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The Project on Prosperity and Development will host the Creating Shared Value Conference as part of its ongoing work on the role of the private sector in addressing enduring socioeconomic challenges in the world's poorest countries. Join us for a discussion on ways to maximize shared value between businesses and the often rural communities in which they operate. The conference will build on the energy generated by Nestlé's Creating Shared Value Annual 2014 report to discuss innovative ways government and civil society can work with the private sector to achieve rural development goals. This event is made possible with support from the Nestlé Corporation.
Agenda
7:30AM-8:00AM - Registration and Breakfast
8:00AM-9:00AM - Keynote Panel: “Leveraging Shared Value as a Catalyst for Development”
His Excellency Martin Dahinden, Ambassador, Embassy of Switzerland; Former Director General, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
The Honorable Daniel Glickman, Former United States Secretary of Agriculture
The Honorable Ann Veneman, Former Executive Director, UNICEF
Moderator:
The Honorable William Garvelink, Former United States Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
9:00AM-10:30AM - Panel 1: “Integrating Women Smallholder Farmers Into Global Value Chains”
Janet Voûte, Global Head of Public Affairs, Nestlé
Deirdre White, CEO, PYXERA Global
Macani Toungara, Senior Manager for Program Development, TechnoServe
Margaret Enis Spears, Director, Office of Market and Partnership Innovations; Bureau for Food Security, U.S. Agency for International Development
Moderator:
Daniel Runde, Director, Project on Prosperity and Development, CSIS
10:45-12:00PM - Panel 2: “The Food, Water, and Energy Nexus”
Anders Berntell, Executive Director, 2030 Water Resources Group
Paul Guenette, Executive Vice President for Communications and Outreach, ACDI/VOCA
Late Lawson-Lartego, Director, Agriculture and Market System Team, CARE USA
Christian Holmes, Global Water Coordinator, U.S. Agency for International Development
Moderator:
Johanna Nesseth, Senior Associate, Global Food Security Project, CSIS
12:45PM-2:00PM - Panel 3: “Challenges and Opportunities of Youth and Rural Workforce Development”
Bill Reese, President and CEO, International Youth Foundation
Bill Guyton, President, World Cocoa Foundation
Sherry Youssef, Youth and Workforce Development Specialist, Development Alternatives Inc.
Moderator:
Nicole Goldin, Senior Associate, Project on Prosperity and Development, CSIS
"All of democracy's values [spring from] police guns"
A young father was "mistakenly" executed by police in a hail of bullets, one week ago in Athens, during a botched attempt to arrest heavily armed robbers. Police brutality in Greece, especially towards migrants, continues unabated, despite repeated pledges by the Minister of Public Protection to curb abuse, and as the trial of the police officer arrested for the murder of 15-year old Alexandros Grigoropoulos in December 2008, which sparked country-wide riots, goes on.
... everybody seems to mean something different when they say "family values." A single parent raising children is, for me, a perfect example of the finest in family values.
Project managed by lowwintersun for Wigan Recycles and SENW, Added Value was a hands on event for commissioners, managers and staff, exploring the social enterprise model and its potential for public service delivery. It took place on Tuesday 29th March 2011 at Levenshulme Inspire, Manchester,
In our office, we have been discussing the values of the office for the past several months. We were asked to make a diagram about values. I decided to compare my personal values to those of the offices.
My values are the yellow ones. The offices's values are the blue ones. Where those values overlap, the value is in green. The size of the circle is determined by how much the value is worth. The circles around the values are assessments of where i think the values should be.
All in all, i think that this diagram shows how lucky i am to have a job that encompasses so many of my values.
I have been working on an image of M42 to figure out how to isolate the individual wavelengths of the Narrow band filters and combine to show the discrete parts of the nebula.
When we take an image using a narrow band filter with a monochrome camera, all it knows are values from 0-255 (8 bit) or 0-65536 (16 bit) brightness values.
Since each filter isolates a particular wavelength by being a narrow bandpass filter we should only get what is say, Ha, OIII, Hb, SII and so one. And we do. However, each discrete point of light at a particular wavelength from a filter will quite possibly be occupying the same point in space as another discrete point of light at a different wavelength or color.
