Have an opinion about Obama's new green jobs czar? Or want to find out how other people are taking advantage of a new brain science to make better decisions? Make plans to attend the Book Club sessions and take part in discussion groups that will focus on these two thought-provoking, popular reads:
How We Decide
Author: Jonah Lehrer
Time: 5-6 p.m./17.00 - 18.00
Date: Sunday, February 21, 2010
Location: Ideas Exchange
Moderator: Moderator: Jason Hensel, MPI, Associate Editor
How do you, as meeting professionals, make good choices? In How We Decide, author and scientist Jonah Lehrer shows readers ways to take advantage of new advances in brain science to make better decisions, personally and professionally. Please join One+ Associate Editor Jason Hensel for a group discussion of this thought-provoking and interesting book.
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The Green Collar Economy
Author: Van Jones
Time: 5-6 p.m./17.00 - 18.00
Date: Monday, February 22, 2010
Location: Ideas Exchange
Moderator: Amanda Gourgue, CMP, LEED AP, Meeting Revolution,
Chief Meeting Revolutionist
Is it possible to avert a total eco-tragedy while making everyone a little more well-to-do? Van Jones, Obama's new green jobs czar, believes yes, we can and lays out a plan to secure clean, reliable energy, curb climate change, and reduce poverty. In addition to being a past Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation for the White House Council on Environmental Quality, Van Jones is a Yale Law graduate, an internationally acclaimed and award-winning human rights activist, and founder/president of Green for All (an organization dedicated to building an inclusive green economy to help lift people out of poverty).
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