Meeting Support Institute

The International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations (ISPSO) provides a forum for academics, clinicians, consultants and others interested in working in and with organizations utilizing psychoanalytic concepts and insights.

The Society's aim is to share organizational research, consultation and experiences in the context of psychoanalysis. The ISPSO holds an annual meeting and symposium, locally organized study groups and ongoing discussions on the Internet and encourages scholarship and research in the field.

Founded in 1985 by some of the most distinguished contributors to the field, the organization presently has a membership of over 200, coming from over twenty countries.

A presentation for a meeting industry audience.
It informs about technology based on the Meeting Support Institute membership.
Ideal as a pannel with technology providers.
Sam Smith coordinates and has a presentation to introduce the topic.
Each panelist gets time for a short presentaton.
A Q&A session is moderated, facilitated by Sam Smith.

Researchers from the Yale School of Medicine discovered in 2006 that Gherline, a hormone secreted by an empty stomach not just triggers the hunger signal to the brain. In Mice (plural of mouse, nit as in MICE industry) that hormone also resulted in better learning and remembering.  This makes sense: when you are hungry, as an animal, you go look for food, and it is crucial that you are able to remember where there is food to e found. If you don’t, you die; natural selection. If you want to remember more form the sessions at a conference, you better attend on an empty stomach. 

  The dutch translation of
  'The Learning Meeting and conference in Practice'




  (Politeia, 2008)

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A few intriguing articles and some research on networking at conferences can be found on the blog of Rick Borovoyn CTO at nTag. Make sure you leave a comment if you like what you see.

-A few interesting words will help build a vocabulary for our profession: Community mirror, event catalyst, betweenness centrality? ...
-some professional research
- an interesting thesis

All interesting material: have a look at http://rick.ntag.com/ and make sure you leave a comment or give us your feedback with a comment on this piece

Who We Are
Based in Washington, DC, the American Psychological Association (APA) is a scientific and professional organization that represents psychology in the United States. With 148,000 members, APA is the largest association of psychologists worldwide.

www.psychologiemagazine.nl

This Dutch monthly magazine has, in every issue, 4 to 10 topics that are applicable in meeting architecture.
For the Dutch speaking meeting professional with an interest in psychology, sociology, cognitive science and neurology this is a great resource.
Every issue publishes research results, short versions of theses,  and articles from international publications like Nature, Monitor on Psychology and more.

0:7:34 minutes (6.93 MB)These are interviews of a few technology suppliers for meeting planners.

0:1:53 minutes (1.73 MB)Podacst learning experience at MPI PEC.