Right now, I am a long-distance facilitator. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, I only facilitate meetings with people who are not in the same room. Often, they are thousands of miles away. And, like Colin Smith, the protagonist (played by Tom […]
Three stories and a presentation about “How to trust your gut”. 1 • My gut meets Seth Andrew Last week, I was about to begin an online presentation on “How to trust your gut” when a national story broke. Major […]
Attention, meeting planners! Safe meeting venue ventilation for COVID-19 is critical. As we start thinking about returning to in-person events, it’s crucial to check that venues are upgrading their HVAC systems to handle potentially virus-infused air. There has been little […]
We all have different responses to adversity, and none of them are “wrong”. I write this post a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, sparked by the personal experience of an old friend, psychotherapist, and author Nancy Leach. She shared the following: This […]
When’s the right time to solve small problems? The right answer is almost always “as soon as practically possible!” Why? Because small problems often become large problems if we don’t work on them in a timely fashion. Unfortunately, people don’t […]
What makes attending conferences worthwhile? As I described in Conferences That Work, the two most common reasons for attending conferences are to learn useful things and make useful connections. But there are numerous other ways that conferences provide value to stakeholders. […]
The meeting industry old normal is over, and many event professionals are hoping and waiting for a new normal. [See Part 1 of this post for an introduction to this point of view.] What will the meeting industry new normal look […]
Many event professionals are hoping and waiting for a meeting industry new normal. The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated our businesses. We want to believe that, at some point, in-person meetings like the ones we’ve held for decades will return. Yes, […]
Here are my current thoughts about COVID-19, hybrid meetings, and the future. Earlier this year I wrote: Unfortunately, it currently looks like one potential short-term improvement outcome, containment, will not be successful. In the long term, however, the current turmoil caused by […]