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26 Tips for Designing Great Webcasts & Webinars
Posted September 3rd, 2009 by Samuel J. Smith in
It seems like webcasts at conferences are popping up all over the place. I believe that webcasts are going to become an important virtual component of face 2 face meetings in the future.
Classroom Computers Boost Face-To-Face Learning
Posted November 15th, 2009 by maarten.vannest...
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ScienceDaily (May 26, 2009) — Computers have been used for years to facilitate learning at a distance. A new European research programme shows that computers can also enhance collaborative, face-to-face learning and problem solving. In recent years, computer-assisted face-to-face collaboration has become an important part of the workplace, under the rubric of computer supported collaborative work. |
Using PowerPoint for Best Educational Outcomes
Posted August 16th, 2009 by ellenfinkl
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This talk explain best practices for using PowerPoint in an educational and training environment, bsaed on the research that has been done in the field. (A list of references follows the handout.) Topics covered are: Why reading from slides is detrminental to learning The damaging effect of unnecessary images The solution Points from Multimedia Learning by Richard E. Mayer Research showing that animating text line by line is not helpful to learning How to create clear graphs/charts How to show data visually |
Meeting Architecture
Posted March 7th, 2008 by maarten.vannest... in
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Read Book review from Elling Hamso Dr. Elling Hamso, Managing Partner, European Event ROI Institute MEETING ARCHITECTURE |
Presentation: Meeting technology by Samuel J. Smith
Posted September 26th, 2008 by maarten.vannest... in
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(in Februari 2009 Sam Smith moved from Switzerland to the USA.) A presentation about technology for a meeting industry audience. It informs about technology from Voting systems to Social networks. Ideal as a pannel with technology providers (based on the Meeting Support Institute members). Sam Smith coordinates and has a presentation to introduce the topic. Each panelist gets time for a short presentaton. This Interactive session is moderated, facilitated by Sam Smith. as seen at EIBTM 2009, Barcelona, Spain. |
Impact of Laptops on Meetings
Posted February 12th, 2010 by maarten.vannest... in
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SEE ATTACHED PDF ABSTRACT We have conducted a study of meetings to gain an understanding of how conversation is affected by computer use. We videotaped five workplace meetings, noting the disruptions that occurred, and recording people’s disengagements when they performed tasks with paper or with laptops. We saw evidence that people preferred these disengagements not to exceed 10 seconds. When tasks were performed on laptops, disengagements were more likely to exceed this |
Must Electronic Gadgets Disrupt our Face-to-Face Conversations?
Posted February 12th, 2010 by maarten.vannest... in
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SEE ATTACHED PDF EXCERPT: Over the last century, advances in technology have massively expanded our choice of ways to connect to each other. Nevertheless our original means of communicating – talking face to face – persists as the most immediate, natural, and universal means we have of communicating. Conversing face to face, we have at our disposal not only the full richness of our spoken language, but also a nonverbal vocabulary that includes |
VIDEO: ABBIT MEETING SUPPORT TRAILER
Posted February 6th, 2010 by maarten.vannest... in
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Abbit Meeting Support does a wide range of services on the content side of meetings and conferences all over Europe. This 6 minute video takes yout through the wide range of services. |
René Vanhove
Posted January 22nd, 2010 by maarten.vannest... in
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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. |
Badge takes picture of everyone you meet at a conference...
Posted November 8th, 2009 by maarten.vannest... in
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After reporting about this tool in presentations in 2007, it now will soon become available on the market. The project from Microsoft has a name: VICON REVUE. It is a small camera that you ware as a badge on a lanyard. |
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