The question then becomes what is the contribution (concentration of an element at each point in space (nebula).
For this, I decided to use a weighting formula in PixInsight to determine the amount of contribution of a particular filter to each point in space. I did this because at say x0,y0 Ha filter gives a brightness value of say 200, OIII filter gives 225, and Hb filter gives 128.
By using the following equation one can determine the contribution amount of a filter to each point in space. Then the resultant set of images now "weighted" for their contributions to a particular emission line can be combined into a "false" color rgb image to show the structure of the nebula better. Or so the thought goes.
One caveat in PixInisght is that the resultant image was "bright" (no stretch applied) so an additional operation was done where the resultant images were each divided by 100.
Following is the resultant image. No noise reduction a quick stretch using Masked stretch and Histogram curves and a run thru curves.
By doing this the main contribution to different parts of the nebula would be due to the particular emission associated with a particular filter.
The mapping is thus: R = Modified Ha, G = Modified OIII, B = Modified Hb.
If the hypothesis is correct, the bluish background and deep blues etc are primarilay Hb, greens are OIII (kind of makes sense where new stars are formed?) and then R = modified Ha.
There is still a lot of work to prove this out, but in a sense it should be correct as the same methodolgy/equaiton is used in engineering to determine the contributions of a stack of material like Aluminium, Steel, Brass as an example. The equation can be based on area and modulus of the material or on the 2nd moment of area and modulus of the material. In this manner then the contribution to the bending or axial stiffness can be determined for each material making up that stackup.
Using the same methodology, for the contribution of an emission at a particular point in space can be done. The equation is:
(Ha/(Ha+OIII+Hb))/100, (OIII/(Ha+OIII+Hb))/100, (Ha/(Hb+OIII+Hb))/100. Dividing by 100 only scales the resultant individual pixel brightness for PixInsight to be able to more adequately perform typical stretching, etc.
It should be noted too that the operations are performed on linear images in PixelMath, no rescaling and no truncation so that the actual raw data is operated on.
The resultant image is a bit unsettling for a color pallet however, the goal was more scientific than in producing an image to put on a wall. The stars were removed, but effort was not made to ensure 100% of stars were removed. A final step could be to add the stars back in.
The image is unusual enough it might work on a wall.
This is a work in progress and as such has not been vetted.
Get the best value for your money and choose StayLite Suites --- the Iligan City Tourism Office's 2013 BUDGET HOTEL OF THE YEAR
StayLite Suites is a clean and affordable pension house / budget hotel in Iligan City offering 59 air-conditioned rooms, each with its own queen-sized bed and private bathroom. Located at San Miguel Village, Pala-o, it is easily accessible by public transportation.
Features and amenities:
24-hour reception
24-hour uniformed security and CCTV
24-hour room service
Daily housekeeping
Flatscreen cable TV
Free in-room internet access via Wi-Fi
Free luggage storage
Free parking
Intercom
And many more
StayLite Suites
Champaca Street
San Miguel Village
Pala-o, Iligan City
9200 Philippines
+63 (63) 228-0467
Moomba Boats @MoombaBoats is digitally chronicling the first production build of the new Mojo 2.5 wakeboard boat with daily build photo posts. This series of blog posts and photos galleries will illustrate the superior production processes that make a Moomba boat.
Yesterday was the fifth production day of this new Moomba wide-bow wake boat. Up to this point we have seen the structure of the boat created. The exterior of the boat is now given another close inspection in Parts Inspection or PI. The Mojo then moves to Rigging where underwater gear, ballast pick-ups and the Multi-sport Wakeplate are installed. Here we will also see the Mojo 2.5 being prepared for the Indmar engine, wiring routed and the dash installed.
Prior to entering the Rigging stage of the production the Mojo deck and hull are united under the lights in Parts Inspection. Here the exterior of the boat is cleaned, buffed and closely examined for gel coat imperfections. If there is a blemish, we would rather repair it here in PI instead of waiting until the end of the line when a gel coat patch may not have time to properly cure before shipping.
Custom Mojo-specific fiberglass jigs are used before the rigging process to ensure consistent hole placement for the components to be installed.
