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  • Sep. 19, 2012
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    6 Strategies to Liven Up Lectures 1

    How to turn a dull and dreary lecture into a more interactive learning experience...More
  • Sep. 5, 2012
    Article

    PowerPoint Overload: Too Many Slides, Too Little Time

    While most faculty have the best of intentions, they may need some help in learning how to properly pace their presentations....More
  • May 1, 2012
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    Maximize Your Meeting's Educational Impact

    There are different styles and preferences in learning, but individuals can’t necessarily be pigeonholed into one style or another....More
  • Apr. 30, 2012
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    How Neuroscience Can Enhance Attendee Engagement

    What you need to know about the neuroscience of engagement to create more meaningful meetings, conferences, and events...More
  • Mar. 11, 2012
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    Adult learning: fallout from an increasingly secular society?

    Today's Boston Globe had an interesting tidbit called What What Religions are Good At that I found fascinating. It talks about a new book by Alain de Botton called Religion for Atheists, in which the author argues that one doesn't have to believe in a ......More
  • Feb. 10, 2012
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    MEETINGSNET

    9 Ways to Boost Brain Power at Meetings 3

    Meditation, Mozart, play, and breakfast: four things your brain loves!...More
  • Feb. 7, 2012
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    Kare Anderson on Meetings and the Senses

    Consultant, author, and speaker Kare Anderson has studied the research on how our senses affect our experiences. Here are some of her insights....More
  • Sep. 19, 2011
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    Teaching to different learning styles a matter of debate

    I've been to many sessions at industry conferences that teach about different learning styles (visual, auditory, kinesthetic, tactile), and I do believe that different people may learn best in different ways. But the problem that always brings up for ......More
  • Sep. 9, 2011
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    MEETINGSNET

    Connecting Hearts and Minds

    Four ways to improve learning through interactive storytelling...More
  • Jul. 12, 2011
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    MEETINGSNET

    Social Learning Adoption in CME

    How physicians use social learning, and what that means for continuing medical education....More
  • Apr. 4, 2011
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    MEETINGSNET

    Commentary: Brain-Friendly Meetings—Not Just Flavor of the Month

    A growing understanding of neuroscience is generating a lot of interest in meetings circles these days....More
  • Jul. 1, 2010
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    MEETINGSNET

    GAME Meeting Gets Global Learning Right

    The diversity among participants at the Annual Global Alliance for Medical Education meeting led us all to find a common ground...More
  • Jun. 16, 2010
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    MEETINGSNET

    A Think Tank for Association Meetings' Future

    A look at association meetings' future after the worst recession the travel industry has ever experienced in 2009....More
  • Jun. 1, 2010
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    MEETINGSNET

    4 Principles for Planning Brain-Friendly Annual Meetings

    Tear down traditional conference models and rebuild based on these adult-learning tenets....More
  • Jun. 14, 2007
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    Using good adult education principles for meetings

    I've never understood why more meetings (or all meetings, for that matter) don't incorporate good adult education principles. If you're as adamant as I am that meetings actually are about learning, check out these articles: Education Grows Up ......More
  • May 1, 2007
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    MEETINGSNET

    Mini-Lectures for Learning

    One Common Mistake that speakers make is to try to cram 10 days' worth of material into an hourlong lecture. A much better learning experience is created...More
  • Apr. 1, 2007
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    Watch and learn

    Here's an interesting study for those among us interested in adult education: Watching With Intent To Repeat Ignites Key Learning Area Of Brain. A snip: As detailed in the Dec. 20 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience, researchers, using functional ......More
  • Apr. 1, 2007
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    MEETINGSNET

    Seven Characteristics of Adult Education

    Students feel safe and supported. There is a learning environment in which individual needs and uniqueness are honored, where abilities and achievements...More
  • Oct. 5, 2005
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    Adult learning book reviews

    This post courtesy of Anne Taylor-Vaisey: Here are two book reviews from the November issue of Adult Education Quarterly. Free full text is available By subscription. Book Review: The Power of Critical Theory: Liberating Adult Learning and Teaching ......More
  • Jul. 1, 2004
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    MEETINGSNET

    Blended Learning in Focus

    Computer and Web-based technologies have shaken up employee training, but the classroom will continue to play a major role as corporations move toward...More
  • Jul. 1, 2003
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    MEETINGSNET

    Female-Friendly Adult Ed

    Some organizations, including the Philadelphia-based American Association for Cancer Research, provide education specific to women's professional development...More
  • Feb. 1, 2003
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    MEETINGSNET

    5 Keys to Facilitate Meeting Learning

    For years, as an adult educator and trainer, I have been saying that people can remember and use very little of what they hear, a bit more of what they...More
  • Jan. 1, 2002
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    MEETINGSNET

    Learning by Teaching

    We tend to think of learning as something that happens to students. This is too bad because thinking in this way sells teaching 11 short of a dozen in...More
  • Apr. 1, 2001
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    MEETINGSNET

    Five Keys to Facilitating Learning

    For years now as an adult educator and trainer, I have been saying that people can remember and use very little of what they hear, a bit more of what...More
  • Mar. 1, 2001
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    MEETINGSNET

    Meetings That Make Learning Happen

    Our goal is always for attendees to come out of a meeting different from the way they came in, says Kathleen Moore, global event manager, JP Morgan Treasury...More

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