Will You Join Us @ 2012 SharpBrains Virtual Summit (June 7–14th, 2012)

By Alvaro Fernandez | April 11, 2012

We are excit­ed to announce the stel­lar and grow­ing ros­ter of speak­ers and mod­er­a­tors @ 2012 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit, includ­ing sev­er­al in-depth edu­ca­tion­al work­shops to address top­ics of high inter­est based on your feed­back. You can now Watch this 3‑minute tuto­r­i­al about the 2012 Sum­mit, and Reg­is­ter at ear­­ly-bird rates before April 30th. We hope you…

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Last 33 Hours to Register/ US Asst. Secretary of Adult Education to Open 2011 SharpBrains Summit

By Alvaro Fernandez | March 28, 2011

Reg­is­tra­tion to par­tic­i­pate in 2011 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit clos­es tomor­row Tues­day, March 29th, at 1pm US Pacif­ic Time/ 4pm US East­ern Time. If you are plan­ning to attend, please Reg­is­ter Now. — We are hon­ored to announce that Dr. Bren­da Dann-Messier, US Depart­ment of Edu­ca­tion’s Assis­tant Sec­re­tary for Voca­tional and Adult Edu­ca­tion, will open 2011…

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20 Reasons Why Virtual Conferences Are the Future

By Dr. Jamie Wilson | March 18, 2011

Con­fer­ences have long been a sta­ple of the pro­fes­sion­al cal­en­dar. Now, after a reces­sion that has slashed trav­el expen­di­ture, the land­scape for events is chang­ing. Sophis­ti­cat­ed dig­i­tal plat­forms are enabling vir­tu­al envi­ron­ments that sim­u­late the ben­e­fits of real events, and atten­dees are begin­ning to shift to access­ing sub­ject mat­ter experts and indus­try net­work­ing online. But…

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Clarification and FAQs regarding 2011 SharpBrains Summit

By Alvaro Fernandez | March 4, 2011

We have received a very thought­ful com­plaint about yes­ter­day’s mes­sage, so let me take a few min­utes to address it and to answer oth­er fre­quent­ly asked ques­tions on the 2011 Sharp­Brains Sum­mit. Com­plaint: “Why do peo­ple who pro­cras­ti­nate and sign up late war­rant a spe­cial “perk” (refer­ring to the “Inte­gra­tive Neu­ro­science and Per­son­al­ized Med­i­cine” reference…

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How to Join 36 World-class Brain Experts from Your Favorite Chair

By SharpBrains | February 8, 2011

What may be the most time and cost-effi­­cient way to attend a con­fer­ence, learn from world-class speak­ers and meet old and new col­leagues? Answer: A vir­tu­al con­fer­ence, such as the upcom­ing 2011 Sharp­Brains Sum­mit: Retool­ing Brain Health for the 21st Cen­tu­ry (March 30th — April 1st). Please watch this 3‑minute clip to learn how the SharpBrains…

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