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EXPERT on Micro Expressions: Yann Van den Branden

Posted February 11th, 2011 by maarten.vannest...
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Yann is a speaker on micro expressions and how you can use them to learn more about your 'opponent' in a commercial situation. Yann mostly teaches interactive sessions, trainings, workshops with real exercises for the participants or as a keynote speaker for a larger group. Yann has reference in large corporations in the pharmaceutical, banking, insurance and automotive world, from the USA over Japan to Russia. As an Actor he is also a member of the international business communication theatre group called YESSI JADA.
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Meeting Architecture, a manifesto.

Posted March 7th, 2008 by maarten.vannest...
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Read Book review from Elling Hamso    Dr. Elling Hamso, Managing Partner, European Event ROI Institute

 MEETING ARCHITECTURE 

Show me your FB page and I will tell you how smart you are

Posted December 31st, 2012 by dominika.fudala
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(Science Daily) Ben-Gurion University of the Negev's (BGU) Social Networks Security Research Group in its Department of Information Systems Engineering has developed a novel method to predict how well or badly a student will perform in an academic course.

Kick-Start your Work Meeting: FOREWORD

Posted November 18th, 2011 by maarten.vannest...
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Foreword

Do the ‘Freudian walk’

Posted June 22nd, 2009 by maarten.vannest...
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Freud has lost some of his influence in the psychiatrist’s office. Psychoanalysis, the technique of probing long and deep into the mind of a patient is not used as much as in the 20th century. It used to be the system of interpretation and therapeutic treatment of psychological disorders. These days new techniques like Cognitive therapy have replaced the old one. Patients now hear they have to stop complaining and start running, or do other physical activities.

Secrets of Effective Meetings and Events

Posted October 20th, 2009 by stevedewit
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Written by a planner, for other planners, this book touches many M&E management issues from a practical day-to-day point of view. Whether you are an experienced meeting planner or you are making your first steps into this challenging world, this book is your survival guide to make meetings and events more effective.
You will be introduced in new and attracting meeting and networking formats and you discover the tools to create your own innovative formats.

Psychologists Find That Head Movement Is More Important Than Gender In Nonverbal Communication

Posted November 15th, 2009 by maarten.vannest...
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ScienceDaily (May 26, 2009) — It is well known that people use head motion during conversation to convey a range of meanings and emotions, and that women use more active head motion when conversing with each other than men use when they talk with each other.
When women and men converse together, the men use a little more head motion and the women use a little less. But the men and women might be adapting because of their gender-based expectations or because of the movements they perceive from each other.

Networking tips for introverts

Posted February 25th, 2008 by administrator
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Networking tips for introverts 
  • Choose which events you want to attend, it's OK to decline invitations
  • Remind yourself you may feel over stimulated at social gatherings and that is OK
  • Stay on the side-lines and observe before you enter festive occasions
  • Decide when you will

Virtual characters have real impact

Posted February 25th, 2008 by administrator
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Research from the US psychologist Blascovich shows that humans in virtual environments behave exactly the same towards virtual people as they do towards real people in the real world. Even if those computer animations do not look very realistic. It seems that the human mind has a built in mechanism to react in a social way. Writes Blascovitch It is nearly impossible, not to be fooled.

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Powering meetings towards an effective experience and networking booster

Posted March 18th, 2010 by stevedewit
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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?  

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