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.
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.
Managing in a world of uncertainty where people don’t live up to their stated values
I’m quite interested in the idea of things being pointless. This fabulous bit of co-creation (South Park meets Alan Watts) delights me. So many meetings start out with anxious lists
Geoff Brown looks at a model for getting people engaged (or not) in meetings or movements. It’s called SCARF, standing for… Status – a lot of trouble is caused when
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Evelyn Rodriguez posts her frustration with Theory X Marketing: I’ll be fairly honest and say I come away from marketing meetings depressed about how the majority of marketers view people.
