Here’s a good example of a small intervention with a surprisingly big effect, spotted by Jon Strande.
Kevin told me that he’s had a problem with flamers, who come to the site and start posting angry comments about other people. They get out of hand very quickly.
Here was his answer:
He pre-filled the comment box with the simple phrase “Everybody needs a hug.” Turns out that this small step reduced flame postings by a huge number.
Magic, relationship and changing status
leaving your props behind
feeling the power of presence… and what it really means to ‘read the room.’
we’re hungry for connection
What brings conversations to life is often missed when we aim too high
What I learned singing to strangers on the subway, and why emotional connections matters even more in a hi-tech era.
When facilitating, more and more I want to sense the next move at my fingertips
Letting go in order to get in flow…
A funny game illustrates what we may be missing in many of our meetings
Managing anxiety is a familiar challenge for facilitators.
Private Fraser was a character in Dad’s Army a long running TV show in the UK. He was a pessimist frequently observing in any crisis that “we’re all doomed” in
Facilitation means different things to different people. It’s worth spending a bit of time finding out what people really want when they ask for a facilitator. Sometimes I find clients
The Frontal Cortex: Inequality and the Perception of Fairness. I love the experiments psychologists come up with. One of the more powerful examples of this behavior comes from Franz Waals
Bernie DeKoven has an interesting post on Sports vs Fun about an increase in violence around youth sport. What caught my eye was this: Of the three participant groups
