Six Minutes Speaking and Presentation Skills is a website with lots of resources for speakers. It is maintained by Andrew Dlugan, a Canadian speaker, trainer and coach.  Dlugan is not a 'quick fixer', his information is sound and considered and as far as I can tell, in every way in line with current knowledge and science about what makes a good presentation. He also publishes critiques of video recorded speeches, a very effective way to learn good speaking skills. There is also a form and some good advice on how to do your own critiques.

Why:  communication is changing faster than anything else, having it all in 1 place for live or hybrid events is powerful.    What:  360 hubs and TNOC crafted a method put all the dialogue around a hash tag at your fingertips. Now in bespoke and whitelabel versions available for your (hybrid) events.       How:  a unique hash tag is all you need to unleash the power of the dialogue.

When it comes to getting things done on time, it’s not easy. It’s in our nature to wait until the last minute to do even the most important things like Christmas shopping or doing our taxes. And, there are many things in life we commit to, yet don’t follow through on such as: helping people move, paying bills on time or just walking the dog. We’re human, what can you expect?

Based on this article below I would conclude most meeting planners have no time for anything new. That is disappointing, because I believe that meeting planners will be the biggest resource for future Meeting Architects. I hear from senior planners that are looking for new directions that they look favourably upon a career as Meeting Architects.

I’ve seen John Ward do his magic with models and clay but this year at VizThink in San Jose the core message really sank in. It had to do with the way our body uses imagery in its core processing. It’s an understanding that is at the heart of why graphic facilitation works and how to deepen its impact. John ran a session at VizThink titled “Kinesthetic Modeling: Visual Thinking in 3 Dimensions” along with fellow facilitators Regina Rowland, Nick Payne, and Julie Gieseke—all skilled graphic facilitators.

Benjamin Bloom's Taxonomy of Learning Domains for design and evaluation toolkit for training and learning. Cognitive Affective Psychomotor Domains Bloom's Taxonomy, (in full: 'Bloom's Taxonomy of Learning Domains', or strictly speaking: Bloom's 'Taxonomy Of Educational Objectives') was initially (the first part) published in 1956 under the leadership of American academic and educational expert Dr Benjamin S Bloom.

Moving Minds in Denmark >make the meeting participants to move and think outside the box, have fun and get excited >make a group create new outcomes and new ways of thinking >involve all participants in a group in an excellent way Find more at the website:  www.movingminds.dk

Office Solutions An article in four parts including  >Have Fun at Your Next Meeting  >Start the Ball Rolling  >Get them to Speakup  >Keep them Awake  >Recognize and Reward  >Ask for Feedback. Find it: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa5359/is_200102/ai_n21466110/

A meeting format where the content is open / not defined before it starts. The topics are created on the spot by participants.

IntroductionThis Compendium of Idea Generation Methods was published by Martin Leith at his website until summer 2003. I requested and received Martin's permission to adapt and keep the Compendium going.