During the current financial crisis, many companies are cutting back on meetings and conferences. I believe they are still necessary, but they're not being done correctly. Here are my thoughts from a 20 minute presentation on how we can reform the conferencing and meeting industry.

1. The Business of People Empowering People – Activating Teams – Delivering Performance Presented by Erik Vermeulen.

2. Mount Grace Re-launch The SECRET to High Impact Conferencing Presented by Erik Vermeulen.

5. > 75 000 meetings per day Involving about 450 000 people 150 000 Conferences in SA Costing about R 11 250 million 60 000 000 man hours of productivity.

6. Behaviour Motivation Why? Culture Time

7. He could be in your company / audience!!

8. Top Meeting Trends: 2009 Green Meetings Lightning Speed Laptops and Connectivity Save a forest Health first Teambuilding Critically Current < Meetings > Cost Effectiveness Original Recreation Interactive Web presence

10. Sacrifice Engagement Content Recreation Environment Theme

11. Mount Grace The SECRET to High Impact Conferencing Presented by Erik Vermeulen.