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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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Three things I’ve learned in 2023
As we wind down 2023, I wanted to take a moment to close out the year together. (Because, just as an artful gatherer spends time opening their gathering, they also take time to close it.)
Gathering in Tender Times
This season, especially in the midst of so much loss and grief in the world, I invite you to ask yourself how you might gather in ways that are nourishing for you and the people around you.
Meaning As Medicine
As we enter a season of end-of-year festivities, I invite you to reflect on the gatherings that have nourished you, and which you feel grateful to have attended. Why do we experience some gatherings as a balm, whereas others feel procedural?
3 Mistakes We Make When We Gather
As we enter fall, I wanted to share with you the three most common mistakes we keep making when we gather (myself included). And what to try instead.
And the Summer’s Gathering MVPs Are….
What do Taylor Swift, Greta Gerwig and Beyoncé have in common besides creating culture-defining work that has given the entire economy a post-pandemic boost? I’ll give you one guess
5 Ways to Bring Family Together this Summer
So often, when we get together for family reunions or barbecues or milestone birthdays, there's a lot of joy and milling around and chit chat, but it doesn’t always turn into something more.
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.
The Art of Guesting
Guests have extraordinary power in shaping a gathering. Read about five ways to practice the art of gathering as a guest at any occasion.
How a Simple Move Changed a Birthday Party
Why do some activities take off and others fall flat? Read more on how small, simple changes can transform a whole night.
Math and Poetry: The Importance of Just the Right Amount of Structure...And No More.
How can you fill the time at your next gathering? The answer lies in "the Math and the Poetry" — the dashes of structure and form you bake into a gathering to facilitate connection. Read more on how one couple nailed the Math and Poetry at their wedding, and how you can start to think about this too.
What is an Artful Gatherer?
An artful gatherer is someone who is able to create meaning and connection with and for their people, one gathering at a time. And, it's something anyone can learn to do with the right set of skills. Read more on the first simple step to becoming an artful gatherer.
One Effective Shift to Ease Your Hosting Anxiety
Hosting can be a daunting task. This is your permission to share the role. Read more on how to playfully include your guests in the role of sub-hosts to lighten the hosting responsibilities and create a collective and connective group experience.
A Time of Reinvention: When Traditions No Longer Serve Us
The art of modern gathering is the recognition that so many of the rituals we have inherited no longer serve the reality in front of us. Read more about how one couple beautifully reinvented their post-pandemic wedding experience.
Meeting the In-Laws: Designing an Out-of-the-Box Virtual Evening
Fostering new connections in a pandemic is a tricky dance. Read more on how one couple intentionally designed for new connection in a virtual meeting of the in-laws ahead of their wedding day.
Gatherings Are Reflections of Our Values and Beliefs
In this episode of Together Apart, we are reimagining baby showers. Read more on why this inherited ritual is in desperate need of interruption.
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