Or ever felt like giving the unexpected a good hug?
Then I have just the event for you. The Applied Improv Network is hosting it’s third annual conference in San Francisco this October. I’m still juggling my diary to see if I’m going to cross the Altantic to be there – it does look a great programme.
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
Here’s one Mark will appreciate: Contagious Yawn “Sign of Empathy”. Apparently neuroscience suggests that people who yawn a lot are more empathetic. In the research the Beeb report,Psychology students were
Thomas Frank bemoans the lack of creativity among gurus of… creativity: we’re talking about the literature of creativity for Pete’s sake. If there is a non-fiction genre from which you have
Ok, a small additional riff on the theme of my earlier post. Katherine Stone wrote an interesting response giving some examples of personal experiences and stories having more power than
Some smart marketing from Transport for London – well targetted information about something that actually matters to me.
