Tag: TED Talk
The Pressure Test: How to Avoid Choking Under Stress
For Type A meeting planners who are choking under pressure or are afraid to make mistakes, you might be interested to know that there’s a name for that.
How Building Trust Means Better Meetings
Good leaders work to build trust among their employees—but it’s a feeling that can’t be initiated overnight.
How Language Can Create Different Perceptions Among Attendees
Did you ever stop to think about how different languages create different perceptions or cultural biases at meetings?
Good or Bad? The Incomplete Stories That We Tell Ourselves (and Our Clients)
There’s an ancient parable about a wise farmer who went through different trials and tribulations with the same response: “Good or bad? Hard to say.”
Does Peer-to-Peer Brainstorming Help or Hinder the Team?
As a meeting planner, have you ever asked yourself if talking amongst attendees helps or hinders collective decision-making?
Get Your “Hum” Back With Shonda Rhimes—a Real-Life “Yes” Woman
Meeting planners too often lose themselves in their work, especially before a big event. And lose their professional and personal "hum" in the process.
The Secret to Living Longer Involves Meeting Face-to-Face
Do you ever wonder what it would take to live to 100 or beyond? The answer may lie in face-to-face contact.
Try Fear Setting Instead of Goal Setting to Achieve Success
Instead of goal setting, why don't you try fear setting this New Year's?
The Art of Zero Gravity Events
While there are tons of untried ideas out there, people too often simply reshuffle ideas that have already been proven to be 100 percent reliable in order to avoid failure.
How to Manipulate Time to Your Advantage
“Over the long run we have the power to fill our lives with the things that deserve to be there.”
Using Human Sciences to Architect Conference Business Models
"If we understood our cognitive limitations in the same way we understand our physical limitations, then we could design a better world.”