Rigging is a major stage in production for any boat and the Mojo is no exception. During the first part of this stage the Mojo's under water gear is through bolted to the running surface of the boat. Tracking fins, struts, the prop shaft mount, the steering arm and the rudder box are all through bolted for strength. While some manufacturers secure these vital components with screws, at Moomba we take this process a step further with stainless steel through bolts.
Components like the rudder can be put under a tremendous amount of force during normal boating operation. This is why we choose to take extra steps to secure these items properly and why this area of the boat benefits from a thicker mounting surface. The area of the Mojo where the rudder is installed is nearly twice as thick as this same area on other manufacturers' boats. The fiberglass is laid on thicker in this area and PCV board is used to beef up the area even more.
The foundation for the Mojo's wake enhancement is installed in rigging with the water intakes and plumbing for the Gravity I or optional Gravity III ballast system. The Multi-sport Wakeplate is also installed at this stage of production. The Multi-sport Wakeplate shapes the wake, provides skill and water sports versatility and is standard on the 2012 Mojo 2.5.
The helm gets a lot of work in rigging. The dash and related wiring is installed and routed. You will notice that the Mojo dash is shaped to compliment the boats' design. The dash functions are simple, durable and easy to use as well as eye-catching. Optional components, controlled at the dash like docking lights are installed during this time as well.
As the Mojo is being rigged the remainder of the upholstered interior pieces are being finished and prepared for installation in the days ahead. The driver's seat is one of the last interior pieces to be completed. The Mojo driver's seat is standard with a flip-up bolster, forward and backward position adjustment and swivel.
In the next stage of production we will see the rigging process completed as well as the Mojo's engine and interior installed. Still a lot more excitement to come.
One of the many great things about the individuals who work on the production line at Moomba Boats, is their dedication to continued improvement. They are constantly looking to better themselves and the processes they execute everyday. The results are evident in the new Mojo 2.5.
Stay tuned to the Moomba Boats Blog for more photos and production process descriptions of the first production Mojo 2.5 build. Your Mojo could be next. Moomba is brand you!
I was going through my jewlery box and old cd collection and came across my christina aguilera cd and (after searching for half an hour) my rosary. I was holding one in one hand and the other, the naked body of a Miss Aguilera, was to my left. So hey, here it is. I'm not trying to push any of my beliefs, values, morals on anyone cause frankly, I don't care, do what you like. And at this point, I don't even know what I believe in (religious-wise). I kinda wanted to see the response from people who may have different views on a subject like this whether it be religious, personal or moral.
(Photos by Karl Weisel)
Soldiers and civilians of the 5th Signal Command renewed their commitment to Army Values and the profession of arms during a run Dec. 10 and ceremony Dec. 12.
Agriculture is the main stay of Uganda’s economy, however, the share of agriculture in the national Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has been declining steadily. In fiscal year 2009/10, agriculture contributed only 14.6% to the national GDP of which 1.3% was attributed to the livestock sub-sector. The dairy industry is estimated to contribute more than 50% of the total output from the livestock sub-sector. The dairy industry employs many people who are engaged in various economic activities along the dairy value chain, particularly in milk production, collection, bulking and transportation, processing, distribution and marketing as well as provision of inputs and support services.
Friday, April 28, 2023
The Hofstra-Digital Remedy Venture Challenge is an annual entrepreneurship competition for Hofstra students administered by the Hofstra University Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship with total prizes valued at $$76,500, made possible through the donation of a Hofstra Board Trustee and CEO of Digital Remedy, Mike Seiman. The competition is in its eleventh year at Hofstra University.
We are looking for business ideas that demonstrate scalability, the identification of a unique problem, and has a qualified team in place to execute the idea. The Challenge offers a great experience and is a resume builder for any career path.
Contact Sharon Goldsmith with questions: sharon.n.goldsmith@hofstra.edu.
April 28, 11:15 am – 1:00 pm
Location: ideaHUb (103 Guthart Hall)
Finalists
1K Industries–
1k Industries aims to make personalized wheelchair accessories that help bling out people’s wheelchairs. We design a product all wheelchair users can personalize to fit their chair and personality. We then create a unique software that makes the personalized product from user inputs. This design is then uploaded to a 3D printer for creation.
