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NEW Course in Essentials of Brain-Based Learning
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If you could understand what was happening in the brains of your target audience, would you be a more effective trainer, designer, consultant, or leader? Thanks to recent advances in neuroscience, learning and talent development professionals now have an opportunity to alter their approaches to change management, leadership development, training, and instructional design. Learn how the brain receives, encodes, and retrieves information to construct knowledge, and use these insights to improve your learning programs.
Please join me and the Association for Talent Development in Essentials of Brain-Based Learning, a new online course designed and delivered by me, Margie Meacham, "The Brain Lady."
In this interactive online series, you will learn how to:
- Evaluate the current level of knowledge about neuroscience in your organization.
- Create a blueprint for each existing or new project to ensure a greater degree of brain-aware design.
- Present a compelling business case in support of brain-aware design.
- Learn more about neuroscience using the resources provided in class.
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Mentoring Expert Lois Zachary to speak at Brain Matters 2015, November 10-11
We are thrilled to announce another great speaker for our Brain Matters 2015 online conference.
Dr. Lois Zachary is an internationally recognized expert in mentoring. Her best-selling books, The Mentor's Guide, Creating a Mentoring Culture, and The Mentee's Guide have become primary resources for Fortune 500 companies, government, education, technology, health-care and nonprofit organizations interested in promoting mentoring for leadership and learning.
 Her latest book, Starting Strong, which she co-authored with Lory A. Fischler, is a hands-on and usable guide to making the first 90 days of your mentoring relationship a success.
In keeping with our conference theme, Dr. Zachary will be sharing techniques for mentors to help them bring out the genius in themselves and their mentees.
You can learn more about Lois at the Center for Mentoring Excellence website.
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Join us at Brain Matters 2015: We've got an exciting line-up of speakers committed to this online event and we'll be featuring them in future issues of this newsletter. But don't wait to
buy your ticket! We have a limited number of seats and we expect them to sell quickly!
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| Join Me and Other Learning Professionals Every Thursday Night for #lrnchat
 I was honored to be invited to join the weekly @lrnchat live Twitter event and I had so much fun I want to spread the word. Just jump in and start posting to the discussion questions with your fellow learning experts at 8:30 p.m. Eastern. You can see transcripts of past sessions by looking up @lrnchat on Twitter.
While you're at it, please follow me on Twitter @margiemeacham and like me on Facebook. I look forward to engaging with you online!
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Celebrate US Independence Day with Fireworks in Your Brain!
In the U.S. we are gearing up for our nation's birthday party, also called "Independence Day" or simply "The Fourth of July."
I usually celebrate this holiday a lot like everyone else - we have a big family cookout followed by enjoying the local fireworks in the night sky. This year I will also be making fireworks in my brain, and you can do it too. Here's how it works: When you listen to music, multiple areas of your brain become engaged and active. But when you actually play an instrument, that activity becomes more like a full-brain workout, stimulating several areas of the brain. In this quick little video, Dr. Anita Collins explains the fireworks that go off in musicians' brains when they play, examining some of the long-term positive effects of this mental workout.
So fire up your trumpet, your sousaphone or any other instrument you have handy, put on your marching boots and belt out a tune! Your brain will thank you!
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