After teaching a workshop at an event the other day, I ran into an acquaintance and we got to talking. He brought up something he struggles with and when I responded that I often struggle with the same thing, he seemed astonished. "You?!" he said, "But I thought you were so successful! You always seem to [...]
Face it: Networking Sucks. Everyone hates networking. It's awkward, it's uncomfortable, and it takes a special combination of skills, personality and confidence to do it successfully. So why do we as event organizers keep making them do it? We not only include networking time in almost every large event, we go so far as to trumpet [...]
Last month, I reviewed what is, for my money, one of the best communications resources out there: Crucial Conversations. I promised to share one of my favourite insights from the book in my next post, and here it is. The authors tell us that the first thing to do in any tough conversation is to [...]
It's late December, and although I really love this season, it does add a lot to everyone's plate. We've all got the shorter days, the holiday hubbub, and the onset of truly cold weather to deal with. It's a high risk season for interpersonal relations, as everyone strives for togetherness while simultaneously dealing with a variety [...]
The Power of Listening I once worked at a company with a pretty high wall of mistrust between the office and warehouse staff. But I was one of the few office staff who had a degree of goodwill on both sides of the divide. A big part of the reason for that was a small [...]
This post is part of The Edmonton Do Gooder Project, a series of profiles on Edmonton folks doing good in creative ways. This year’s Do Gooders were identified through a people’s choice-style process as part of The Good 100 Experiment in June of 2013, an event co-hosted by The Savvy Do Gooder and The Local [...]
This post is part of The Edmonton Do Gooder Project, a series of profiles on Edmonton folks doing good in creative ways. This year’s Do Gooders were identified through a people’s choice-style process as part of The Good 100 Experiment in June of 2013, an event co-hosted by The Savvy Do Gooder and The Local [...]
This post is part of The Edmonton Do Gooder Project, a series of profiles on Edmonton folks doing good in creative ways. This year's Do Gooders were identified through a people's choice-style process as part of The Good 100 Experiment in June of 2013, an event co-hosted by The Savvy Do Gooder and The Local [...]
This post is part of The Edmonton Do Gooder Project, a series of profiles on Edmonton folks doing good in creative ways. This year's Do Gooders were identified through a people's choice-style process as part of The Good 100 Experiment in June of 2013, an event co-hosted by The Savvy Do Gooder and The Local [...]
Should he be afraid? In the wake of the Boston marathon bombings, a lot of people asked how anyone can bring children into today's world; a world where such atrocities are possible. The most interesting thing about this line of questioning is that it assumes 2 things. First, that today's world is somehow [...]
