How The Art of Gathering Changed the Way I Host
If you’ve ever wondered, “can I apply my design or facilitation skills to my spouse’s graduation party?” Priya Parker’s The Art of Gathering will help you confidently say, YES!
Transformative gatherings can happen anywhere – this book is not just about dinner parties. Whether learning is the primary goal or not, The Art of Gathering shares bold strategies for making any get-together – from a routine meeting to a funeral – into a space for meaningful connection.
Getting to Know You: Safety in a Learning Event
ake a moment to think about a time when you attended a workshop and entered a room full of unfamiliar faces. What feelings did you experience? Anticipation, fear, maybe excitement. Rogers and Hammerstein’s famous song lyrics come to mind “Getting to know you, getting to feel free and easy. When I am with you, getting to know what to say.”
A Church Responds to a Request from Pope Francis
The Situation St. Vincent de Paul Church has been a Baltimore institution since 1841 and is the oldest Roman Catholic parish in Baltimore to operate continuously in its original church structure. Rooted in Christ, it is committed to being a radically inclusive...
Dear Professors: We Have a Few Requests
As students, we do our best to learn and know that you as professors, do your best to teach. However, things need to change. Here are a few requests that will help students learn more easily and more deeply. Thanks for caring enough to read these nine tips!
Renovating an Entrepreneurial Readiness Program
El Pájaro Community Development Corporation (EPCDC) is a Community Development Financial Institution and a trusted resource in the Central California community. Their mission is to promote equal access to economic opportunity and transform people’s lives through entrepreneurship.
Ensuring Partner Ownership in a Long-standing Successful Early Childhood Development Program
The Situation Moments That Matter® (MTM) is an integrated early childhood development program partnership of Episcopal Relief & Development and its implementing partner organizations. MTM is based on the Nurturing Care Framework, taking an integrated approach to...
Room for Magic: A New Zealand Model
In a recent blog Making Room for Magic, author Annie O’Shaughnessy says that the key to “making room for magic” is to create learning conditions where participants make their own magic. When this magic happens, she explains, participants find personal and powerful connections with the learning: they become agents in their own learning; they are deeply engaged.
Join us in Welcoming Two New Members to the GLP Core Consulting Team
We're genuinely excited to introduce our dedicated, learning-centered educators: Rebecca Miller and Juliane Tomlin! Each adds a unique element to GLP's mission. We are inspired by the idea that, together, we are revolutionizing learning and transforming the world....
Listen with Purpose: Try Framing Questions
Have you ever gotten the sense that people are distracted or multi-tasking when asked to read or listen to content, no matter how fascinating that content is? Have you ever struggled to keep people on task when discussing something they’ve heard or read?
Welcome to a tool called framing questions! Framing questions are presented to learners to help focus their attention and listen with purpose.
Congratulations to the Newest Members of our Certified Network!
CERTIFIED DIALOGUE EDUCATION PRACTITIONERS This designation honors hard work and a commitment to high quality learning design and facilitation. It recognizes that the recipients have demonstrated skills in the principles and practices of Dialogue Education and apply...
Conflict: How to Facilitate with Integrity and Ensure Safety
If you facilitate events, training or meetings, chances are you have had to navigate conflict or tough conversations. These are normal and unavoidable. And, they are not easy.
So, how do know when to shut them down and when to invite them in? How do we know how to ensure enough safety and respect for all present?
Performance Reviews Re-Imagined
A New On-Demand Training! Don’t dread it – change it! Performance reviews can help shift the narrative towards positive change to advance both individual and organizational development. Whether you have conducted performance reviews for years or this is a new...