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 […]
When things don’t go according to plan at your events, the improv and gratitude practice of “waking up to the gifts” can transform your response.
I’m about to share three powerful creative event design tools. You can use these tools for every aspect of event design. Stylists working on the look and feel of an event often use it to stimulate fresh thinking about the […]
All the ways that the Apple Watch Series 3 improves my life.
Honored to be included on MeetingsNet’s annual Changemaker list, which “recognizes 20 outstanding meetings professionals for their efforts to move their organizations and the industry forward in unique and positive ways”. Here’s the description of my “quest to topple outdated models, including the one based on the idea that ‘content is king’.”
Can interpersonal dynamics vary significantly at events where attendees never say a word to each another? Surprisingly, the answer is yes!
Are you a board member or staff of an association or non-profit? Quick test: How many of your organization’s strategic goals can you recall right now (no cheating)? Adrian shares three ways association stakeholders can internalize strategic goals, improving our ability to achieve them.
A story about Adrian’s stay at a remote ranch in northern New Mexico that dramatically illustrates how experiential learning is the most powerful kind of learning…
Here are some improv and mindfulness lessons from a five-day improv and mindfulness workshop I attended in Maine in 2016. You had to be there. In this case, “there” was a wonderful five-day improv and mindfulness workshop Mindful Play, Playful […]
It’s time for my morning walk in Anguilla. I’ve written about it before. Out of bed, a little sleepy, I throw on swim trunks, shirt, socks, and shoes, perch my white Tilly on my head, and I’m off before the […]