Founder: Peyton Tansey, Computer Science, ‘23
BoJo –
BoJo is a platform for high-school students and high-school counselors. On our platform students create profiles where they answer questions about their college preferences and their academic results. Based on that information students are matched with universities. The counselors get access to the profiles and matches of their students. With that information in hand, they can better guide their journey of finding a college.
Founders: Jonathan Mahrt Guyou, Computer Science, ‘23 & Bo Cautaerts, Accounting, ‘24
Bubble Green –
Bubble Green addresses the problem of environmental harm and plastic waste in delivery packaging by turning an invasive plant species, water hyacinth, into sustainable zero-waste packaging filler, offering businesses an eco-friendly alternative to plastic bubble wrap. This approach can have a positive social impact by helping to protect the environment and natural resources for future generations while promoting sustainable business practices.
Founders: Benjarat Tirasirichai, MS Marketing, ‘23, Chris Zhang, MBA, ‘23
CMS Biotechnologies –
CMS Biotechnologies is developing a novel technology to purify pharmaceutical compounds that can reduce adverse side effects from medications.
Founder: Arielle Gabalski, Zucker School of Medicine PhD, ‘24
COTA-
COTA’s music-based program is for individuals on the autism spectrum who struggle with social, communication, and behavioral challenges. The program is intended to encourage communicative behavior and interaction through leveraging music as an intervention source.
Founder: Michael Ford, Entrepreneurship, ‘23
Cozy Clip-
The Cozy Clip is an innovative hair accessory that combines comfort and style into one unique design. Our reformed claw clip is designed to lay flat and bend when leaned against, eliminating discomfort, and providing a more comfortable experience for the user.
Founder: Elena DiStefano, Public Relations, ‘23
LacunaFocus –
LacunaFocus is a Gmail optimization app designed to enhance email management for staff, faculty, and students offering a unique intelligent sorting system, summarization, and the ability to optimize emails. We offer a unique product tailored to university needs, cheaper prices, seamless integration, and game-changing features through the application of AI.
Founders: Yulia Erdyv, Computer Science, ‘25, Mykola Izbor, Computer Science, ‘23
Love Overdose-
Love Overdose is a pre-revenue e-commerce fashion brand that delivers luxury womenswear to the modern-day girl. We provide quality clothing, inclusive sizing, and creative designs with feminine silhouettes to women of color in the luxury market, an underserved demographic. We celebrate women and promote radical self-confidence through our branding and messaging.
Founders: Tiye Bradley, Accepted Student, Dance ‘25
Our Bloom –
OurBloom is a company devoted to providing accessible education on women’s health, guides to living intuitively with your menstrual cycle, and natural solutions to menstrual symptoms. We place a heavy emphasis on researching the needs of Women of Color, who have been underrepresented in the medical field.
Founders: Priya Singh, Finance, ‘23, Aydan Smith, International Business, ‘25, Anjalee Laikhram, Computer Science, ‘22
SoCircle
SoCircle recognizes hospitalized, bed-ridden, and recently discharged patients are often deprived of meaningful social connections and depression rates are rampant in this group. We aspire to provide a platform that streamlines social connection, private support groups, friendly AI-based chat therapy, personalized journaling, and a safe and private community for these patients to minimize the likelihood of them developing depression and to optimize their mental health to aid their recovery.
Founder: Bongseok Jung, Medicine, ‘25
Photo: Matteo Bracco
IHTSW!?! Valued Item
Find a valued item - it doesn't have to be a material possession, but one that means something to you - and share it and it's meaning with us...
WIT: I value furnaces and homes that keep us warm. Although the calendar says Autumn, winter has arrived where I live. I took this picture out the spare room window as the sun came up this past week. In PP, very little. Minor adjustments in RAW conversion, removed light standard and slight crop.
