Meeting Support Institute

Put the record on when presenting someone a cabernet Sauvignon, Rock will do. The wine will be more robust and taste stronger than if presented with no music. The same wine will taste much milder when enjoyed with a romantic ballad.  Listening to music can influence the taste of wine. ‘Cognitive Priming’ lies at the base of this effect, according to researchers at the Heriot-Watt University of Edinburgh. Specific music stimulates specific areas in the brain and when the brain gets additional stimulation by the taste of the wine, both sensations, influence each other: the wine tastes differently.

Often decisions about educational topics, program participants, room setups and session formats are made without considering their impact on achieving the meeting’s educational goals. Join this facilitated discussion and come prepared to share success stories, horror stories, best practices and questions. After participating, you will be able to explain the basic principles of adult learning and how to factor them into the educational design of a meeting, describe the physical attributes of a meeting room that encourage or discourage learning and demonstrate best practices in selecting and preparing volunteer program participants

Tyra Warner Hilliard, CMP,  Associate Professor, Department of Tourism & Convention Administration, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Maryland Pkwy Box 456023 4505 Las Vegas, NV Bus: +1 (702) 895 5407

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