Movie Director & Television Presenter

Topic:
"What can we learn from the movie industry to make meetings more attractive?"

Moviemakers have the same challenge as meeting planners: to keep their audience focussed and interested during several hours. How do they do that?

About Jan Verheyen:
Belgian movie director of many well-known films such as Team Spirit, Buitenspel, Dossier K en Zot van A. Besides making movies, Jan is very active on television as presenter of different talk shows. He is also the organiser of 'De Nacht van de Wansmaak', a movie festival with trash and cult films.

Creative Thinking Facilitator
www.karlraats.com
www.pinchingtheostrich.com
www.creativitips.com

Topic:

"Looking for fresh meeting ideas? Meet & greet your own Creative Thinking potential."

The difference between a good meeting and a spectacular one? In the former you get things done, in the latter you make things happen. That's where your creative thinking potential steps in. Discovering that potential and putting it to practical use is simple, but not easy. Care to Meet & Greet your own?

About Karl Raats:
Karl is an internationally active trainer and facilitator in Applied Creative Thinking. Or, as his 9-year-old daughter eloquently puts it: "Daddy teaches grown ups how to have nice ideas." On top of that he is his own living, ambitious experiment in creative thinking, called "Pinching the Ostrich".

Music Director Radio 1 NL,
Author of Superwise Me!
www.superwiseme.com

Topic:

"Superwise me: How our thoughts influence the outcome of meetings"

Organising meetings means coping with stress and deadlines. Keeping a positive mind when things become hard can make the difference between a disaster and a success story.

About Len Branson:
Len's origin is Belgian but he is living in The Netherlands for 25 years now, where he is the music director of Radio 1. He is the business partner of Roos Van Acker and the founder of the TMF awards.
In 2009, Len started a spiritual experiment in the mountains near Sevilla (Spain) in search of the answer where the biggest wisdom can be found: within everyone's self. He wrote these experiences down in a book that he calls to be the European answer on 'the Secret'. Soon also a documentary will be launched. Len is convinced that the state of mind we are in, has a direct influence on the results we get in business and in life.

Singer
www.lekimusic.com/
www.een.be/programmas/de-rode-loper/zussen-op-missie/

Topic:
"How the meetings industry can support a better life in Congo"

About Karoline Kamosi:
Karoline was born in Kinshasa but grew up as a real Flemish girl. She is a successful hip-hop artist and the sister of Ya Kid K (Manuela), known from the world hit Pump up the Jam. Although Karonline's passion is music, music and music, she is taking on the project her father started in Congo, to build a hospital. Foto: © Wim Vandegenachte

Webmedia Specialist
www.richcast.eu
www.arjuna.be

Topic:
"Webcasting: enlarging the meeting impact and post conference return."

Webcasting is a hot topic in times of cost cutting and return on investment of meetings. Clients demand more return on investment on their conferences than ever before. Yet how could webcasting be an added value for the delegates? Is it hard to do? Is it even necessary? Come and find out!

About Ron Nat Mukherjee
Building on 12 years of experience in the fields of communications and online video-production, Ron oversees and is responsible for delivering innovative yet reliable corporate and institutional rich media products and services.

Professional Presenter, Trainer & Musician
www.on-stage-expertise.com

Topic:
"Peggy will be your host and interviewer on stage, during the Educational, together with Steve."

About Peggy Richie
Peggy feels on stage, like a fish feels in water. She has a long track record being a professional presenter and moderator for conferences and shows. But her first passion was singing, and still is.
Besides stepping herself on stage, Peggy is giving workshops in public speaking. She is a personal coach to many corporate and business personalities, helping them to improve their stage performance and speaking capacities.

Corporate Meeting Planner, Author & Trainer www.stevedewit.com
www.barranco.org

Topic:
"In cooperation with Peggy, Steve will be your content guide on stage during the Educational."



About Steve De Wit
Steve started his own meeting planners agency, Barranco, in 1989. Over the past 21 years, he was organising meetings and conferences in 23 countries spread over the world.
In 2009, he wrote his passion and experience for conferences down in the book 'Secrets of Effective Meetings and Events'. Today, he is dividing his time between organising conferences and giving trainings and workshops in conference management, to meeting professionals all over Europe.

Graphic Facilitator
visualharvesting
newshoestoday

Topic:
"Martine will visualize the content of the whole educational in real time with her amazing graphic talent."

About Martine Vanremoortele
Martine studied Communication Sciences and Marketing. She has been inspiring people to be creative and to express their dreams for many years. She found a way to combine management experience, community work and love for colors & drawing via graphic work. She’ll be demonstrating Visual Harvesting aka graphic facilitation throughout the Educational Revue 2010.

Trendwatcher
Author of “Latte Macchiato”
nxt

Topic:
"How will tomorrow's meetings industry be influenced by today's trends?"

About Herman Konings
Herman is Master in Theoretical Psychology and director of the famous Antwerp trends and future research company PocketMarketing/nXt. He investigates socio-cultural changes and trends and how they may affect our future way of living and working. In his latest book, Latte Macchiato, Herman summarizes his vision on what major changes to expect in the near future.

Body language Expert of Belgium
www.lichaamstaaltraining.be

Topic:
"How to read emotions and thoughts through Body language?"

Discover in this interactive presentation how you can boost your presentation skills and your ability to know what others think just by looking at them. By knowing body language, you will never feel uncomfortable at a network meeting again, you will enhance your negotiation skills and see how others truly feel.

About Patryk Wezowski
Patryk is the body language expert of Belgium and the founder of the Center for Body Language. Two weeks before the Belgian elections, newspapers published his prediction of the results, based on the non-verbal communication of the politicians. His prediction proved to be 85% accurate. The effectiveness of Patryk's Release coaching method is now being researched by the KUL University of Leuven. Companies ask him for consultancy and strategic advice on vision and mission. Patryk's mission is to inspire the leaders of tomorrow, by unifying business and personal transformation. On his body language DVD you can discover 101 non-verbal cues with their interpretation for daily use.

Subscribe today for his FREE 2 months body language e-course on www.lichaamstaaltraining.be

Taiji Master
www.ziran.be

Topic:
"The art of Taiji and effective communication."

Who doesn’t know the image of Chinese people who execute slow movements in the park in the morning alone or in group? In fact: Oriental perspectives could be used as inspiration for our Western brains too.
In this 10 minute workshop you will be introduced in applying Taiji principles to avoid conflicts that may lead to a negative interaction. Applying the concepts of listen, adhere, and follow answer  in our daily conversation, as a continuum of Taiji pushing hands, can be a refreshing change to managing the stress of a break down in communication with your clients, friends or co-workers.

About Wim Stultiens
Wim Stultiens inspires the corporate world with his timeless Taiji philosophy. He creates new opportunities in the areas of stress management, personal leadership, performance, team building, creativity and meaning.