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Elevate Your Conference Education

Velvet Chainsaw

There’s never been a better time than right now to reimagine your education programming for your first in-person conference in some time, for many—in over two years. Conference education sessions have long been considered the main course of the event, yet typically they reek of status quo. Don’t waste this opportunity.

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Focus on learning, not education

Conferences that Work

For better meetings, we need to focus on learning, not education. Yes, sometimes, cultural or professional “requirements” mean we have to provide education. That’s so we can “certify” that we’ve educated attendees to some prescribed standard. Learning, not education. I hope you do too.

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How to Use Your Website to Promote Higher Education Events

Attendease

Higher education events bring your university together to engage students, faculty, alumni, and community members in enriching, fun experiences. When you optimize your higher education website for promoting events, you offer attendees an easy way to learn more about your engagement opportunities and register. Livestream your event.

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First-Timers Proliferate MPI’s World Education Congress

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Skift Take: More than half of the 700 planners attending MPI’s World Education Congress in Louisville were first-timers, which coincides with the industry's trend of being flooded by newbies. Andrea Doyle Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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Higher Education Event Strategies: Utilizing Texts for Your Alumni Event Fundraising Strategy

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In this quick guide, we’ll cover several ways you can use SMS for alumni fundraising events, explore tips for writing impactful higher education text messages , and even provide some examples that you can copy and paste. Meet them where they are by incorporating texts into your event fundraising strategy. Let’s get started!

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Empowering Conference Registrants To See Learning As A Journey Not A Finish Line

Velvet Chainsaw

Or do your conference education sessions motivate participants to see the finish line? You promote collecting continuing education units (CEs) over life-long learning. Participants attend your education just to collect CEs to gain or maintain certification requirements. Their learning stops once the session ends.

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Invest in Your Speakers to Grow Your Value Proposition

Velvet Chainsaw

The bread and butter of conferences is concurrent education sessions. To elevate the educational value of your meeting, work with your speakers to move them from information-givers to sense-makers. The training focused on evidenced-based education practices and how to apply those to become facilitators of learning.

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