I recently stopped managing the website for the Applied Improv network. After four years I felt I’d become stale. Fortunately, Leif Hansen stepped out of the void and rebuilt the site for us on Ning.
It’s working really well. The old site was set up as a blog but very few posts were written. The old set up was just a bit too taxing for people.
On ning, it seems the pain threshold is lower and there’s a whole lot of new life.
And some excellent blog posts.
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
From The Challenge of Co-Production published by NESTA:One former member of the Bristol drugs action team complained that he had to keep his eyes on 44 different funding streams, nine
During yesterday’s Skype call with Rob Paterson he came up with a good metaphor about conversations. It reminded me of the schoolboy rhyme “Volts jolts, mills (milliamps)kills”. You can have
Dave Pollard does a great summary of Nassim Taleb’s thinking. I’m very interested in all the cognitive biases listed there; it’s so easy for us humans to think we know
I wrote about Howard Mann’s ebook the other day and said I liked his “pay fast get paid faster” idea. He’s now posted a few tips to help with the
