Passive conference programs are past their prime, because we now possess tools to make fundamental meeting change happen
Passive conference programs are past their prime, because we now possess tools to make fundamental meeting change happen
Some models of change are better than others. Here are four change models. Three are simplistic and misleading; one is well worth studying.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/facilitating-change/2020/11/models-of-change
How can we successfully work with others for change and action? Here are three criteria for making working together easier and more productive.
After fretting for several months, I finally asked for help with a problem, with swift and gratifying results!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/facilitating-change/2016/05/asking-for-help
For better event outcomes, how can we maximize the likelihood that attendees will make good resolutions and keep them?
One of the reasons it's so hard to change is because so much of what we "know" is tacit. Conversation and storytelling can help.
Magic? Or same-old, same-old? Your choice.
How can we encourage attendees to take the risk to try something new? By having them do something new together in a safe environment.
Facilitating change: Four lessons, involving communication, size, and culture, from the devolution of the British roundabout
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/facilitating-change/2012/02/british-roundabout
Trapped in a giant trash compactor? When things look hopeless, Han Solo shows you always have a choice in how you look at life's problems.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/facilitating-change/2015/05/you-always-have-a-choice
Can conference organizers get evaluative feedback on the long-term outcomes of their events? Try The Reminder and find out!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2015/11/the-reminder
A useful summary of "directions in making large scale change happen" used by The Horizons Team at National Health Service England
If you want to be successful in the long term, don't confuse your product with your business. Love what you do, not what you create!
Here's a process I've developed and recommend for working with others in small groups to change our lives.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/facilitating-change/2021/12/change-our-lives
There's a crucial phase in Virginia Satir's model of change that people often overlook. Successful change requires integration and practice.
How fear of change makes it hard for us to notice and take action when we reach a fork in the road of our life
Strive to live in your own imagination, not someone else's. Ruha Benjamin speaks about "The New Jim Code?"
An 83-year-old man shares powerful learning from a workshop. I hope I can stay as open to change for the rest of my life.
I sometimes fail to create a desired change in my life. Here are two examples that show how I can achieve success one small step at a time.
A story about the value of knowing where you are via a core ingredient of improv—The Story Spine—linked to a personal introspective question