John Nawn helps in designing creative and innovative meeting formats for higher effectiveness. He is a speaker on the topic of Meeting design.

Peggy Richie (1974) is an experienced presenter, coach and trainer with heart and soul for her audience. In her career she has proven many times how important it is to know the difference between what you say and how you say it. She has encountered many different kinds of audiences and has lived through many different situations on stage.

How can we work together to apply new scientific discoveries to meetings? I was just reviewing a long list of research studies issued this week through Science Digest and posting a few that related to meeting planning and learning to the Meeting Support website. Every week there are many scientific studies that have practical implications to the Architecture of meetings. I am afraid that we miss too many opportunities for improving the effectiveness of meetings and are slow to adopt beneficial practices because we do not have the time or resources to review and apply these new discoveries.

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.

Moving Minds in Denmark >make the meeting participants to move and think outside the box, have fun and get excited >make a group create new outcomes and new ways of thinking >involve all participants in a group in an excellent way Find more at the website:  www.movingminds.dk

Global Change Journey training courses: A fresh view on change in organizations We all know that 60-80% of all change projects fail. It is time to change how we see change.

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).