Taking meetings to the next level...

A little over four years ago, I left the C-suite to begin the next chapter in my life. During my first few months, I had the opportunity to do some serious soul searching and self discovery. Like many of you, I have a passion for learning. I initially focused much of my reading around increasing my knowledge of what makes a great vs. mediocre leader. You know, things like humility, drive, vision, character, servant’s heart and excellent communicator.

ScienceDaily (Feb. 25, 2010) — The human brain excels at using past experiences to make predictions about the future. However, the world around us is constantly changing, and new events often violate our logical expectations. "We know these unexpected events are more likely to be remembered than predictable events, but the underlying neural mechanisms for these effects remain unclear," says lead researcher, Dr. Nikolai Axmacher, from the University of Bonn in Germany.

Watchout 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 Watchout projection systems since 2000 making them one of the earliest adopters.

In today’s economic climate, planning and evaluating meetings and events for bottom line value is more important than ever.

ROI Week in Dublin 30 August – 3 September 2010 offers six different courses to achieve and prove Return on Investment, including the use of SenseiROI, an online tool which takes most of the hard work out of setting objectives, collecting data and evaluating results from meetings and events.

A 6 MINUTE INTRODUCTION VIDEO about hybrid meetings: the combination of a real face-to-face meeting and remote participants and or remote speakers. Demonstrating the USE OF you-tube, camera, slides, document- camera, etc.

Story telling is a powerful tool for presentations but underdeveloped and not enough used in the meetings industry. Are there specialists? Is there a book about storytelling? Do you know a storytelling association or Institute? Who is PhD in storytelling? Researching, listing, analyzing and classifying the existing storytelling components aimed at presentations in meetings, events, conferences, etc. has not been done.

John has 25 years of experience in software development for the meetings industry and conference management. John comes from a strong PCO background, as past General Manager of Congrex Holland and is the co-founder of Shocklogic. John is a frequent speaker at industry events and has written several papers on project management, abstract management and other meeting related issues.

The PSA is the trade association for companies and individuals involved in the live event production industry. Our aim is to represent, improve, educate and develop the business of technical production for live events. This is achieved by pooling the knowledge of the entire industry to create a single voice for the industry and a central resource for its members. The issues that we deal with are those that affect the whole industry. The solutions we find are there for the whole industry. This can only be achieved with the help of the whole industry.

ONCE UPON A TIME… Need I go further? You know you’ve entered a story. Perhaps you prefer something a little more straightforward: “Call me Ishmael,” “I am an invisible man” or “Mother died today.” The simple act of telling a story demands attention whether it starts with the fantastical or the concrete. It’s the difference between academic and business-speak and barroom banter.