
NEW: Meetings Under the Microscope
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Read Book review from Elling Hamso Dr. Elling Hamso, Managing Partner, European Event ROI Institute MEETING ARCHITECTURE |
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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. |
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Story telling is a powerful tool for presentations but underdeveloped and not enough used in the meetings industry.
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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. |
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John Medina has the rare gift of making science fun and accessible to business leaders. He is an extraordinary speaker -- perhaps one of the most energetic and engaging speakers you will ever encounter. And he has a message that every leader needs to survive and thrive at work. In a keynote presentation or dynamic workshop, Medina guides you through his 12 Brain Rules, things you should know about how the brain works. With fascinating stories and his characteristic sense of humor, he'll explain: |
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ScienceDaily (Feb. 2, 2010) — Despite the common association of "right" with life, correctness, positiveness and good things, and "left" with death, clumsiness, negativity and bad things, recent research shows that most left-handed people hold the opposite association. Thus, left-handers become an interesting case in which conceptual associations as a result of a sensory-motor experience, and conceptual associations that rely on linguistic and cultural norms, are contradictory. |
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Relaxation increases energy and focusWhen stress is out-of-control, it can get in the way of your ability to:* Think clearly and creatively * Communicate clearly * Accurately “read” other people * Hear what someone is really saying * Trust others * Attend to your own needs |
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Synopsis Forget everything you thought you knew about how to motivate people--at work, at school, at home. It's wrong. As Daniel H. Pink explains in his new and paradigm-shattering book Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, the secret to high performance and satisfaction in today's world is the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and our world. |
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Mary E. Boone is president of Boone Associates located in Essex, CT. She is a leading authority on organizational communication, leadership development and large-scale interactive meetings. Her firm’s client list spans a wide array of public and private organizations – such as IBM, NASA, JPMorganChase, ConocoPhillips, AARP, the U.S. Department of Labor, and the United States Army. oone Associates assists clients in these areas: |
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About Nick Morgan: Topics on his blog: - Basic Principles of Persuasive Rhetoric |