Eric de Groot

Eric de Groot

FR, NETHERLAND
Mindmeeting: Developing More Effective and Interactive Programs for International Audiences

Eric de Groot, Meeting Designer and founder with Mindmeeting, as well as co-author of "Into the Heart of Meetings" is one of the Top 10 Conference Speakers for 2014. That is the opinion of the editors of Meetingsnet.com, who travel all over the world to meetings and events to identify the most inspiring speakers.

Eric de Groot caught their attention thanks to his plenary Monday Morning Wake-up Call session during the annual Congress of ICCA, the International Congress and Conference Association, this year in Antalya, Turkey:

Eric de Groot is one of the first Meeting Designers in the world. He started his pioneering work in 1992; today he services meeting organizers who want cutting-edge meeting programmes through his companies MindMeeting (for the international market) and "De Wet van Thomas" (for the Dutch market). Thanks to his background in drama and theatre, Eric manages to add an extra dimension to meetings and meeting processes: that of human experience and emotion. He regularly carries out workshops for everyone who uses meetings professionally as a means of communications, at Universities and other educational institutions.

In 2013, he published the first book ever on Meeting Design, together with his MindMeeting colleague Mike van der Vijver. The book offers many fresh and surprising insights into the basic principles of the profession of Meeting Designer. It is met with high praise in trade press reviews.

Eric de Groot, Meeting Designer and founder with Mindmeeting, as well as co-author of "Into the Heart of Meetings" is one of the Top 10 Conference Speakers for 2014. That is the opinion of the editors of Meetingsnet.com, who travel all over the world to meetings and events to identify the most inspiring speakers.

Eric de Groot caught their attention thanks to his plenary Monday Morning Wake-up Call session during the annual Congress of ICCA, the International Congress and Conference Association, this year in Antalya, Turkey:

Eric de Groot is one of the first Meeting Designers in the world. He started his pioneering work in 1992; today he services meeting organizers who want cutting-edge meeting programmes through his companies MindMeeting (for the international market) and "De Wet van Thomas" (for the Dutch market). Thanks to his background in drama and theatre, Eric manages to add an extra dimension to meetings and meeting processes: that of human experience and emotion. He regularly carries out workshops for everyone who uses meetings professionally as a means of communications, at Universities and other educational institutions.

In 2013, he published the first book ever on Meeting Design, together with his MindMeeting colleague Mike van der Vijver. The book offers many fresh and surprising insights into the basic principles of the profession of Meeting Designer. It is met with high praise in trade press reviews.