The cat (Felis catus), also known as the domestic cat or housecatto distinguish it from other felines and felids, is a small carnivorous mammal that is valued by humans for its companionship and its ability to hunt vermin and household pests. It has been associated with humans for at least 9,500 yearsand is currently the most popular pet in the world.A skilled predator, the cat is known to hunt over 1,000 species for food. It can be trained to obey simple commands. Individual cats have also been known to learn on their own to manipulate simple mechanisms, such as doorknobs and toilet handles.Cats use a variety of vocalizations and types of body language for communication, including meowing, purring, trilling, hissing, growling, squeaking, chirping, clicking, and grunting.They are also bred and shown as registered pedigree pets. This hobby is known as cat fancy.Until recently the cat was commonly believed to have been domesticated in ancient Egypt, where it was a cult animal. A study in 2007 found that the lines of descent of all house cats probably run through as few as five self-domesticating African Wildcats (Felis silvestris lybica) circa 8000 BC, in the Near East. The earliest direct evidence of cat domestication is a kitten that was buried with its owner 9,500 years ago in Cyprus.
Il gatto domestico (Felis silvestris catus) è un mammifero carnivoro di piccola taglia della famiglia dei felidi (genere Felis). Tradizionalmente l'antico Egitto e Mesopotamia viene indicato come luogo di origine, dove era considerato un animale sacro e, in alcuni casi, mummificato e messo nei sarcofagi delle famiglie più ricche. Un recente studio, pubblicato sulla rivista Science, ha evidenziato, attraverso studi genetici, che tale luogo andrebbe individuato nel Medio Oriente; precisamente nella mezzaluna fertile. Tutto ciò in coincidenza con lo sviluppo delle prime forme di agricoltura. Fu l'uomo, si presume nello studio, a favorire la diffusione del felino portandolo con lui nelle migrazioni. Si può trovare allo stato selvatico (ne esistono ancora diverse specie), ma prevalentemente vive nell'ambito domestico e spesso ha ruolo di animale da affezione. La sua temperatura corporea oscilla fra i 38° e i 38,5 °C; la frequenza respiratoria normale è di 10/20 respiri al minuto e quella cardiaca di 110/140 battiti al minuto. Il suo corpo è agile, flessibile e massiccio, tale da consentirgli di camminare in modo silenziosissimo e di spiccare grandi salti; le sue unghie retrattili (più precisamente protrattili, dato che nella condizione ordinaria di riposo si trovano nascoste e sono estratte solo all'occorrenza) gli permettono di arrampicarsi con grande agilità.
Fonte : Wikipedia
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Perspective Is Everything
Perception and Insight
Edutrainment
Sleight Of Mind Set
What Materials Do You Get?
Book Your Place
Hi,
Perspective is Everything is a talk by Rory Sutherland see link below, his theme is that psychological value is one of the most important areas of value. The Sleight of Mind Set Workshops pick up on these ideas, they are one day workshops all about learning, understanding and applying Mind Magic (Mentalism) and Psychological Artistry to what you do. The SMS day is about adding psychological value to you. For more information on this, please see mindsways.com/SMS/
Perspective is Everything - Adding Psychological Value
In Perspective Is Everything, ad-man Rory Sutherland gives us an interesting and entertaining take on the themes of Psychological Artistry. (Please be aware, there is strong language in this video from the beginning) Please go to www.mindsways.com/SMS/#Perspective and let me know what you think. In summary, he says;
Things are not what they are; they are what we think they are
Things are also what we compare them to
Psychological value is the best kind of value
Value is composed of three parts Technological, Economic and Psychological
This whole idea of adding psychological value to what you do is the chief aim of Psychological Artistry ; combining psychological solutions and approaches with ideas to your delivery. The focus of the Sleight of Mind Set workshop is to add psychological value to your delivery.
Maya Angelou: I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
Being an effective communicator has very little to do with what you have to say, and everything to do with what people say about you. Psychological Artistry, the Sleight of Mind Set workshop and the SNT kit provokes you into becoming the talking point of a conversation. It's impossible to escape the force of impact that floating a note with your bear hands gives you when united with your compelling message.
By using the right techniques, anyone can:
Capture and maintain attention
Become more engaging
Demonstrate psychological value
Create meaningful interactions
Are you looking to learn something different that you can use in your delivery? Are you also looking for that rare thing that's new, engaging and makes you stand out? On the Sleight of Mind Set Workshop, we will give you the tools, ideas and materials that capture the scarcest resource we have in today's world: attention.
