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.
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.
Phil Dorado highlights a little anedote from Richard Branson’s autobiography: “I…insist that we continually ask our staff for any suggestions they might have, and I try my hand at their
I listened again this morning to Viv’s and my podcast with David Robinson on the tyranny of excellence. David’s motto, “put down your clever, pick up your ordinary” is often
John Porcaro blogs about a conversation we and others have been having (eg here at Mutual Marketing) He comments: I’ve found that by settling on a new concept can sometimes
The next We can’t go on meeting like this will be on October 6th, 6pm to 8.30pm. At our first event Oli Barrett said this presented the challenge of the
