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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 
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Tactile Sensations Influence Social Judgements and Decisions

Posted June 28th, 2010 by parbuckle
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ScienceDaily (June 25, 2010) — Psychologists report in the journal Science that interpersonal interactions can be shaped, profoundly yet unconsciously, by the physical attributes of incidental objects: Resumes reviewed on a heavy clipboard are judged to be more substantive, while a negotiator seated in a soft chair is less likely to drive a hard bargain.

Forgetting is part of Remembering by ScienceDaily

Posted October 19th, 2011 by mireia.iglesias
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Forgetting Is Part of Remembering

It's time for forgetting to get some respect, says Ben Storm, author of a new article on memory in Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.

EXPERT on Brain food: Andrea Sullivan, M.A.

Posted February 12th, 2011 by maarten.vannest...
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Brain Food: Menu Choices for Enhancing Mood, Learning & Performance in Meetings 

For more than 25 years, people have benefited from Andrea Sullivan’s expertise. Her specialization in understanding the application of brain research has helped organizations with their learning design, group dynamics, organizational growth and leadership. Now she brings the expertise to IACC to discuss how food enhances moods, learning, and performance in meetings.

Follow the leader: How those in charge make themselves known

Posted April 10th, 2010 by parbuckle
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Follow the Leader: How Those in Charge Make Themselves Known

ScienceDaily (Apr. 2, 2010) — Do you find yourself leading groups, or are you naturally more comfortable following others? New research shows that if you want to be a leader you're better off at the edges of a crowd, and not in the middle of the action.

John Nawn

Posted July 27th, 2010 by maarten.vannest...
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John Nawn helps in designing creative and innovative meeting formats for higher effectiveness. He is a speaker on the topic of Meeting design.
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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?  

Richer bouquet with Jimmy Hendrix

Posted September 14th, 2008 by maarten.vannest...
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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.

Visual Learners Convert Words To Pictures In The Brain And Vice Versa, Says Psychology Study

Posted March 29th, 2009 by maarten.vannest...
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ScienceDaily (Mar. 28, 2009) —

A University of Pennsylvania psychology study, using functional magnetic resonance imaging technology to scan the brain, reveals that people who consider themselves visual learners, as opposed to verbal learners, have a tendency to convert linguistically presented information into a visual mental representation.

The more strongly an individual identified with the visual cognitive style, the more that individual activated the visual cortex when reading words.

The opposite also appears to be true from the study’s results.

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