by David | Oct 14, 2017 | Board of Directors, Corporate Retreats, Executive Director, Meeting Facilitation, Nonprofit, Personal Growth, Sustainability, Team Building, Teams
High Impact Meetings are easy to spot. They always have the following conditions: Significant impacts on individuals (Internal) Significant impacts on the organization (External) High impact meetings depend on more than great preparation and excellent meeting...
by TMGadmin | Nov 26, 2016 | Board of Directors, Corporate Retreats, Executive Director, Meeting Facilitation, Nonprofit, Sustainability, Team Building, Teams, Uncategorized
Dialogue is cool. In fact, meetings in general are cool. Meetings are SO COOL that I can definitively state: Meetings constitute humanity’s only hope for survival. What? How can this be? Meetings are just people joined together in conversation with shared...
by David | Apr 23, 2016 | Board of Directors, Corporate Retreats, Executive Director, Meeting Facilitation, Nonprofit, Sustainability, Team Building, Teams, Uncategorized
The principles within Stoicism are relevant and practical for leaders, managers, teams, and entrepreneurs of all kinds. Why? Stoics focus on answering two questions: How can we lead a fulfilling life? How can we become better human beings? Stoics seek to attain...
by David | Feb 20, 2016 | Board of Directors, Corporate Retreats, Executive Director, Meeting Facilitation, Nonprofit, Sustainability, Team Building, Teams, Uncategorized
I found this article on Beth’s Blog to be quite useful. Notice how Beth uses language which is “at the membrane” between technical prowess and ease-of-usability. She brings home important and delicate lessons, such as the benefits of using social...
by David | Jan 7, 2016 | Board of Directors, Corporate Retreats, Executive Director, Meeting Facilitation, Nonprofit, Sustainability, Team Building, Teams, Uncategorized
Considering membranes. You have one. I have one. And, like the permaculture principle, the most action/energy occurs at the edges. When we are stretched. As our membranes get thinner, they become more transparent. More information passes through. The ideal...
by David | Oct 31, 2015 | Board of Directors, Corporate Retreats, Executive Director, Meeting Facilitation, Nonprofit
Meetings Require: Facilitator AND Recorder THE ROLE OF A SUCCESSFUL FACILITATOR Be a “guide on the side” and not a “sage on the stage.” Rather than making recommendations like technical consultants, facilitators serve like conductors. But...
