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VIDEO: Workplace trends with impact on Meetings...

Posted December 12th, 2010 by maarten.vannest...
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Some brilliant minds start to doubt the social networking, Web2.0 and consequently doubt the true value of so much collaboration in organisations. Brace yourself for some far seeing visions...

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EXPERT on Micro Expressions: Yann Van den Branden

Posted February 11th, 2011 by maarten.vannest...
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Yann is a speaker on micro expressions and how you can use them to learn more about your 'opponent' in a commercial situation. Yann mostly teaches interactive sessions, trainings, workshops with real exercises for the participants or as a keynote speaker for a larger group. Yann has reference in large corporations in the pharmaceutical, banking, insurance and automotive world, from the USA over Japan to Russia. As an Actor he is also a member of the international business communication theatre group called YESSI JADA.
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Meeting Design THE POWER OF THE CROWD

Posted June 7th, 2013 by ruudwjanssen
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Meeting Design THE POWER OF THE CROWD How do you use the wisdom of the crowds? Participants attend conferences to gain more knowledge, but as a group they also bring with them a wealth of experience and brainpower. Those who exploit the full potential of the interaction contribute immense added value to their conference. The time is ripe for this, argue four specialists in the field of conferences and crowdsourcing.

The evolution of Meeting Formats, the rebirth of the Campfire Meeting

Posted July 27th, 2010 by maarten.vannest...
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Long ago we had meetings around a campfire. A small group of people in a circle, listening to stories, debating, conversing, learning from each other.
Much later, in more recent ages, only the rich and powerful could talk to larger groups, armies and other audiences.
And even more recently, thanks to sound equipment, we all can afford to address a public, larger than the campfire crowd.

Meeting Architecture, a manifesto.

Posted March 7th, 2008 by maarten.vannest...
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Read Book review from Elling Hamso    Dr. Elling Hamso, Managing Partner, European Event ROI Institute

 MEETING ARCHITECTURE 

Does Cooperation Require Both Reciprocity and Alike Neighbors?

Posted June 10th, 2012 by maarten.vannest...
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Evolution by definition is cold and merciless: it selects for success and weeds out failure. It seems only natural to expect that such a process would simply favour genes that help themselves and not others. Yet cooperative behaviour can be observed in many areas, and humans helping each other are a common phenomenon. Thus, one of the major questions in science today is how cooperative behaviour could evolve.

In search of Learning Agility

Posted May 7th, 2012 by mireia.iglesias
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The central premise is that enduring competitive advantage must be built on organizational learning agility — meaning an organization’s ability to respond to adaptive challenge through the acquisition and application of knowledge and skills. The authors, Clark and Gottfredson,  sketch three distinct stages of learning agility: 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0, and illustrate a clear path forward for the meaningful use of learning technologies in organizations.

KICK-START YOUR WORK MEETING

Posted November 18th, 2011 by maarten.vannest...
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The world launch: at FRESH 2012 in Copenhagen

KICK-START YOUR WORK MEETING – A HANDBOOK FOR FACILITATORS

I don’t agree, this not a book for facilitators.

Kick-Start your Work Meeting: FOREWORD

Posted November 18th, 2011 by maarten.vannest...
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Foreword

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.

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