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Experiment overview
A multisensory presentation approach that deliberately disrupted conventional lecture formats by integrating aromatherapy, spatial reconfiguration, and strategic lighting to create a memorable learning experience.
The initiative transformed a potentially exhausting end-of-conference slot into an engaging sensory journey that enhanced information retention while reducing cognitive overload.
Main objectives
The project reimagined lecture experiences by engaging multiple sensory channels beyond the typical visual-auditory focus, creating a calming rather than stimulating presentation environment to counter audience fatigue, and physically restructuring the typical presenter-audience relationship to foster intimacy and shared experience rather than hierarchical knowledge transfer.
Achieved results
The presentation created a distinctive multisensory experience that participants remembered long after the event.
By incorporating lavender’s aromatherapeutic properties, the approach actively reduced audience stress levels rather than adding to cognitive load.
The strategic decision to move from stage to audience seating transformed the typical hierarchical lecture dynamic into a more intimate storytelling experience.
The deliberate integration of darkness, gradual light return, and relaxing music created a complete sensory journey that reinforced the regenerative themes being discussed.
Main reflection
This experiment demonstrated that effective knowledge transfer often requires less rather than more stimulation, particularly in contexts where audience attention is already depleted.
The enthusiastic response revealed how rarely presentations engage senses beyond sight and hearing, creating immediate distinctiveness through simple multisensory additions.
By physically repositioning from stage to audience level, the approach created a tangible demonstration of the non-hierarchical relationships being advocated in the content itself.