Designing Successful Professional Meetings and Conferences in Education: Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation.

Autor/inn/en	Mundry, Susan; Britton, Edward; Raizen, Senta; Loucks-Horsley, Susan
Institution	National Inst. for Science Education, Madison, WI.
Titel	Designing Successful Professional Meetings and Conferences in Education: Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation.
Quelle	(2000), (103 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	0-7619-7633-7
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Adult Education; Adult Learning; Agenda Setting; Audience Analysis; Audience Awareness; Communication Skills; Conference Proceedings; Conferences; Data Collection; Delivery Systems; Evaluation Utilization; Guidelines; Information Dissemination; Information Utilization; Meetings; Postsecondary Education; Professional Development; Program Development; Program Evaluation; Program Implementation; Questionnaires; Systems Approach; Teacher Education; Teacher Improvement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Adulte education; Kommunikationsstil; Data capture; Datensammlung; Auslieferung; Richtlinien; Informationsverbreitung; Informationsnutzung; Meeting; Tagung; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Programmplanung; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Fragebogen; Systemischer Ansatz; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung
Abstract	This book outlines the principles of planning, implementing, and evaluating successful professional meetings and conferences in education. The following are among the topics discussed: (1) the knowledge base of effective meetings and conferences (nine principles held by effective meeting designers; characteristics of effective meetings and conferences; principles of effective adult learning); (2) early planning (identification of target audiences, conference budgets, identification of cosponsors or partners; selection of locations and dates; delegation of responsibility for conference design and planning); (3) design issues (selecting activities and approaches; identifying the view of participants assumed in the design; using the authentic task approach; choosing and supporting speakers; communicating with leaders, facilitators, and presenters; marketing conferences; preparing preconference participant mailings; managing conferences); (4) evaluating a conference or meeting (focusing the evaluation; identifying the evaluation's audience; choosing data collection methods; evaluating the meeting design and process; selecting evaluation methods; using evaluation information to make improvements; and conducting regular evaluations of small meetings and working sessions; and (5) producing conference proceedings (purposes of proceedings and ways to capture the meeting and add analysis to reporting). The following items are appended: examples of topics addressed by professional meeting planners; sample agendas; and sample evaluations. The bibliography lists 23 references. (MN)
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01