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Threading a Theme Throughout
Posted on June 20, 2019 by Carolyn in Creativity, Facilitation, Meeting Design.One of the challenges I love when working with clients is how to help them weave a cohesive theme throughout their meeting. For a recent Board of Directors retreat, my client wanted to focus on bringing a new team together while accomplishing required agenda items. When discussing a group activity, the venue offered up tickets […]
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Know Like Trust
Posted on June 19, 2019 by Carolyn in Better Communication, Networking.Know. Like. Trust. I’ve heard those words frequently in recent meetings. Last week at a networking session, the speaker talked about the importance of those words and how they relate to networking. The next day during a webinar about selling skills, those words came up again. I too have often used them in presentations when […]
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Lessons Learned as a First Time Adjunct
Posted on February 19, 2019 by Carolyn in Career.I had the good fortune last fall to fulfill one of my career goals – to teach at a college or university. It’s been on my list for a while – I started with some guest lecturing and was thrilled to teach my first course last fall. It was exciting (and a lot of work!). […]
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What do I do with downtime?
Posted on February 11, 2019 by Carolyn in Productivity.Entrepreneurs are driven people – Type As if you will. Those of us who work for ourselves (and work from a home office) are a special breed. We can be crazy busy trying to figure out when we can come up for air and then boom – some downtime comes. Downtime is good, but when […]
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Meetings – Trick or Treat?
Posted on October 30, 2018 by Carolyn in Teamwork.Meetings are rarely smooth sailing. You plan, you anticipate, you prepare and more often than not, something will not go exactly as planned. It might not be a major problem such as a natural disaster, or an oversold hotel, but if you have thought things through and have a supportive team, you will overcome the […]
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Meeting Professionals – Really Magicians!
Posted on July 12, 2018 by Carolyn in Meeting Design.Most people in my profession cringe when asked: “what do you do?” Why? Because the ‘easy’ answer, “I’m a meeting planner” gets the response – “oh, a party planner, what fun!” The more complicated answer “I’m an experience curator” or “I’m a connection facilitator” or “I’m an event professional” get blank stares. How to best […]
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Incorporating You into Your Brand
Posted on June 7, 2018 by Carolyn in Creativity.Are you a brand fan? How can you incorporate those elements into your own business to help you stand out from the pack? I have always had a fascination with Disney – its characters, films and theme parks. The way they seem to intrinsically understand their customer and their ability to create a sense of […]
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Why the Heck Am I Here (at this meeting)?
Posted on February 23, 2018 by Carolyn in Better Communication, Meeting Design.Have you ever attended a meeting/workshop that sounded great and yet when the speakers started talking you wondered why you were there? Well, that was me recently – I had signed up for a seminar about the new tax code and it was marketed to “small business, entrepreneurs and enterprises …” As a small business […]
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Add the Unexpected to your Awards Program
Posted on January 22, 2018 by Carolyn in Creativity, Meeting Design.When you think of awards ceremonies, what comes to mind? Long speeches, an endless procession of winners, interrupting your meal, same old same old? While most of us don’t have the budget for big splashy productions, we can use our creativity to add some unexpected elements to make it fun! Here are examples from […]
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Striving for Continuous Improvement
Posted on January 5, 2018 by Carolyn in Meeting Design.As meeting planners we always ask our attendees to complete evaluations. We ask them how the content was, how they liked the speakers, the food, the venue. That feedback – that data – is important in a strive for continuous improvement. Using Plus/Delta Charts Equally important is to ask your team to evaluate the meeting. Do you […]
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