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Learning: Actively Recalling Information from Memory Beats Elaborate Study Methods

Posted February 6th, 2011 by parbuckle
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ScienceDaily (Jan. 21, 2011) — Put down those science books and work at recalling information from memory. That's the shorthand take away message of new research from Purdue University that says practicing memory retrieval boosts science learning far better than elaborate study methods. "Our view is that learning is not about studying or getting knowledge 'in memory,'" said Purdue psychology professor Jeffrey Karpicke, the lead investigator for the study that appears January 20 in the journal Science. "Learning is about retrieving.

Right-Handed and Left-Handed People Do Not See the Same Bright Side of Things

Posted February 11th, 2010 by parbuckle
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ScienceDaily (Feb. 2, 2010) — Despite the common association of "right" with life, correctness, positiveness and good things, and "left" with death, clumsiness, negativity and bad things, recent research shows that most left-handed people hold the opposite association. Thus, left-handers become an interesting case in which conceptual associations as a result of a sensory-motor experience, and conceptual associations that rely on linguistic and cultural norms, are contradictory.

Will a Harvard Professor's New Technology Make College Lectures a Thing of the Past?

Posted October 25th, 2011 by ruudwjanssen
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ecturing.professor.jpg Another sign that the college lecture might be dying: Harvard University physics professor Eric Mazur is championing the "flipped classroom," a model where information traditionally transferred during lectures is learned on a student's own time, and classroom time is spent discussing and applying knowledge to real-world situations.

Supplier: Widescreen presentation design: PRISM AV

Posted February 24th, 2010 by maarten.vannest...
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Watch out specialist for large projected meeting sets and impressive presentations.

At the heart of presentations, the look is all important, to you and your audience. Prism-AV's  specialised Ultrawidescreen studio has Graphics, Sound and Video studio facilities. Making a truly memorable experiences.

Prism-AV have been providing edge blend Dataton Watch Out projection systems since 2000 making them one of the earliest adopters.

Techniques for Producing Great Conference Programmes

Posted January 29th, 2010 by maarten.vannest...
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Develop conferences that meet market needs, attract more delegates and sponsorship and increase profits

Producing better conference programmes translates directly into greater delegate numbers, more sponsorship and higher profits. Yet many companies rely purely on “on-the-job” training, frequently missing out on some of the key elements which differentiate great programmes from average ones. By attending this course, conference producers will learn all the proven tools and techniques for putting together a top conference programme.

Course outline:

Mijn Blokje (My Brick) : Personalize your Lego (r)!

Posted December 1st, 2009 by Mijnblokje
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"Mijn Blokje" (My Brick) is a new initiative that provides you with personalized Lego(r) for different purposes. Albeit for gifts, educational purposes (round table, info sessions, workshops, ...), or as name tags for meetings, we engrave Lego (r) completely for your own purpose and goals. We offer different items such as magnets, key chains, bricks engraved with names, job titles, texts, ...

Music listening while you learn: No influence of background music on verbal learning

Posted February 11th, 2010 by maarten.vannest...
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 see attached PDF

MAP Course

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26 Jun 2011 09:00
27 Jun 2011 17:00
Location: 
Sint Michielsgestel
Registration: 
http://www.eventure-online.com/eventure/personalData.do;jsessionid=abcWo...
Language: 
Dutch

‎2 day MAP Meeting Architecture Process in Dutch with MPL NL: http://youtu.be/kXZMawdfurg

Meeting Support Institute at IMEX

Posted May 2nd, 2011 by mireia.iglesias
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Meeting Support Institute will be present at IMEX Frankfurt 2011. 

 Join us at the stand D730 and Fresh Dinner.

MSI Activities: 

5th Association Congress London

Posted April 7th, 2011 by mireia.iglesias
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The Leading Event for Association, Society & Institute Executives will take place next 18&19 July 2011 in London.
 
Meeting Support Institute will be there as well!!!
 
There will be 3 tracks over 2 days enabling the multi job titles and industry sectors attending to find their niche.
 
Why Attend: The top reasons you should attend the Association Congress 2011 in London, and how to de

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