Incidentally if you want to explore non-verbal signalling I really recommend gibberish games from improv. Viv and I use them quite a lot in training (described here). I find that if you get people to practice setting up an activity in gibberish and then in normal language, they create a lot more engagement.
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.
It’s been quite frustrating following the coverage of the PRISM scheme to monitor internet activity. I see again how people at the top of any hierarchy seem to think the
…or is anyone else getting p****d off with the Captcha check on Typepad blogs? It never seems to recognise my first effort.
The Fertile Unknown: A Simpler Way Revisited A nice short version of Meg Wheatley Freedom In the Cloud Eben Moglen talks about the threats to our freedom posed by cloud
Adam Curry is in mortal combat with his would-be broadband provider. After being in telephone-tennis with them for weeks now he proposes a new tactic. Record the conversations and podcast
