Lovely post on Presentation Zen: Jazz and the Art of Connecting. (Hat tip: Annette) This was my favourite lesson:
(1) “The most important thing I look for in a musician is whether he knows how to listen.” (Duke-Ellington)
The best communicators in the world are almost always the best listeners. Talking is easy; any dope can do that. But listening is hard. The lessons learned in life come more from when we open our ears not our mouths.
A funny game illustrates what we may be missing in many of our meetings
Managing anxiety is a familiar challenge for facilitators.
Managing in a world of uncertainty where people don’t live up to their stated values
I shot this in a single eight-minute take, which is in the spirit of an experience of Ralf Wetzel’s workshop, Leading from the Clown. Clown training is probably the deepest and most challenging work I’ve done. Enjoy.
A casual conversation in a pub makes me pay attention to thinking being embodied
Creating eye contact despite the limits of Zoom and Teams
The power of small gestures and noticing
Exploring the inner dialogue of facilitation
Getting away from grandiosity or solemnity. small p presence is about being open to the life around us
Facilitation is often about small, subtle acts of noticing and experimenting
Adrian Segar has a great post pulling together a whole set of reasons why you shouldn’t jam pack meetings with activity. There’s a terrible workaholic ethic running through meetings that
Hugh’s got me going with his Smarter Conversations riff. Another element of smart conversation is that people speak for themselves. I have learnt to be wary of “second-hand” conversations where
My friend and collaborator Chris Corrigan has some good tips on how to give directions to a group of people without leaving them totally lost feeling pushed around or bored
I spent the morning at Web 2.0 Strategies which turned out quite interesting. I was at the equivalent conference two years ago and things have clearly changed a lot since