Psychological Artistry - Perception and Insight
A fascinating example of perspective and insight is shown in a well-known Fred Astaire clip, click here to see it. Perspectives determine how we:
View and interpret our experiences
Make decisions
Filter our insights
Govern our assumptions
Act and behave
It is this unseen primary influence that magicians know and understand and use very well.
Interesting examples of how all is not as it appears are the McGurk effect and Prof Richard Wiseman's "The Incredible Colour Changing Card Effect". Please take a look here or go to mindsways.com/SMS. I would love to know what you think. These illustrate both the power and the approach of Psychological Artistry.
Out Style Of Delivery: Edutrainment
Over the past 2 years, I have noticed a significant and fascinating new movement in the worlds of mentoring, training, teaching, consulting, coaching, management, therapy and many other areas. In all of these fields, the ability to work on a face-to-face basis and include Mind Magic and Psychological Artistry dramatically increases interest in you and your message, as well as your skill set, reputation and sales figures. To see some of the many success stories, please see here. It is this philosophy and principle that the Sleight of Mind Set workshop is based on, and it's this that makes you:
Stand Out
Grab and Hold Attention
Be More Interesting
Help Others
Engage More
As well as learning the effects, you can also learn valuable lessons from mind magic about how we think, act and behave. Mind Magic, as well as being entertaining and fascinating, can also be used to illustrate and understand human nature and our psychology. Using Psychological Artistry in your delivery adds both the spice of excitement and taps into this enduring popularity of magic and psychology. To see what others have said, please go to mindsways.com/about/what-people-say
The Sleight of Mind Set Workshop is about you tapping into the enduring popularity of magic and mystery by combining the ingenuity shown by Derren Brown and Dynamo with the popularity and interest evidenced by Amazon's "Most Popular Tags". For more information on this, see www.mindsways.com/SMS
The Sleight of Mind Set Workshops
They start at 10:00 a.m. and finish at 4:30 p.m. These are being held around the country, in:
London | 20th February 2013
Glasgow | 5th March 2013
Birmingham | 12th March 2013
Bath | 20th March 2013
Nr. Scunthorpe | 29th March 2013
The style of the day reflects the term "Edutrainment", with it being an immersive blend of entertainment, education and training. When you use Mind Magic and Psychological Artistry, you are tapping into;
Passion, fascination and curiosity
Mystery
The appeal of the new and the novel
People's crystallised and fluid knowledge
Cognitive fitness training
Over the past two years, hundreds of people have found the benefits of including Mind Magic and Psychological Artistry in what they do. To see what people have said about this, click here.
The aim of the day is to;
Teach you the mind magic effects
Stimulate thought
Stimulate reflection
Inform
Create actions
Get you to think anew and build anew
Learn about the importance of 'Personal Touch'
What Materials Do You Get On The Workshops?
You get all of the materials from the SNT and SMS, and by using them, you will uncover a wealth of practical, real world techniques that can be applied to add magic, Psychological Artistry and mystery to coaching, training, consultancy, presenting and therapy, and many other areas.
On the day, you will get:
The SNT Kit (12 items to develop and deliver Psychological Artistry)
2 Hour Training Video (Online supporting materials for the SNT kit)
The SMS Pack (Materials used to achieve all the effects shown in the workshop)
Presentation (A copy of the PowerPoint presentation used to review the day)
Sleight Of Mind Set eBook (A guide containing notes, scripts and supporting information for the workshop)
Follow-up support (From the trainers, if and when needed)
All of these items are entertaining, informative, engaging and practical for you to apply to your delivery.
Book Your Place
The Sleight of Mind Set Workshop is for people who are curious, who want to learn attention-grabbing effects, who want to improve how they connect and communicate with others and for those who want to express who they are and stand out from the crowd.
It is about adding a whole new skill set and training you to be able to apply the techniques and ideas from Psychological Artistry and Mind Magic so you can amplify what you do.
