Tom Guarriello has a nice post on doing just enough facilitation.
Just enough = elegant = the sweet spot.
That’s what I’m looking for whenever I design anything: a meeting experience a document, a culture. Just enough excitement, just enough colorful language, just enough structure.
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.
I’ve been hosting Unhurried Conversations here in Cambridge for more than two years now. Here’s a post from a few months back describing the approach. It continues to be a
I did an open space last year for the Campaign to End Loneliness. It was a good example of using open space as part of larger event; the morning was
Lisa Haneberg quotes Carl Rogers: I have come to recognize that being trustworthy does not demand that I be rigidly consistent but that I be dependably real. Lisa has the
I’ve really enjoyed Keith de la Rue’s article: The art of conversation. He weaves together several studies and theories to suggest that the apparently simple process of good conversation has
