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You don’t need all the answers — just a place to begin.
You don’t need all the answers—just a place to begin. Sometimes, the best gatherings emerge in response to the world around us, offering connection and action when uncertainty feels overwhelming. Whether it’s a café-turned-fundraiser, a circle of therapists supporting each other, or a dinner to hold space for grief and hope, gathering is a powerful way to move from despair to possibility.
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The Power of a Good Rule
A digital community, like a gathering, is a temporary alternative universe created (and bound) by a set of agreed-upon rules. And it’s often only when those rules are changed do we start to see them, value them, and recognize how much work they were doing to create an experience we valued.
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.
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.
Phones and Gatherings
Here are five questions to cultivate a more intentional relationship to technology at every gathering:
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.
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.
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.
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.
What Stellar Dress Codes Have In Common
If gathering is about the navigation of power and connection in a group for a purpose, there’s no better learning site for us aspiring artful gatherers than dress codes.
The Art of *Hybrid* Gathering
The hybrid meeting – where some guests attend online while others are together in person – is on the rise. Yet it's incredibly clunky. And it doesn't have to be. Read more on practicing the art of hybrid gathering.
Feeling Disconnected From Your Team? Tap into what you know.
Remote and flexible work seem here to stay for many teams. How do you create shared, enlivening experiences for teams and organizations when you don't share physical space? Read more on the joys of knowing your people and how one team used this to create a fun celebration.
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.
How to Fix Your Invitations
An invitation is more than just the who/what/when/where of your gathering. It’s an act of persuasion. Read more on how to elevate your next gathering invitation.
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.
Designing for Connection in the Workplace
Whether teams are in-person, remote, or hybrid, one thing is true in any form: Connection doesn't happen on its own. It must be designed for. Read more on an essential element needed to facilitate connection in the workplace.
A Slice of Simplicity: The Lighter Side of Gathering
Your reason for gathering need not be serious. Sometimes, it's as simple as looking for some friends to share a pie. Read more on the artful gathering skill of identifying a relevant need.
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.
An Equation for Magical Questions
The right question can unlock meaningful conversation and connection in a group. Read more on the equation for magical questions to help you find a good question to jumpstart your next group conversation.
Why the Chat Box is My Secret Weapon
Our digital meetings don't have to be stale and disconnected. Read more on the three ways to turn your virtual audience into a community.
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