VT Vision 2012 break The Power of Participation.
Take a look at the above photo.
Do you routinely get this level of interaction at your conferences?
If not (and even if you do) you may be interested in my book, The Power of Participation: Creating Conferences That Deliver Learning, Connection, Engagement, and Action
Here’s the outline:
Part One
Eliminate Attendees At Your Meetings! – Get on your feet!
– Meetings are a mess—and how they got that way
– Why participation is so important for today’s meetings
– Active learning
– Connection
– Engagement and community-building
– Action
– Wishes
Part Two
Creating An Environment For Participation – Introduction
– Badge design
– Meals
– The event space
– Seating
– Information display
– Safety
– Ground rules
– Play and fun
– Facilitation
– Small group selection
– Getting attention
– Timing
– Asking questions
– White space techniques
– The conference arc
– The conference metaphor
– Giving up control
Part Three
Participation techniques overview – How to use this compendium of techniques
– Techniques glossary
– Techniques table
– Techniques by goal
– Techniques by conference phase
– Techniques by group size
Techniques for encouraging connection outside conference sessions
Openers – The Three Questions
– Roundtable
– Human Spectrograms
– The Solution Room
– Post It!
Middles – Small Group Discussions
– Pair Share
– Guided discussions
– Open Space
– World Café
– Fishbowl
– Affinity Grouping
– Participatory Voting
– Voting considerations
– Hand/Stand Voting
– Roman Voting
– Card Voting
– Table Voting
– Dot Voting
– Anonymous Voting
– Creating Learning Opportunities – Short Form Presentations
– Case Studies and Simulations
Endings – Consolidating learning and moving to outcomes – Pro Action Café
– Plus/Delta
– Personal Introspective
– Group Spective
– Closing Rituals
Resources
Buy it today!
Since 2007, Jane Hart has compiled an annual Top Digital Tools for Learning List from the results of public surveys. Looking at the trends over time provides a useful overview of the tools that people are using to learn. In addition, her lists and annual analyses allow readers to discover new useful tools. Here’s my contribution: my ten top digital tools for learning in 2022, with brief descriptions of why and how I use them, plus some additional tools I’d sorely miss and a promising newcomer. 