As the "r and d" branch of the centre, The Kingbridge Institute works with clients to experiment with and improve their understanding of best practices in conferencing. In addition to providing a variety of consulting and research advisory services, The Institute collaborates with a broad mix of individuals interested in how to better plan, execute and follow-up on presentations and meetings - helping both you and your organization to incorporate different perspectives into the decision making process more rapidly, fairly and productively.

Left: Falling Water, M.C. Escher (1961)

Additional topics of interest include:

	Capturing the many innovative ways that groups engage in productive dialogues
	Discovering new ways to empower individuals and organizations, and how the environment can support conferencing activities
	Encouraging cross-fertilization about how different disciplines create, brainstorm, problem-solving, train and strategize
	Developing an information clearing-house on "who is doing what" to support a community of continuous learners

Advisory services available in:

	Pre-/post-meeting assessment "best practice" techniques and effective meeting formats
	Progressive documentation and annotation of conference proceedings
	Audiovisual presentation tools, Internet and distance learning technologies
	Application of novel technologies and creating hybrid virtual/physical meeting environments
	The psychology of communication, learning styles and group dynamics