Marion Chapsal’s presentation on Finding Your Voice (September 2009) and Evie Rosset’s presentation on Choice (November 2009) are now available for download below.

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Tuesday, December 1, 2009 – 19H00-21H30 at Espace Ricard

Do you consider yourself a great networker? Or do you think it’s more a necessary evil? And what exactly is your definition of networking…? Our December meeting will be focused on you and an opportunity for you to meet other WPNG members through more structured networking sessions.

These networking sessions will allow you to spend time with 6 – 8 other members to discuss what our group is all about: networking! What do you expect from it? What networking ‘tools’ do you use? What do you get out of it and… how do you profile yourself? Each group will summarize it’s findings after the discusssions and there should also be the opportunity to do ‘before’ and ‘after’ personal presentations so you can bring the things you’ve learned during the discussions into practice right away!

So come prepared – start thinking about the above mentioned questions – and don’t forget to bring your business cards!

And remember: we’re at Espace Ricard this time (see the ‘venues’ page for full address)!

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 – 19H00-21H30 at KPMG

What are your plans for next Tuesday evening? You could go to the WPNG meeting, or stay at home and watch a movie, or catch up on emails, or get some work done …

Every day, we make dozens, if not hundreds, of choices. This proliferation of choices is generally seen as a sign of progress. Choice, after all, allows each of us to decide how best to live our lives – choosing jazz over pop, law over medicine, or Evian over Volvic. Recent research from the behavioral and decision sciences has shown, however, that although some choice is good, more is not better. Too many choices, in too many areas, can have detrimental effects on our well-being. Choice overload can lead to anticipated regret, decision paralysis, and decreased satisfaction. This presentation will discuss this research and suggest some initial steps each of us can take to avoid becoming overwhelmed by choice.

Evie Rosset

Evie Rosset is a behavioral scientist interested in bringing research out of the lab and into the real world. She earned her PhD from Boston University, where she is an adjunct professor. In France she continues to do research through affiliations with the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris and the Université Pierre Mendès-France in Grenoble. She recently created Aboutmind, an educational organization that gives workshops and seminars to schools and businesses to help them benefit from research in the brain and behavioral sciences.