Letting go of control at a conference The last session of Conferences That Work is called a group spective—a time for participants to look back at what has happened for the group and forward to possible futures together. During the […]
Be average! Thoughts triggered while rereading Patricia Ryan Madson’s delightful, straightforward, and yet profound improv wisdom. “The poet William Stafford used to rise every morning at four and write a poem. Somebody said to him, “But surely you can’t write […]
Say Yes! Thoughts triggered while rereading Patricia Ryan Madson’s delightful, straightforward, and yet profound improv wisdom. Patricia Madson’s first improv maxim is “Say Yes!” This reminds me of a harrowing incident not so long ago… Will this closing session achieve […]
Middle Personal introspective A personal introspective is a peer conference session where, to start, attendees privately answer five questions in writing. These questions offer attendees an invitation to think about what they have experienced at the conference, how their experiences […]
Beginning | End Peer sessions Peer sessions, the heart of every peer conference, are the sessions generated by The Three Questions and peer session signup processes. During peer session determination and scheduling the initial form of each chosen peer session—presentation, panel, discussion, workshop, simulation, tour […]
Learn about peer conferences Let’s learn about peer conferences, sometimes called unconferences. A peer conference is small, attendee-driven, inclusive, structured, safe and supportive, interactive, and community-building. Let’s look at each of these characteristics in turn. Small conferences Most professional conference planners […]
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Here you’ll find free downloads of numerous useful peer conference resource materials, including all the handouts, forms, model session narratives, timing soundtracks and scripts, and conference databases described in Conferences That Work and The Power of Participation. Want to know […]
Conferences That Work: Creating Events That People Love About the Author Acknowledgments Preface Introduction Part I: Reengineering the Conference What is a Conference? How we got here Face-to-face versus online Able Masters Education as gardening Conference process = Elementary school […]