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Event Planning: The Ultimate Guide to Successful Meetings, Corporate Events, Fundraising Galas, Conferences, Conventions, Incentives and Other Special Events
Whether you're planning a product launch, conference, sales meeting, an incentive event, or a gala fund-raiser, remember that the magic of a truly memorable event is in the details, but so is the devil. Special events are fraught with thousands of details, and have to come off without a hitch. Whether your event is for 50 or 2,000 people, whether it has a budget of a few thousand dollars, or hundreds of thousands, planning and executing the project is like a high-wire act without the safety nets.
Text prepared for the Burroughs Wellcome Fund by Kendall Powell, a freelance science writer based out of Broomfield, Colorado.
Introduction 2
Presentation Matters 4
Structuring Your Talk 8
What Type Of Talk? 14
The Speaker’s Toolbox 22
Handling Questions Gracefully 32
What If Things Go Terribly Wrong? 36
Getting The Most From Your Talk 40
The core of the book centres around the idea of cognitive dissonance, where the brain has to reconcile two contrasting viewpoints. For example the self belief that "I am rational and intelligent" with the action "I am slowly killing myself by smoking". The dissonance could be resolved by concluding that actually I am neither rational nor especially intelligent, but of course no one wants to conclude that! So instead I look for levers to reduce the gap in the other direction. Smoking helps me to relax, and stress is a big killer, smoking helps me to keep my weight down and obesity is a big health problem. And so on......
This book is a fascinating insight into human nature and will help you understand both other people and more importantly yourself a lot better.
Advanced IQ Tests is for puzzle lovers who are looking for a challenge. This book contains 360 of the most difficult practice questions designed to measure an advanced level of numerical, verbal, and spatial ability, logical analysis, lateral thinking, and problem solving skills. Advanced IQ Tests is useful for someone facing a graduate or managerial selection test, but it is also for those who just want to pit their skills against some of the toughest questions available.
The book Opportunities in Physician Careers covers everywhere from the
history of medicine to what schooling is needed to become a physician.
The first chapter talks about the history of medicine. She talks about
where medicine first started with the ancient Egyptians, and the
influence of Greek medicine. She also talks about the how the
Renaissance and the seventeenth century influenced medicine. The book
also goes into detail about the start of prevention, and the rise of
modern medicine. At the end of this chapter the book touches on the
future of medicine.
