Something I am conscious of in my work designing, hosting and harvesting participatory meetings, gatherings and conferences is ensuring that I am always playing at my edge somewhere in that work experience. It is how I am constantly learning and improving, terrifiying though it can be. And certainly not without it’s failures (more on a recently failure […]
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The core planning team for the Western Cities Conference was game to jump into the online space with Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook – what we called Conversation Alley. This was purposeful. It fit the theme of the conference “Shift Happens” as the social media wave is certainly a shift for the HR field. This created a […]
As I was doing some design work recently for the 2012 Western Cities Conference I pulled out my Group Works Card Deck. Why is it that some meetings bring life to your soul, while others leave you wishing you’d never stepped in the room? What happens at the best ones, that makes them productive, fulfilling, […]