Dear Mr, Ms,
Meetings have a new Horizon. They are now reshaped around their substance by an industry that fabulously
created their shell.
The new horizon of meetings, is what lies beyond our yesterday’s horizon, it is the future of meetings, looking
forward, moving forward, getting in control of what really matters in meetings: people that learn, connect and get
energised.
That is what we are all interested in, and our team, members and friends work hard to get you the crucial
information with an exceptional focus, that helps you create more effective and exciting meetings.
If you speak the language of effective meetings, people will not cancel that meeting and the future of your
meetings will be one of success. Also in 2009!
This simple document includes valuable knowledge, new research and applicable science that can do magic for
your meetings.
Enjoy this discovery and remember, a crisis is only as bad as we think it is.
Maarten Vanneste, CMM
President, Meeting Support Institute
January 2009 - Newsletter overview:
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ROI is History
Are They Speakers, Trainers or Facilitators
Meeting Architecture on facebook
Supercharge your events at Confex
(London, 24-26 February)
Don't Cancel That Meeting
Long Term Meeting Teams (Blog)
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Chocolate, Wine and Tea Improve Brain
Performance
Will That Be on the Test?
Totaly realaxing
Warm feeling inside…
Presentation Zen
Ted: some exiting presentations
ROI IS HISTORY
Elling Hamso, Managing Partner of European Event ROI Institute has recently published
the article 'ROI is History - How to Survive a Recession'. You may read it on
www.meetingsreview.com/roiishistory or download in pdf format from
www.eventroi.org/roiishistory.pdf.
The article explains the close connection between Meeting Architecture and the ROI
Methodology and how the two concepts when applied together can be a very powerful
way of securing event budgets in times of recession. If you want to learn more, sign up for
one of nearly 40 one-day ROI courses in the spring programme on www.eventroi.org.
Readers of Meeting Support Institute newsletter receive EUR 100 discount on the course
fee (promotion code 'msireader').
ARE THEY SPEAKERS, TRAINERS OR FACILITATORS
The use of the words “Speaker”, “Trainer” and “Facilitator” have been used intermittently
as though they are all doing the same sort of thing. In reality each of these are skills in
their own right. To group them all together would be like mixing up singers, actors and
dancers and viewing them as performers. hey are all performers but each has a skill that
is honed and crafted. To assume that one would be able to do the same as the other,
would be ridiculous and show no respect for any of the professions…
Read more
MEETING ARCHITECTURE ON FACEBOOK
A Facebook group called ‘Meeting Architecture’ is available for your comments, questions,
input, ideas etc.
If you are interesting in participating sign up in Facebook, anyone can join.
Search for Meeting Architecture, click on the tab “Groups” then click “Request to join”.
Facebook
SUPERCHARGE YOUR EVENTS AT CONFEX (LONDON, 24-26 FEBRUARY)
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Using Technology to Supercharge your events
Everything you've ever wanted to know about Event Technology
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DON'T CANCEL THAT MEETING (HARVARD BUSINESS PUBLICATION)
Winter is prime time for corporate meetings; these include meetings with dealers,
vendors, franchisees, as well as with sales teams. These meetings are used to get
perspective on the year as well as prepare for the future. But these times with tight credit
and plunging revenues are hardly traditional, and from what I hear from colleagues in the
communication business, meetings are being scaled back or canceled to a large degree.
Scaling back makes sense; canceling meetings does not…
Read more
LONG TERM MEETING TEAMS (BLOG)
Saving time and money in the long run&hellip
Procurement, love’m or hate’m, they are here to stay: one suggestion we should all think
about is the creation of Long term Meeting teams…
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CHOCOLATE, W INE AND TEA IMPROVE BRAIN PERFORMANCE
ScienceDaily (2008-12-24) -- All that chocolate might actually help finish the bumper
Christmas crossword over the seasonal period. According to Oxford researchers working
with colleagues in Norway, chocolate, wine and tea enhance cognitive performance…
Read more
WILL THAT BE ON THE TEST?
When Testing Becomes Studying
Regardless of how long or how often a person chooses to study, conventional wisdom
says that the act of studying itself prompts learning to occur. We read information, we
store some of what we read in our brains, we retrieve some of what we’ve stored during
an exam, and we move on…
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TOTALY REALAXING
If you think relaxation, or even napping at conference should be an accepted best
practice, here is news for you.
With a little bit of AV (light and sound) you can now create the best relaxing environment
in the world at your conference…
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WARM FEELING INSIDE…
Warm feeling inside…
People like people more when holding a warm cup of coffee in their hands…
Read more
PRESENTATION ZEN
Presentation designer and internationally acclaimed communications expert Garr
Reynolds, creator of the most popular Web site on presentation design and delivery on
the net -- presentationzen.com -- shares his experience in a provocative mix of
illumination, inspiration, education, and guidance that will change the way you think about
making presentations with PowerPoint or Keynote…
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TED: SOME EXITING PRESENTATION
• Tim Brown: The powerful link between creativity and play.
• Luca Turin: The science of scent.
• Sugata Mitra: Can kids teach themselves?
• James Surowiecki: The moment when social media became the news.
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