Everyone has a brain!
"As a meeting manager, I'm always looking for new and interesting topics that will engage my attendees and give them concrete information they can put into practice immediately. Andrea Sullivan delivers just that – clear, concise, thought-provoking information that motivates the audience and give them the tools that they need to succeed."
Stephanie Krzywanski
Signature Marketing Group
Past-President, Philadelphia MPI
Everyone is intimately familiar with the commonalities we share because of our brains. We all can get bored, tired, or overwhelmed. Or we can be engaged, interested, and motivated to meet any challenges. At the heart of this is the brain and how it functions. Whether your meeting is a corporate training for your leadership team or a multiday conference for your organization, it pays to take biology into account when designing learning, training, and your meeting agenda.
BrainStrength Presentations Bring Neuroscience to You in Simple, Actionable Ways
All of our presentations and trainings are customized to adapt the science into easily understandable, practical applications for your specific needs. Concrete strategies and tools are combined with valuable insights and widened perspectives to reach people in ways that motivate, inspire, and empower them to action. Whatever topic you choose, the unique content and approach will enhance the meeting experience and enable the achievement of meeting objectives.
A Sampling of BrainStrength Presentations:
- Engage Hearts and Minds with Brain-Friendly Meetings >>
- Wouldn't it be great if meeting attendees were open, engaged, and invigorated during an entire conference? It would amaze us all to see the same energy on the last day as we see on the first. This is usually ot the case. The nature of conferences is the transfer and reception of a large amount of information. The nature of people is that our attention and retention capacity is not large. Information overload is a growing issue for the meetings industry. This presentation introduces you to the part of us that assimilates and processes information: the brain. You will discover how to plan your meeting events to work with the brain's natural abilities. Your events will not only be more fun, they will also be more effective!
- The Brain-Savvy Leader >>
- Leadership begins at home. Self-mastery is an essential competency for anyone taking on a leadership role in an organization. It all happens in your mind: your brain leads your thoughts, emotions and actions. Why not take charge of your brain? Learn a few simple principles to develop control, choice, and insight into what makes you, and others, tick.
- Meeting in the Cloud: How to Design Learning for Hybrid Meetings >>
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- Brain Food: Menu Options for Enhanced Learning & Mood in Meetings >>
One of the biggest challenges we face in the meetings industry is how to support attendees in remaining alert, energized, and in a learning state throughout the day and the conference. Food plays a huge role in this: what we eat greatly influences how we think and how we feel. This presentation provides what you need to know to offer food choices targeted to specific meeting objectives and outcomes desired.
Neuroscientists are just now identifying the effects of specific foods on brain functioning. Certain foods release certain chemicals in the brain which, in turn, produce a variety of mental and physical states in people. Lean proteins, for example, improve cognition and clarity of thought. Complex carbohydrates produce serotonin, a neurotransmitter that produces a sense of well-being and social comfort. An understanding of how it all works gives you the ability to design menu choices with the brain in mind, so you produce the meeting experiences you wish your attendees to have.
In this highly interactive and brain-friendly session, participants will:
- Discover how the brain works in relation to food: how foods produce brain chemicals that enhance a variety of states in the brain and body.
- Plan menus with targeted food options to achieve a variety of meeting objectives.
- Examine how to work with the body’s natural physiological states at different times of the day. (Yes, you can minimize the afternoon energy slump!)
- Identify which foods improve learning, memory and performance; and which enhance mood to energize and uplift attendees.
- Gain solutions to the challenges of meeting budgets, procuring quantity, working with vendors, and providing attendees with foods and menus they love!
- Brain Aid: Stress Relief for the Modern Mind >>
- Feeling stressed and overwhelmed? You're not alone. Our human brain structure has not caught up with the demands of modern life, which we usually experience as a state of overload or powerlessness. This workshop explains what's happening in the brain and offers strategies for developing a calm, efficient, happy mind. Oh, and by the way, you'll also be more productive!
- Brain Overload: The 21st Century Challenge >>
- "Peak performance" takes on a whole new meaning in the light of 21st century technological advances. People must use their minds in new ways to handle an often overwhelming amount of information and interaction. This presentation provides you with new brain tools and strategies, so you can meet 21st century challenges with a 21st century brain!
- Brain Alive! Principles for Engaging Motivation >>
- Recent neuroscience has identified the neural circuits that produce motivational states. With a little knowledge and some useful tools, you can solve the motivational puzzle. Learn how to engage and develop your own motivation, and support others in increasing their motivation as well!
- Create Your Own Topic! >>
- As you can tell, we love exploring neuroscience and creating applications for our everyday lives. If you have a topic in mind and would like the inside scoop on what happens in the brain—contact us! We'll explore with you to create a presentation that fits your interests.
We partner with you
We communicate with you to make sure that we understand your audience and your needs prior to our presentation. We will identify key concerns and interests for integration into the presentation. We work with you to ensure that the process is smooth and all logistics are handled. Our goal is to provide optimal value for your attendees and a seamless process for you.
"I've engaged Andrea Sullivan to customize her BrainStrength concepts for 3 very different audiences. Her presentations fascinated and energized each group. More importantly, her message resonated and left a compelling, lasting message. I cannot say enough about her knowledge and ability to translate scientific concepts into practical applications we can use personally and professionally."
Cynthia Brancato
PRODN President, NWCT Mentoring Chair
Major Pharma – Organizational Development & Training
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