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Meetings are now your culture carriers

It’s easy to get frustrated with hybrid meetings. And they’re increasingly important. When people can work from anywhere, and some are in the office, and many are remote, the primary way we now experience each other is through meetings. It's time to get good at them.

 

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Why the More is Not Always the Merrier
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Why the More is Not Always the Merrier

Generous exclusion is the intentional drawing of a temporary line for the good of the guests and to help activate and fulfill a gathering's purpose. By closing the door, you create the room. Here are five reasons why.

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5 Ways to Reinvent Traditions
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5 Ways to Reinvent Traditions

I’ve been thinking a lot about weddings lately and wanted to share with you five questions to help figure out which traditions to copy-paste, which to edit, and which to cut altogether.

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Phones and Gatherings
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Phones and Gatherings

Here are five questions to cultivate a more intentional relationship to technology at every gathering:

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The Magic of a Good Opening
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The Magic of a Good Opening

Artful gatherers know: the first five minutes of a gathering — the opening — are an opportunity to shape the rest of the experience.

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Become a Force for Better Gatherings
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Become a Force for Better Gatherings

This month, I want to focus on how to start actually shifting the gathering culture of your communities, whether at work or with family and friends.

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My Top 3 Gathering Lessons from 2022
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My Top 3 Gathering Lessons from 2022

I wish you and yours a little respite (hopefully) as we turn collectively inwards. But before I sign off for the year, I wanted to leave you with my top three gathering lessons from 2022. 

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The Art of Guesting During Festive Season
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The Art of Guesting During Festive Season

As we enter the rest of the holiday season, to help you navigate it all, I want to invite you to practice what I call intentional guesting. What is Intentional Guesting, you ask? It’s the act of choosing whether, why and how one attends a gathering.

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