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Children shouldn’t sit still in class — and neither should adults

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Near Atlanta? Next Tuesday, August 16, in Atlanta, I’ll be leading a three-hour workshop for the Georgia Meeting Professionals International Chapter (GaMPI) on participation techniques you can use to transform your conference sessions. Come to my workshop next Tuesday on session participation techniques!

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Lessons for #eventprofs from an improv and mindfulness workshop — Part 1

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In this two-part article I’ll share a little of my experience and takeaways, followed by their relevance to event design ( red ). After we have grasped the basics of event design, mindful practice is how we improve: better at noticing what happens and learning from it, more focused on the present, and less distracted by our ego.

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The dark side of stories at events

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Related posts: Near Atlanta? Next Tuesday, August 16, in Atlanta, I’ll be leading a three-hour workshop for the Georgia Meeting Professionals International Chapter (GaMPI) on participation techniques you can use to transform your conference sessions. Photo attribution: Flickr user campascca.

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Guaranteeing audience engagement at your events

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Most people won’t ask questions at meetings. So how can you get authentic audience engagement at your events? In a thoughtful article “ Audience Engagement – at the Heart of Meetings “, Pádraic Gilligan writes: “…We all want audience engagement so why doesn’t it take place?…While Near Atlanta?

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Three prerequisites for lifelong learning

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I’ve been designing and facilitating participant-driven and participation-rich meetings for 25 years, and many participants have been kind enough to share that I’m good at what I do (check out the sidebar testimonials). Near Atlanta? Peer learning in action! Final thoughts.

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Participatory voting at events: Part 2—Low-tech versus high-tech solutions

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Related posts: The Solution Room—a powerful conference session There’s been a lot of interest in The Solution Room, a session that I co-facilitated last July at Meeting Professionals International World Education Congress in Orlando, Florida. Near Atlanta? Read the full article at Conferences That Work.

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Lessons for #eventprofs from an improv and mindfulness workshop — Part 2

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More of my experiences and takeaways for event professionals from the wonderful five-day improv and mindfulness workshop Mindful Play, Playful Mind , held June 8-13 2016, at Mere Point on the beautiful Maine coast — followed by their relevance to event design ( red ). Near Atlanta? Here’s Part 1.). The YOU game.

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