Imagine you get asked to run a workshop. How would you tackle it? Perhaps you’re feeling really confident in your abilities, or you believe the group will instinctively be able to get where they need to go. You can just show up with a loose agenda and a few slides….
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The new alumni
Alumni: a graduate or former student of a specific school, college, or university. For a very long time I didn’t understand what this word meant. When I was at university I heard it mentioned in passing, and then after I finished [1] it kept cropping up on various marketing propaganda…
“What do you mean, ‘a workshop’?”
For centuries the word ‘workshop’ simply referred to a place where goods were manufactured or repaired. To begin with, these workshops were solely singular rooms, but increasingly they became buildings or complexes where many makers would share resources and collaborate. Alongside these workshops, in today’s connected world we now have…
Building the 10 key skills for 2020
We all know the world is changing quickly, and that we all need to build and develop new skills to stay relevant and on top of what’s coming around the corner. The World Economic Forum earmarked the following 10 skills as the most valuable ones to have in 2020: Judgment…
Why the future of learning is in the middle
Become a workshop creator and magical things can happen The view was spectacular and the light poured in. In a top-floor conference room located in one of Manhattan’s most noteworthy skyscrapers, it was time to close the door, ignore the rest of the world, lean up against the window, and…
Talking to Humans: No intro, no get-go
The value of the introduction when you’re running workshops, leading a class, or doing most types of speaking to an audience Skip your introduction and something happens. At least some of your audience will sense something’s out of kilter. Perhaps you have a name tag, or said hello to some…
The Circuit
The challenges — and the importance — of being out on the road, in the middle, on the circuit as a creative professional When I was a talent agent, something I didn’t do as much as I should have was developing a deeper understanding and empathy for the experiences of my clients. They all…
The Rise of the Residency
A few years ago, the London nightclub XOYO announced a change to their program – shifting from rotating guests each week to a program of residencies – the same DJ playing every week for a 3 month period, alongside a guest or two in support. The announcement proclaimed the importance…
The one presentation slide to keep you on the edge of your seat
This morning I popped over to the John L. Tishman Auditorium at The New School on New York’s 5th Avenue. It was another edition of the immensely popular Creative Mornings lecture series, and this month’s guest speaker was the founder of Charity:Water, Scott Harrison. First was a slice of delicious…
The 2 most important slides for your workshop
They’re obvious, but often missed. They’re not glamorous, entertaining, jaw-dropping, or photogenic. But they make a lasting impact, and will only take up about a minute each. The top and the tail. The beginning and the end. These aren’t hard pieces to implement but it’s amazing how often they get…