2087 Hey Conor I love what you're saying here. I totally agree, of course, that we should focus our attention on those who are there and their learning, rather than our own ego. Most people do seek to impress, rather than seek to be impressed, or so the saying goes. I'll have to check out that Buddhist TEDTalk :-) Hey Conor

I love what you’re saying here. I totally agree, of course, that we should focus our attention on those who are there and their learning, rather than our own ego.

Most people do seek to impress, rather than seek to be impressed, or so the saying goes.

I’ll have to check out that Buddhist TEDTalk :-)

]]> By: Conor http://scottgould.me/let-attendees-be-participants/#comment-2086 Conor Thu, 14 Oct 2010 10:34:00 +0000 http://scottgould.me/?p=1857#comment-2086 I am a big fan of TED. I have watched lots of great speeches and have my list of top speeches on my blog. Recently I saw a speech by a Buddhist lama "The Kampala". At first I felt let down by his talk... no big ideas, no hyped performance, just a humble human being sharing a story of when he was young... but the following day I thought - that is the most powerful talk I have seen - the only TED talk where the audience feel "bigger" after the talk, rather than impressed by the speaker (but inside feeling smaller). I have taught MBAs for 7 years. I have given over 50 seminars to companies. I have been moving slowly from "the most important person in the room" to realise that I must be "the least important person in the room" if learning is the goal. My goal for the first 4 years was to "look good, important, knowledgeable, in-control"... my goal now is to take the participants on a journey that leads them to their own realisation of knowledge. Educare (latin), effectively means "to bring out that which is within". Sometimes I have to look out of control, leave people frustrated, turn their problems back to them... effectively not look "good, important, in-control". It is a hard shift, but these are the classes that people remember years later. Thanks for articulating and structuring this area of my own rambling thoughts ;-) Conor I am a big fan of TED. I have watched lots of great speeches and have my list of top speeches on my blog. Recently I saw a speech by a Buddhist lama “The Kampala”. At first I felt let down by his talk… no big ideas, no hyped performance, just a humble human being sharing a story of when he was young… but the following day I thought – that is the most powerful talk I have seen – the only TED talk where the audience feel “bigger” after the talk, rather than impressed by the speaker (but inside feeling smaller).

I have taught MBAs for 7 years. I have given over 50 seminars to companies. I have been moving slowly from “the most important person in the room” to realise that I must be “the least important person in the room” if learning is the goal. My goal for the first 4 years was to “look good, important, knowledgeable, in-control”… my goal now is to take the participants on a journey that leads them to their own realisation of knowledge. Educare (latin), effectively means “to bring out that which is within”.

Sometimes I have to look out of control, leave people frustrated, turn their problems back to them… effectively not look “good, important, in-control”. It is a hard shift, but these are the classes that people remember years later.

Thanks for articulating and structuring this area of my own rambling thoughts ;-) Conor

]]> By: Scott Gould http://scottgould.me/let-attendees-be-participants/#comment-2085 Scott Gould Sun, 16 May 2010 02:45:50 +0000 http://scottgould.me/?p=1857#comment-2085 Thanks for the thoughts Josh.Virtual, in my mind, not only augments the event itself in the spheres of space and matter, but it extends the event in time. In other words, virtual enables the event to begin before it begins well in advance.This time before an event isn't just another place to push and broadcast information. It is time for attendes, or participants, to begin engaging with the content and each other. It enables us to begin the discussion far in advance - and actually crowd source the content - allowing us to curate from what people are talking about.You're right - we don't know how little we know. I have to continually challenge myself to learn from others and realise that in too many ways we are still just doing the same old same old.It's a fight to innovate. Thanks for the thoughts Josh.Virtual, in my mind, not only augments the event itself in the spheres of space and matter, but it extends the event in time. In other words, virtual enables the event to begin before it begins well in advance.This time before an event isn't just another place to push and broadcast information. It is time for attendes, or participants, to begin engaging with the content and each other. It enables us to begin the discussion far in advance – and actually crowd source the content – allowing us to curate from what people are talking about.You're right – we don't know how little we know. I have to continually challenge myself to learn from others and realise that in too many ways we are still just doing the same old same old.It's a fight to innovate.