For more information, to watch the videos and to book your place on the Sleight of Mind Set Workshop, please click here to go to mindsways.com/SMS
Thanks,
P.S. If you have any questions, please get in touch with me or look at mindsways.com/SMS#FAQ for the Frequently Asked Questions
P.P.S. Please look at mindsways.com/the-fascination for The Fascination
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Perspective Is Everything
Perception and Insight
Edutrainment
Sleight Of Mind Set
What Materials Do You Get?
Book Your Place
Hi,
Perspective is Everything is a talk by Rory Sutherland see link below, his theme is that psychological value is one of the most important areas of value. The Sleight of Mind Set Workshops pick up on these ideas, they are one day workshops all about learning, understanding and applying Mind Magic (Mentalism) and Psychological Artistry to what you do. The SMS day is about adding psychological value to you. For more information on this, please see mindsways.com/SMS/
Perspective is Everything - Adding Psychological Value
In Perspective Is Everything, ad-man Rory Sutherland gives us an interesting and entertaining take on the themes of Psychological Artistry. (Please be aware, there is strong language in this video from the beginning) Please go to www.mindsways.com/SMS/#Perspective and let me know what you think. In summary, he says;
Things are not what they are; they are what we think they are
Things are also what we compare them to
Psychological value is the best kind of value
Value is composed of three parts Technological, Economic and Psychological
This whole idea of adding psychological value to what you do is the chief aim of Psychological Artistry ; combining psychological solutions and approaches with ideas to your delivery. The focus of the Sleight of Mind Set workshop is to add psychological value to your delivery.
Maya Angelou: I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
Being an effective communicator has very little to do with what you have to say, and everything to do with what people say about you. Psychological Artistry, the Sleight of Mind Set workshop and the SNT kit provokes you into becoming the talking point of a conversation. It's impossible to escape the force of impact that floating a note with your bear hands gives you when united with your compelling message.
By using the right techniques, anyone can:
Capture and maintain attention
Become more engaging
Demonstrate psychological value
Create meaningful interactions
Are you looking to learn something different that you can use in your delivery? Are you also looking for that rare thing that's new, engaging and makes you stand out? On the Sleight of Mind Set Workshop, we will give you the tools, ideas and materials that capture the scarcest resource we have in today's world: attention.
Psychological Artistry - Perception and Insight
A fascinating example of perspective and insight is shown in a well-known Fred Astaire clip, click here to see it. Perspectives determine how we:
View and interpret our experiences
Make decisions
Filter our insights
Govern our assumptions
Act and behave
It is this unseen primary influence that magicians know and understand and use very well.
Interesting examples of how all is not as it appears are the McGurk effect and Prof Richard Wiseman's "The Incredible Colour Changing Card Effect". Please take a look here or go to mindsways.com/SMS. I would love to know what you think. These illustrate both the power and the approach of Psychological Artistry.
Out Style Of Delivery: Edutrainment
Over the past 2 years, I have noticed a significant and fascinating new movement in the worlds of mentoring, training, teaching, consulting, coaching, management, therapy and many other areas. In all of these fields, the ability to work on a face-to-face basis and include Mind Magic and Psychological Artistry dramatically increases interest in you and your message, as well as your skill set, reputation and sales figures. To see some of the many success stories, please see here. It is this philosophy and principle that the Sleight of Mind Set workshop is based on, and it's this that makes you:
Stand Out
Grab and Hold Attention
Be More Interesting
Help Others
Engage More
As well as learning the effects, you can also learn valuable lessons from mind magic about how we think, act and behave. Mind Magic, as well as being entertaining and fascinating, can also be used to illustrate and understand human nature and our psychology. Using Psychological Artistry in your delivery adds both the spice of excitement and taps into this enduring popularity of magic and psychology. To see what others have said, please go to mindsways.com/about/what-people-say
The Sleight of Mind Set Workshop is about you tapping into the enduring popularity of magic and mystery by combining the ingenuity shown by Derren Brown and Dynamo with the popularity and interest evidenced by Amazon's "Most Popular Tags". For more information on this, see www.mindsways.com/SMS
The Sleight of Mind Set Workshops
They start at 10:00 a.m. and finish at 4:30 p.m. These are being held around the country, in:
London | 20th February 2013
Glasgow | 5th March 2013
Birmingham | 12th March 2013
Bath | 20th March 2013
Nr. Scunthorpe | 29th March 2013
The style of the day reflects the term "Edutrainment", with it being an immersive blend of entertainment, education and training. When you use Mind Magic and Psychological Artistry, you are tapping into;
Passion, fascination and curiosity
Mystery
The appeal of the new and the novel
People's crystallised and fluid knowledge
Cognitive fitness training
Over the past two years, hundreds of people have found the benefits of including Mind Magic and Psychological Artistry in what they do. To see what people have said about this, click here.
