Abstract The aim of this paper is to explain principles of object oriented modeling in the scope of modeling dynamic social networks. As such, the approach of object oriented modeling is advocated within the field of organizational research that focuses on networks. We provide a brief introduction into the field of social networks and present an owerview of existing network models and methods.

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Here is a common set of measurable performance criteria that we need to consider for evaluation of our employees.

• Attendance
• Communication skills
• Quality of Work
• Improvement
• Team Work
• Productivity

The above list is not an exhaustive one. Please feel free to add the measurable performance criteria that we need to consider for fair evaluation of employees?

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René is a creative project manager for meetings, events and live communication. His background is theatre and René has almost 20 years of experience in the meeting industry. He has been working in Africa, the Middle East and all over Europe for corporate and institutional clients. He does conceptual work, preproduction and production / staging with a dynamic focus on shaping the client’s message into a live experience.

Kongresse, Symposien, Jahrestagungen, Mitarbeiterveranstaltungen, Führungsforen, Auftakt-Events, Kick-offs … – ob für 30 oder 300 Personen: Wer Veranstaltungen neu konzipieren oder bestehende Designs aufpeppen will, der findet in diesem Werkbuch viele Ideen, Beispiele, Ablaufpläne, Checklisten, Parameter, Leitlinien und Planungshilfen. Mit vielen Fotos und Skizzen. Das Ideenbuch bietet all das, was man für Events braucht:

Prof. Elizabeth Wada Ph. D. from the UNIVERSIDADE ANHEMBI MORUMBI, Sao Paulo, Brazil,  has translated the book ‘Meeting Architecture, a Manifesto’ to Portuguese. It is used in the universities tourism dept. and ongoing discussion around expansion of the course  is taking place.

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, IN, USA: Amanda Cecil will start using the Book Meeting Architecture as a text book for the courses in the fall of 2009.
Our liaison: Amanda Cecil PhD, akcecil@iupui.edu

Madison Area Technical College starts a course of weekly 3 hours on the content side of meetings with a strong emphasis on the learning aspect.
Our liaison, Janet Sperstad, jsperstad@matcmadison.edu Madison, WI, USA