21: The Brain Science Behind Optimizing Your Work Performance with Janet Sperstad

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today, we are delighted to have a conversation with Janet Sperstad, another icon in our industry. Janet has had a huge impact on the entire meetings and events industry. She is very knowledgeable about neuroscience, and she is currently involved in academia, teaching our future colleagues in the Meetings and Events Industry.  </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Janet is joining us today to talk about the way our brains work, risk and reward, optimizing the way you perform, and the importance of being authentic. </span></p> <p><strong>About Janet</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Janet is all about driving excellence in meeting and event management execution and education. She has dedicated her career to defining the competencies and career pathways that communicate meeting planning as a discipline that requires skills in the social and cognitive sciences, as well as in executive leadership.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Janet is currently serving as Faculty Director at Madison College in Wisconsin, where she created the very first Associate Degree in Meeting and Event Management in the US. She was also instrumental in developing a graduate program in meeting management through the Copenhagen Business School.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Janet has made several important contributions to the industry, and her voluntary service includes some high-profile leadership roles that have had an impact on the Meetings and Events Industry as a whole. She has served as Chair of the CMP Governance Commission, Member of IAEE Faculty and Education Committees, and as a member of the PCMA Convening Leaders Content Committee. And, in 2016, she was named Changemaker, and one of the 25 Most Influential People in the Meetings Industry.</span></p> <p><strong>Gaining recognition and awards</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Janet has been in the industry for more than thirty years. Her dedication to the industry has resulted in nume