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Everyday Awe and Its Effects on Our Brains
Awe is a powerful force for bringing people together — and it’s not just for special occasions.
Should You Supersize Your Screens?
For many tasks, the smaller the screen, the smaller the thoughts. Get the big picture in our latest Meetings and Your Brain column.
How to Open — and Close — a Meeting
In our latest Meetings and Your Brain column, we look at why the first and last 5 percent of a meeting "really matters," as conflict resolution facilitator Priya Parker says.
Four Ways to Make Events More Immersive Experiences
In our latest Meetings and Your Brain column, we look at how findings from research on training programs can help event organizers create more memorable and extraordinary experiences for their audiences.
A Show of Hands Can Make Video Meetings More Productive
Hand gestures are “the leading edge of our thoughts,” one author says, while participants of a recent study who used hand gestures in video meetings reported that they had a better experience, learned more, and felt closer to others in their groups.
What’s at the Heart of ‘Zoom Fatigue’
Smile for the camera? Requiring employee cameras to be turned on for video calls isn’t a great idea for everyone, recent research shows.
Meetings and Your Brain: Drawing a Joy Connection
In an experiment, a meeting session using the Piccles online drawing platform generated the greatest amount of happiness, validating research that connects drawing to decreased stress.
Meetings and Your Brain: How Sticky Notes Help Ideas Stick
The Spark Wall at EduCon 22 is one example of using sticky notes to share ideas at an event. Here’s the neuroscience behind it.
Nice to Meet You, I’m … How to Remember Names
As in-person events return, former U.S. Memory Champ Chester Santos shares science-backed tips for putting names to faces.
Meetings and Your Brain: How to Turn a Digital Audience Into a Community
Facilitator Priya Parker explains why establishing a sense of togetherness for participants should be the first step for online and hybrid events.
Meetings and Your Brain: How Nature Gives Your Attention a Break
Many newly constructed and renovated convention centers and hotels leverage nature’s benefits, from boosting our mood to helping us think and collaborate better, and improving our focus and creativity.
Meetings and Your Brain: Human Connection Under the Microscope
Jacques W. Martiquet, aka “The Party Scientist,” says he has “hacked the code” of bringing excitement and joy to digital events.