
NEW: Meetings Under the Microscope
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How do you know what Return on Investment your meetings and events provide to different stakeholders? Do your attendees, sponsors, exhibitors and organization get good value for their money? The European Event ROI Institute represents the ROI Institute Inc. and the Phillips ROI Measurement Model in the meetings and event industry in Europe. The Phillips model has been developed by Jack Phillips for over 20 years in the field of human relations and training. More than 2000 practitioners have been certified by the ROI Institute, including 70% of the Fortune 500 companies. |
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ScienceDaily (June 25, 2010) — Psychologists report in the journal Science that interpersonal interactions can be shaped, profoundly yet unconsciously, by the physical attributes of incidental objects: Resumes reviewed on a heavy clipboard are judged to be more substantive, while a negotiator seated in a soft chair is less likely to drive a hard bargain. |
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ScienceDaily (June 4, 2010) — Feeling sluggish? The solution may require getting outside the box -- that big brick-and-mortar box called a building. Being outside in nature makes people feel more alive, finds a series of studies published in the June 2010 issue of the Journal of Environmental Psychology. And that sense of increased vitality exists above and beyond the energizing effects of physical activity and social interaction that are often associated with our forays into the natural world, the studies show. |
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Video interview by MEETINGS:review in 2010. Elling Hamso update on ROI and its growing impact and importance during and after the recession. |
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Wash Away Your Doubts When You Wash Your Hands ScienceDaily (May 7, 2010) That's the key finding of a University of Michigan study published in the current (May 7) issue of Science. The study, conducted by U-M psychologists Spike W. S. Lee and Norbert Schwarz, expands on past research by showing that hand-washing does more than remove the guilt of past misdeeds. |
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'Development' is one of those familiar concepts that seeps almost unnoticed into the conversations of educators. They are self-evidently concerned with the development of people. But what is development? Are there particular stages that we pass through in our life course? contents • introduction • development • stages • gender, culture and political convenience • life events • conclusion • further reading and references |
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Introduction - fyi: 'Introduction' is part one of 8 sections in the whole article - Research pertaining to learning styles suggests that it is important to first define learning and then styles of learning. According to B. F. Skinner (1974), learning is any change in behavior. Harasyrn, Leong, Lucier, and Lorsheider (1995) define learning as "a relatively permanent change in performance by an individual" (Section s, p. 56). |
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Follow the Leader: How Those in Charge Make Themselves Known ScienceDaily (Apr. 2, 2010) — Do you find yourself leading groups, or are you naturally more comfortable following others? New research shows that if you want to be a leader you're better off at the edges of a crowd, and not in the middle of the action. |
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Allan and Barbara Pease remind us that 80% of men can do only one thing at a time. So what about all those speakers showing slides, overloaded with text, while they keep on talking? And the movie industry proves us that it is possible to keep an audience attention during 2 hours non-stop. So, what is their secret? 'Meeting effectiveness' is very much under attack today. How can we change meetings into an effective and motivating experience? |