The book by Eric de Groot and Mike van der Vijver
“Into the Heart of Meetings” is the first book ever about Meeting Design, a new profession that has taken shape over the past 10 years but that is still far from mature. Into the Heart of Meetings, written by Eric de Groot and Mike van der Vijver, is a book about the essential processes that take place during meetings and how to influence these processes through Meeting Design in order to obtain the best outcomes. This book offers you our latest insights and experiences about meetings as a form of communications.
It introduces the main principles that underlie the profession, as well as the main practical issues that Meeting Designers face and need to solve. As a result, Into the Heart of Meetings, is both an explorative study and a textbook. Its enormous number of practical cases puts the content in day-to-day working practice.
The title of this book, “Into the Heart of Meetings”, is no coincidence. We believe that meetings can only be successful when looking at the meeting process and the participants holistically. The meeting is a temporary ecosystem in which everything hangs together. Consequently, in order to be effective, the programme must be an experience that goes beyond the mere logical and cerebral. It has to connect with participants at a deeper level so that they connect at a deeper level.
We call this Meetings With Heart and Soul.
