Religious meetings are a small, fascinating subset of the meeting industry. I learned about them when I presented at The Religious Conference Management Association annual conference in 2014, and I’ve written about what meeting designers can learn from religious services. […]
After a four-year gap due to the COVID pandemic, we eagerly returned to Anguilla for a two-week vacation. We love this tiny Caribbean island and have taken a welcome break from Vermont winter for fifteen years. I have written many […]
49 years ago I met Celia at the wedding of mutual friends in the heart of the English New Forest. I moved in with her ten days later and we’ve been together ever since. We married in 1977… …and moved […]
Unlearning is crucial for change, both personal and organizational. Here are two examples of unlearning from the Apple ecosystem: one successful, and one not. #1 The Apple Watch Workouts app In 2017, I purchased an Apple Watch. It has improved […]
For three months now, I’ve meditated for twenty minutes every day. Personally, this is a big deal, as I’ve struggled to maintain a regular meditation practice for decades. I’ve resolved countless times to meditate daily, and fallen off the mindfulness […]
Three ways to minimize embarrassment when meeting people you might have met before.
The people of the world could learn some good lessons in how to live their lives from the people of the tiny island of Anguilla.
Two years have passed since the last update of my great Apple apps for event professionals. Apps continue to be born, evolve, and, sometimes, die—so it’s time for my latest list of event professionals’ great apps!
What can meeting designers learn from religious services? On my daily vacation walk to Island Harbour, I hear singing. As I turn the corner onto Rose Hill Road, the sound swells. It’s 7:30 a.m., but the morning service at St. […]
Can we learn from what doesn’t change? Yes. Daddy’s First Son’s dogs made me do it. Every day of my annual visits to Anguilla, right after waking up, I’ve taken a 25-minute walk (red line below). I’ve written about the importance of my morning route. […]