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Welcome to our first edition of our ‘monthly reading recap’; where our staff rounds up blog posts and articles we read and found helpful, inspiring or interesting. Enjoy the reading!

Event planning

• 10 Signs You Are Hiring an Awesome Conference Speaker by Event Manager Blog
• Summer’s over and a busy conference season is about to start, but that doesn’t mean you can’t make your selection of books to read for your next holidays: 10 Books Every Event Planner Should Read.
• You can never have too little ideas on how to display sponsor logos at an event. Event Manager Blog put together a list with 9 creative ways to display company logos at events.
• Best-selling author Deepak Chopra headlined the 2014 World Education Congress (WEC) in Minneapolis in August. A licensed physician, Chopra focused his keynote address on the importance of healthy indoor environments – aka “wellness real estate” — including offices and meeting spaces. Be inspired to include healthier living at events: watch Deepak Chopra’s Keynote Address on the WEC website.
• And an extra link to stay on the wellness topic: 6 Steps to Healthier Attendees.

Tech news

• Google launched a new photo application for iOS users called Photo Sphere Camera, which allows you to take 360-degree photos, then publish them to Google Maps or other social networks.Perfect to capture and share your event! Read more on Techcrunch.
• New player in the telemedicine field, Remedy is a Google Glass application that connects physicians and specialists allowing remote diagnosis to be made rapidly and efficiently.More on Mashable. 
• An extra layer of security for mobile phones! Behaviosec, a mobile app that recognizes users by the way they type their PIN. More on Gizmodo.

Office life & helpful tools

• A study by Associations Now shows that web-based video interviews are effective. Read more about their findings on Associations Now.
• This handy tool embeds the new google maps with street view on your company, or conference, website.