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Synthetron is supporting a Mega Event in Belgium

Posted November 8th, 2011 by mireia.iglesias
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MSI member Synthetron is supporting mega event : online participatory citizens project in Belgium on November 11 2011.

Belgian citizens subscription is open now!!

This week there is a very interesting experiment in participatory democracy in Belgium: G1000: Citizens organise on 11/11/2011 a citizens summit: 1000 randomly chosen citizens from the 3 language communities, will be gathered to discuss with each other at 100 tables of 10 persons.

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Brain-Friendly Meetings by Andrea Sullivan

Posted September 16th, 2011 by mireia.iglesias
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10 Ways to make your Programs Effective, Engaging and Memorable in the Digital Age.

Everything we experience changes our brain through the brain’s “neuroplasticity,” its lifelong ability to rewire itself. Each new technology we adopt changes not only our culture and lifestyle, but the brain itself. It’s not so much the content delivered — not the information or the entertainment. It’s the activities we’re involved in Andrea Sullivan, M.A. when using the technology.

Culturally diverse attendance and learning in conferences

Posted October 19th, 2011 by anjisagi
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After reading Vanneste's wonderful book, Meeting Architecture: a manifesto, I have been wondering whether the industry architects design the content of a conference keeping the multicultural audience in mind. To be more specific, I wonder what and when any conceptual tools are used to achieve the conference's learning objectives.

Vision (UK)

Posted February 25th, 2008 by administrator
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Future Lab’s bi-annual magazine offers possible visions of the future of learning with digital technologies and other innovative resources. This magazine focuses on education, but most of the information can be used in meetings. You just have to replace the word student by delegate and teacher by meeting planner.
 

Food for thought by Andrea Sullivan from Brain Strength Systems and The National Conference Center Professionals

Posted August 11th, 2011 by mireia.iglesias
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Enhancing Meetings Through Food 
How can we increase the learning and the effectiveness in our meetings? 
"Meeting success is mainly impacted by meals served at breakfast and lunch." 

See how food, mind and body are connected in the following article: http://bit.ly/hcNftX 

Turning Meetings Upside Down

Posted February 25th, 2008 by administrator
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SOME CLIPPINGS FROM THE ARTICLE

The No. 1 thing that people will tell you is that the value for the meeting was what happened outside the meeting rooms. I know one meeting planner who does something really cool: She puts flip charts near the coffeepots. She found that if you're talking to somebody, you need paper.

Techniques for Producing Great Conference Programmes

Posted January 29th, 2010 by maarten.vannest...
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Develop conferences that meet market needs, attract more delegates and sponsorship and increase profits

Producing better conference programmes translates directly into greater delegate numbers, more sponsorship and higher profits. Yet many companies rely purely on “on-the-job” training, frequently missing out on some of the key elements which differentiate great programmes from average ones. By attending this course, conference producers will learn all the proven tools and techniques for putting together a top conference programme.

Course outline:

Meeting Architecture defined

Posted August 21st, 2007 by maarten.vannest...
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A meeting architect is an individual that focuses on the potential meeting objectives, the meeting formats and designs, and the conceptual and practical building blocks to construct a meeting for better learning, networking and motivation in the participant population. A meeting architect also knows how to measure the meeting results up to its Return on Investment.


The meeting architect works in four phases:

Analysing meeting objectives

Designing the meeting to support these objectives

Meeting Participation Technology

Posted September 26th, 2008 by maarten.vannest...
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Meeting Participation Technology

A Twitter Conference Primer: Part 1 – Preparing For The Event

Posted September 23rd, 2010 by mireia.iglesias
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6 Steps To Prepare To Use Twitter For Your Event

1. Provide wireless Internet connections
Before you consider using Twitter or other social media at your event, ensure that your attendees have free wifi access when onsite. Did you include wireless internet access as part of your venue negotiations? If not, how’s the cell phone reception in the venue? Tell your venue that they have a vested interest in being part of the online conversations.

2. Create a hash tag for your event.

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