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ABCDEF: are people tools?


Are people tools in the hands meeting architects, to influence participants? It sounds a bit weird but on the other side, it is about time we see professionals (and volunteers or staff) of all sorts as a category of tools in designing better meetings. Our participants are people and consciously deploying ‘non participant’ people to assist, facilitate, inspire, motivate and even drive meeting objectives is probably the most logic and maybe even the most effective thing we can do.

Plain Surfaces Transformed Into Low-Cost Touch Screens (ScienceDaily July 10, 2013)

A low cost system developed by Nanyang Technological University (NTU), based on the principles of vibration and imaging that is able to track the movements of multiple fingers and of objects, can do just that.
Retrofitting the system onto existing flat-panel TVs will transform it into new, touch sensitive display screens, at only a fraction of the cost of new touch-sensitive display screens, which can cost tens of thousands of dollars.

News about POKEN in a magazine: Learn what POKEN really can do for networking, learning and business at conferences, trade shows, etc.

With a new approach to event networking and lead generation, Poken has just published a new high-quality print and digital magazine (http://www.poken.com/magazine) that shares best-practises, testimonials, and powerful case studies. Boasting such successes as having helped AMEX save over half-a-milion printed pages at its supplier trade-show, or generating over 13'000 digital interactions between 350 high-profile participants and exhibitors at ExpoNext, Poken is creating digital waves as it passes the 1'500 event mark in less than 18 months.

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