]]> By: Scott Gould http://scottgould.me/let-attendees-be-participants/#comment-2084 Scott Gould Sun, 16 May 2010 02:40:45 +0000 http://scottgould.me/?p=1857#comment-2084 Hey JoshThanks for the kind words. To be honest, these thoughts have been knocking around my mind for a while, with inspiration from those I mentioned in the post as well as others.It's true though - we have to get out of slopping around broadcasting information people at conferences like they are attendee cattle. Someone has to have the balls to say NO and start doing it differently.Looking forward to moving forward with you! Hey JoshThanks for the kind words. To be honest, these thoughts have been knocking around my mind for a while, with inspiration from those I mentioned in the post as well as others.It's true though – we have to get out of slopping around broadcasting information people at conferences like they are attendee cattle. Someone has to have the balls to say NO and start doing it differently.Looking forward to moving forward with you!

]]> By: Josh Chandler http://scottgould.me/let-attendees-be-participants/#comment-2083 Josh Chandler Sat, 15 May 2010 00:43:55 +0000 http://scottgould.me/?p=1857#comment-2083 Scott,In answer to the following question:"What are the challenges to breaking from the ‘Verbal Receiving’ area?"I would say that the challenge is how we continually educate others about transitioning a offline method (broadcast) into a digital method (social). If we think that the discussion on making change is truly over, we just have to look at the archives of Scott's blog to realise companies still don't get it.I'd like to see also how companies use crowd-sourcing during live events to make attendees feel like it's their show. If a panel utilised a Twitterfall screen more actively during a talk, they could not only answer questions but also change up the pace of the discussion based on real-time audience feedback.I don't think enough conference organisers appreciate just how little they know. By involving attendees in their planning beforehand, they could also create dynamic content (perhaps crowdsourced through a public Google Wave document).Interesting potential. I am sure others can help me elaborate. Can't wait to hear your thoughts. Scott,In answer to the following question:”What are the challenges to breaking from the ‘Verbal Receiving’ area?”I would say that the challenge is how we continually educate others about transitioning a offline method (broadcast) into a digital method (social). If we think that the discussion on making change is truly over, we just have to look at the archives of Scott's blog to realise companies still don't get it.I'd like to see also how companies use crowd-sourcing during live events to make attendees feel like it's their show. If a panel utilised a Twitterfall screen more actively during a talk, they could not only answer questions but also change up the pace of the discussion based on real-time audience feedback.I don't think enough conference organisers appreciate just how little they know. By involving attendees in their planning beforehand, they could also create dynamic content (perhaps crowdsourced through a public Google Wave document).Interesting potential. I am sure others can help me elaborate. Can't wait to hear your thoughts.

]]> By: Josh Chandler http://scottgould.me/let-attendees-be-participants/#comment-2082 Josh Chandler Sat, 15 May 2010 00:39:50 +0000 http://scottgould.me/?p=1857#comment-2082 Scott,I am so glad you found some value out of it. It amazed me that someone had really clearly set out our social values and how we learn in such an interesting manner. I can't believe you translated one infographic into a perfectly constructed piece of writing.For those of you in those comment thread who think they've attended a great conference, be sure to always compare it to this graph. Honestly, I went through a bunch of events I attended lately and none of them really hit 50%. For those of you who've read my posts on conferences, you'll know I 100% back Scott's points on improving conferences and events. Scott,I am so glad you found some value out of it. It amazed me that someone had really clearly set out our social values and how we learn in such an interesting manner. I can't believe you translated one infographic into a perfectly constructed piece of writing.For those of you in those comment thread who think they've attended a great conference, be sure to always compare it to this graph. Honestly, I went through a bunch of events I attended lately and none of them really hit 50%. For those of you who've read my posts on conferences, you'll know I 100% back Scott's points on improving conferences and events.

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