Listening to the UPS guy
How we serve by listening: Adrian’s UPS guy tells a story…
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How to design for powerful connection and learning at large meetings
Four core requirements for optimum learning and connection at large meetings
Rethinking event formats
We’ve been graduating students the same way for hundreds of years, and it’s time to take a look at how we do it. Seth Godin and Adrian share some ideas, and Adrian reflects on the difficulty and value of critically reevaluating culturally embedded event formats.
It became necessary to destroy the conference to save it
If we continue to try to save conferences by keeping them the way they’ve always been, we’ll continue to destroy them. Here’s what you can do to significantly improve your events.
Don’t waste valuable meeting time having experts presenting to “learners”
Unfortunately, it’s all too easy to waste valuable meeting time. Ask attendees why they go to meetings and their top two responses are to learn and connect. Remember kids that ask a question, and when you answer it they say […]
Shut up and listen — part 2
More reasons to “shut up and listen” and what happens if you don’t — or do.
Charles, Lawrence, David Bowie, and me
My first public gig as a musician was at David Bowie’s Beckenham Arts Lab. From then on, my musical career was downhill all the way. It was 1969. I was a prototype schoolboy nerd who was drawn to making music despite little talent. So, I […]
Three ways to make it easier for attendees to participate
How do we get people to participate in meetings? How can we design for easier attendee participation? We know that participants — people who are active learners — learn more, retain more, and retain more accurately than passive attendees. They are also far more […]
Dear Adrian — How does group size impact process design?
A “Dear Adrian” question on the “Three Questions” process initiates an exploration of how group size affects process design — specifically the tension between intimacy (going deep with a few) and discovery (uncovering the possibilities of the many).
Use pair share to improve conference sessions
In less than three minutes, you can improve almost any conference session with pair share. In this post, you’ll learn why pair share isn’t the same as conversation, three reasons why this simple technique is so effective, and several ways to use pair share effectively.