Liven It Up! Keeping An Audience Interested Throughout a Conference

Sitting through a conference that's hours long and where the audience is fed with an overwhelming amount of information can be quite an ordeal, even for the participant eager to learn and listen to new knowledge. It is as much due courtesy for the speaker to make an effort to keep the session interesting as it is for a member of the audience to listen actively.

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One common advice by public speaking experts is to introduce segments in between modules that are meant to break the monotony. According to psychology professor Daniel Willingham, change grabs attention. This could mean changing the involvement of participants from being listeners to being the speaker through a Q&A or momentarily deviating from the topic for a lighter, more casual discussion.

Experts recommend that to engage audiences; conferences should be not only informational but also entertaining, similar to the logic of "edutainment" as a way to capture interest in educational media.

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Visualization Power: How the Mind Pushes for Financial Success

Imagination is key to achieving goals. This sounds initially vague but studies have proven the power and importance of visualization.

As the name suggests, this is the practice of imagining a situation or event as currently happening in one’s mind. The image becomes more powerful when it is perceived as real.

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This takes some effort on the part of the individual; emotions should also be felt during the imagination process, which should be performed with childlike perseverance. Most adults fail in visualization because they are often embarrassed by the exercise; believing themselves too "old" to do such things.

It may come as a surprise then that many successful entrepreneurs constantly and continuously practice visualization. Many of them even admit that their ability to properly visualize is a crucial aspect of their success, a fact that various studies corroborate. Brain scans of successful entrepreneurs show that when they visualize, the areas of the brain linked to action-orientation are stimulated. The exact mechanisms are being studied but results prove that visualization pushes an individual to pursue their imagined picture.

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Most motivational speakers explain it through the concept of "The Secret" – the name derived from the book of the same title by Rhonda Byrne. The secret is: "whatever the mind can perceive, it can achieve." When people visualize – and when they add particularly strong, positive emotions – they somehow take the necessary steps to reach their goals.

As mentioned earlier, science has yet to publish the precise processes of this leap of imagination to outcome. Still, individuals are encouraged to continue to practice and hone their visualization skills.
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Paint On! What it Takes to be a Speed Painter

Painting is hard enough. But speed painting is a whole different animal. Whether self-imposed or implemented by someone else, speed painters often work under pressure with a time limit bearing down on them. Once time’s up, whatever is on the canvass is considered the painting itself.

Conventional speed painting requires vision, mastery of the art, quick thinking and more often than not, mastery of digital tools. Many speed painters prefer to use digital tools over traditional paint so as to skip the time it takes for the painting to dry.

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Speed painting is a great way for budding graphic artists to practice with digital programs. It hones their skills making them faster and their work, cleaner. Many speed painters choose concept art over traditional art as models for speed painting.

Speed painting is a contest of skill more than anything else. Artists are trained not to overthink as they usually do. Speed painting requires much subjectivity and, the ability to interpret a subject and lay said subject out under time pressure.

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Today, speed painters have risen to the challenges of pop culture and have created innovative ways to express their art. Many artists have now gone beyond their day-to-day jobs and joined televised talent competitions, slowly but surely making speed painting a household name.

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