Author: dhiller
Conferences Policies – January 2017 update!
Update to our support policies and best practices, updated to Jan 2017!
The No-Distraction Rule
As a facilitator, distractions are a fact of life. Because they keep attendees from fully appreciating your seminar, we’re here to share some ways to cut down on them.
USA-South Autumn Conference Report
Read all about the latest USA-South judge Conference! All you can eat BBQ (sadly) not included for readers
Updates to Conference Support – December
Hello once again! With the next wave of Exemplar soon to be released, it’s time for a new set of cards entering into Conferences packs and some old friends leaving us for the time being. Starting with some conferences taking place this same weekend, here’s what you can get if you’re attending a supported conference!: […]
New Feedback forms!
Conferences are all about learning and in order to learn better how to do conferences and presentations, the loop must be closed by letting people know how they did during the conference so we can improve even more for next time! For a presenter or organizer your feedback is most valuable in order to keep getting […]
Updates to Conference Support – October
Hello everyone! As previously announced on an earlier post, Conference card support will keep rotating every (roughly) 3 months in order to keep them fresh, interesting and alligned with how Exemplar rotates. This time I’m happy to announce that after a very long long time (over a year and a half), and are leaving our packages. Farewell! […]
The Meet’n’Greet Of Public Speaking
The first few things you say in front of an audience can make or break their engagement for rest of the hour. When you’re about to give a talk at a Judge Conference, or with any other public speaking opportunity, put yourself in the audience’s shoes. Who are they?
The 10 Steps to Take Towards a Bad PowerPoint Presentation
We’ve all been in THAT presentation. The presentation where it only takes two slides before our eyes roll back into our head and start to bleed. Perhaps it was the one where you got a handout, which was then projected above, and then every single word was read aloud. It may have even been the […]
There’s a “we” in “weapon”! – Part 2
Focus Groups at Judge Conferences Oh great! If you got this far, you may be now eager to volunteer and bring an incredible focus group experience to your fellow Magic judges at the next Conference. Last time we introduced some general guidelines behind setting up such an infrastructure, and I hopefully convinced you how it can […]