Johnnie Moore's Weblog: The day as standard unit of time for events

January 30, 2013

The day as standard unit of time for events

Why is the day the standard unit of time for so many workshops, trainings and conferences. I think it's worth questioning.

I often find on training that you can have a really engaging morning, but the afternoon turns out to be exhausting. We got on a roll but then pushed too far. I quite like doing smaller, half-day chunks with space between for reflection. Maybe even shorter chunks.

At the other end, events are often transformed by being overnight. Everyone immediately worries about the costs of accommodation - but I feel there are huge rewards for having a group recreate together, sleep reflect and re-examine stuff in the morning.

Bonus link: Roland's sparky post about boring conferences.

Posted by Johnnie Moore at 11:50 in Facilitation

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Chris Corrigan says

I once went to a 18 person conference in Tucson with a number of academics. We had a two hour conversation in the morning from 10-12 and then a two hour conversation in the afternoon from 330-530 followed by some drinks and dinner and hanging out. It was the best run conference I've every participated in. Learned a lot and, even 8 years later, remember it well.

January 30, 2013 17:47 Permalink for comment

Ron Rosenhead says

Great article thanks. It coincides with a Blog written this week called Project Management Training: Classroom vs mobile (http://bit.ly/XLbORW)

Your article seems to say yes, face to face however not simply 1 day but a day +; the plus could be one to one coaching, webinars, reading, homework, plus a process of bringing all of the learning back into the workplace such as another very short and directed workshop.

Good post and thanks

January 31, 2013 07:33 Permalink for comment