Engagement has become the issue of the day. Companies want to engage customers. Teachers want to engage students. Associations and community managers want to engage members. We’ve moved from trying to keep someone’s attention, to seeking a dialogue. I read a great article yesterday about “The Flipped Classroom,” where students view their professor’s lecture from home, then come to class to discuss it. Great idea!
Perhaps nowhere is the topic of engagement more discussed, more critical – and, probably, ...
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Associations have always recognized the power in creating a space where people feel connected through shared experience. For centuries groups of people have organized by shared interest or belief and enjoyed the camaraderie of like minded people. As the world has grown exponentially in size, the need for finding a place in your community has maintained or perhaps even grown in its importance.
In our more recent history, and particularly in this past generational shift, this need for community has shifted from a l...
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As some of you know, I liked Event Camp so much when I attended Twin Cities 2010 virtually that I became part of the valid virtual statistic that shows virtual attendance piques interest in f2f attendance and I attended Chicago in February 2011. It was engaging both in presentations and the people present, and I returned rejuvenated and wanting more.
After asking enough times about when it would be on the West Coast (imagining myself in California in the winter) it turns out that enough people in Vancouver thought i...
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The last four months have been a whirlwind for me as I was lucky enough to be able to attend several industry events. I was able to attend the Certified Meetings Professional (CMP) Conclave, International Association of Exhibitions and Events’ (IAEE) Mid-Year Meeting, AIBTM, Meeting Professionals International’s (MPI) World Education Congress (WEC), the Trade Show Exhibitors Association’s (TSEA) Red Diamond Congress and finally the Philadelphia pod of EventCamp Twin Cities (ECTC) just the other week. One ni...
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Last week I attended EventCamp Twin Cities (ECTC11) as a virtual attendee. I was both curious and excited about the experience. Several days before the event I signed up and awaited, not knowing what to expect. Let me share with you my experiences, insights and thoughts.
For those who are not familiar with ECTC, please check the ECTC website.
Beforehand I defined a few areas that I wanted to observe:
• Information Provisioning
• Technical Aspects
• Engagement and Interaction
• Overall Event expe...
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Introduction
I recently attended my child’s elementary school science fair and was intrigued to find game mechanics employed by the fair’s planners. The fair had several rows of “exhibits” (students’ science projects) and a number of students were seen walking studiously from project to project, with a rectangular slip of paper. It turns out the paper was a game card (pictured above), with a list of projects that students needed to find (and check off the list).
The Challenge and Completion...
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