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Lessons from Anguilla on returning after four years away

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We love this tiny Caribbean island and have taken a welcome break from Vermont winter for fifteen years. We are used to driving on winding Vermont roads in icy conditions, but our 45-minute drive to dinner and our return were perhaps the most challenging driving we’ve ever done.

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Being Present in the Age of the Mind Outside the Brain

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Read the full article at Conferences That Work Related posts: A birthday present for you on the 21st anniversary of Conferences That Work What a long strange trip it’s been The first Conferences That Work event was held June 3–5, 1992, at Marlboro College, Vermont. If you had told me then that the.

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Fixing a Tesla Powerwall that isn’t charging

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on my Vermont home. Yes, we get those kinds of outages now and then in rural Vermont.). With several thousand Powerwalls like mine currently installed around Vermont, these combined units can supplement conventional power sources with tens of megawatts of power, reducing GMP’s need to buy expensive peak power.

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Charles, Lawrence, David Bowie, and me

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Related posts: Scenes from a peer conference—part 2 Since 2012, I’ve had the privilege of designing and facilitating the annual Vermont Vision for a Multicultural Future Peer Conference. Read the full article at Conferences That Work. It’s an honor to work on a classic Conferences That.

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You can’t make people change. But…

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Scenes from a peer conference—part 2 Since 2012, I’ve had the privilege of designing and facilitating the annual Vermont Vision for a Multicultural Future Peer Conference. It’s an honor to work on a classic Conferences That. If you had told me then that the.

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How to facilitate a community discussion using fishbowl

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My task: design and facilitate a two-hour community discussion in response to a bombshell announcement made by the largest employer in my tiny rural hometown of Marlboro, Vermont. Recently, I had to answer that question at short notice. The community was in shock.

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How to help meeting design clients figure out what they really want and need

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Scenes from a peer conference A slideshow of images from the Third Annual Vermont Vision For A Multicultural Future peer conference, held at the Mount Snow Grand Summit Resort November 6-7, 2014. It’s an honor to work on a classic Conferences That. Conferences That Work goes to Japan!