The aim of the day is to;
Teach you the mind magic effects
Stimulate thought
Stimulate reflection
Inform
Create actions
Get you to think anew and build anew
Learn about the importance of 'Personal Touch'
What Materials Do You Get On The Workshops?
You get all of the materials from the SNT and SMS, and by using them, you will uncover a wealth of practical, real world techniques that can be applied to add magic, Psychological Artistry and mystery to coaching, training, consultancy, presenting and therapy, and many other areas.
On the day, you will get:
The SNT Kit (12 items to develop and deliver Psychological Artistry)
2 Hour Training Video (Online supporting materials for the SNT kit)
The SMS Pack (Materials used to achieve all the effects shown in the workshop)
Presentation (A copy of the PowerPoint presentation used to review the day)
Sleight Of Mind Set eBook (A guide containing notes, scripts and supporting information for the workshop)
Follow-up support (From the trainers, if and when needed)
All of these items are entertaining, informative, engaging and practical for you to apply to your delivery.
Book Your Place
The Sleight of Mind Set Workshop is for people who are curious, who want to learn attention-grabbing effects, who want to improve how they connect and communicate with others and for those who want to express who they are and stand out from the crowd.
It is about adding a whole new skill set and training you to be able to apply the techniques and ideas from Psychological Artistry and Mind Magic so you can amplify what you do.
For more information, to watch the videos and to book your place on the Sleight of Mind Set Workshop, please click here to go to mindsways.com/SMS
Thanks,
P.S. If you have any questions, please get in touch with me or look at mindsways.com/SMS#FAQ for the Frequently Asked Questions
P.P.S. Please look at mindsways.com/the-fascination for The Fascination
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29 May 2013 - GVC Seminar / G20 Presidency / OECD Stocktaking Seminar on Global Value Chains.
Photo: OECD/Benjamin Renout
Seated Buddha, Tang dynasty (618–906), ca. 650
China
Dry lacquer with traces of gilt and polychrome pigments
Buddhist images executed in dry lacquer were highly valued by the Chinese because of their costly and time-consuming process of production. There are so few surviving examples that this seated Buddha is especially precious. To fashion the body of the image, the craftsman made a rough form of the sculpture in clay and then applied at least three layers of hemp cloth, each secured with a paste made of raw lacquer (the sap from the lac tree, Rhus verniciflua) and a fine powder of bone, horn, shell, ceramic, stone, or carbon. Each layer had to dry thoroughly before the next could be added. The clay core was then removed from the lacquered image. The head and hands were likely modeled separately, using the same technique as that used for the body, and then attached to the sculpture. The surface was finished with several coatings of pure lacquer and then painted.
Portrayed as a youthful figure, the Buddha sits in the full lotus position, with his legs tightly interlocked, though the lower part of the sculpture is missing. The position of the damaged arms suggests that the hands performed the gesture of contemplation. The columnar form and lean gracefulness of the figure recall the style of Buddhist sculpture of the late Period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties (386–589), but the attempt to render anatomical differentiation and, in particular, the emotional impact of the Buddha's expression are distinguishing features of early Tang style. The traces of brilliant red and blue, vividly combined to form a stylized floral pattern in the hem of the undergarment crossing the chest, and the remains of shimmering gilt on the surface are evidence of the sumptuous effect of this once colorful figure.
Text from www.metmuseum.org
President Wolfe visited Jackson Junior High on October 30, 2013 where he shared the value of higher education with more than 750 students. In addition, he attended the open house of the newly remodeled Academic Hall at Southeast Missouri State University and toured the Procter and Gamble facility in Cape Girardeau.