In January of 2023 I wrote my last blog post, until now. What happened? It turns out, life happened. I was so busy doing, I stopped blogging. Like the gorgeous leopard in this picture I took while on safari, it …
As we navigate life and plan events for our clients (and their organizations) it can be tempting to take the easy road, stick to the status quo and stay comfortable, to stay ‘out of the muck’.
This got me to …
Sundays stretch out. They are a day that can feel like a warm hug or they can be a marathon of hours to be endured until sleep welcomes you back. During a typical work week, whether we are in the …
Recently Thorben Grosser, someone whose ideas I have respected for many years wrote this fabulous rant about sustainability, people and respect and how we should be recognizing WHERE we are meeting and those who came before us. Check it …
Excerpt from Intentional Event Design, Our Professional Opportunity
The Importance of Questions
“This cannot be overstated. Great design requires great understanding. This requires moving past assumptions and working from a place of true knowledge. Don’t just ask the obvious questions …
Excerpt from Intentional Event Design, Our Professional Opportunity (2017)
Inclusion, Diversity and Perspectives
We live in a global economy and plan events for a great diversity of participants. We have looked at how we make events more …
Excerpts below from Intentional Event Design, Our Professional Opportunity (2017)
As an instructor, a seasoned industry veteran and mentor I am often asked to talk to people looking to enter the events industry, and the best routes to success. …
Excerpt from Intentional Event Design, A Professional Opportunity (2017)
Create from Trust
“To use an event to deliver on objectives in a purposeful and innovative manner starts with true creative ideas rooted in collaboration, trust, an understanding of …
Excerpt from Intentional Event Design, Our Professional Opportunity
Community Limits using Dunbar’s Law
“Robin Dunbar is an evolutionary anthropologist whose work has shown that we have ideal community sizes, with a maximum at any one time of approximately 150 people, …
Excerpted from Intentional Event Design, Our Professional Opportunity (2017)
July 2021 and the world is different. Today’s Thought: We have a lot of fancy new titles for jobs as outlined in today’s edition of BizBash and I agree we are …