vowiski:

BennyDGreat:
While working on a couple of projects this week, I came in contact with the profile of someone from Facebook.

He's a convener of a large-sized conference within a University setting. What immediately caught my attention was the number of speakers that attended his last event.

I tried to zoom in on the graphics design but I got overwhelmed almost immediately.

A lot of thoughts began to run through my mind and I began to question the effectiveness of this type of conference.

Sometimes, conferences like this could start from 8AM and end around 4/5pm. In some cases, you get refreshment and slight breaks. In other cases, you get no breaks nor refreshment.

What do you think is the maximum amount of speakers a single day event ought to have?

How many hours is the max amount you would expect from a single day event?

Would the attendees ever take home information they can work on or would they be too full to even digest due to information overload?

Why do these conveners gather so many folks?
For networking? For show off? Or for the attendees to have enough established folks to network with?...share your thoughts....let's engage Nairaland!

BY Ebenezer Mabinuola

AmyNwa10:
Honestly, I don't know. And most of the times, the audience gets so tired before they're halfway done.

harsysky:
The rationale is that if one of the speakers doesn't appeal to the audience, others will. That's why after the workshop, different folks line up to the speakers they love.

Wealthoptulent:
Nationale poverty as turned many to VOCATIONAL & MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKERS: IYA ti je ori omo elomi danu

Yankee101:
One speaker will be boring
Several good heads means several good ideas

BennyDGreat:
While working on a couple of projects this week, I came in contact with the profile of someone from Facebook.

He's a convener of a large-sized conference within a University setting. What immediately caught my attention was the number of speakers that attended his last event.

I tried to zoom in on the graphics design but I got overwhelmed almost immediately.

A lot of thoughts began to run through my mind and I began to question the effectiveness of this type of conference.

Sometimes, conferences like this could start from 8AM and end around 4/5pm. In some cases, you get refreshment and slight breaks. In other cases, you get no breaks nor refreshment.

What do you think is the maximum amount of speakers a single day event ought to have?

How many hours is the max amount you would expect from a single day event?

Would the attendees ever take home information they can work on or would they be too full to even digest due to information overload?

Why do these conveners gather so many folks?
For networking? For show off? Or for the attendees to have enough established folks to network with?...share your thoughts....let's engage Nairaland!

BY Ebenezer Mabinuola

layuns:
A standard duration for a talk is 45 minutes to 1 hr, often with time for questions and answer at the end.. Even though it can be extended to about 2hrs per person.

Guest speaker must have the leadership, humor, authenticity, and confidence to engage the audience for the duration of their session.
Decide on how they'll contribute to event goals. Speakers are meant to energise the crowd, inspire them, support the event themes, add value by sharing insider knowledge, offer a new perspective, break up the more routine aspects of the event and entertain.

To this note, for an event that will last till 4pm, about 4 or 5 numbers of speakers are enough for the day, excluding the keynote speaker.

BoldBrainz:
Hm.

For all the reasons you listed. There are no set rules or weighted scales to these things. The essence of a conference might turn out to be a subject with very broad analysis. Dissecting through is often easily done when you have just about enough speakers. Networking comes in too. People attend conferences for the enlightenment and contact making. Others just gather a crowd of speakers to make the whole event seem overly important. It's part of embellishment and corporate image laundering.

harsysky:
The rationale is that if one of the speakers doesn't appeal to the audience, others will. That's why after the workshop, different folks line up to the speakers they love.

buygala:
It's the same reason why music show organizers bring as many artists as possible to their events..of course there is always a star artist, just as there is a key speaker in those events with the others being supporting strikers

They advertised the personalities they intend to bring to the event, and interested participants having seen the number and identity of the personalities, pay for these events...and these participants mostly attend to hear their favorite guest speak or even see him/her physically.. Then they zone out when other guests take the podium.

It's not for the op to determine what is "information overload" for people who get what they paid for in an event they voluntarily attended.

Besides, considering that these events are mostly fully video recorded, with the videos and conference materials mde available to participants who want them, the participants have the chance to later watch and assimilate the videos and materials at their own speed and convenience.

haybhi1:
Well, it's not as common as you think or portray. In fact, it might be that you're exaggerating.

Personally, from my experience, I hold the opinion that in most standard academic setting, considering goes into a lot of things before they are played out. For instance, at Unilorin, they organized induction ceremony for their medical students late last month. The program started around 10 and ended before 1 - an occasion that attracted many academic elite far and wide. Another instance, inaugural lecture only starts around 5pm and end before 7pm here. This is another vital occasion that puts the elites together. Convocation doesn't take so long too. I expect this to be the modus operandi g

I think many people exaggerate things that attempt to put universities, especially public, in a bad light. Well, my experience so far takes a diverted outlook to that.

BennyDGreat:


From your personal assessment do you think most conferences in Nigeria have real time positive effect on the attendees or na just corporate image laundering