How To Start A Conversation In A Group, Virtually And In-Person
Starting a conversation with someone you don’t know can easily become awkward. So, how do you avoid this dilemma? Watch this video to learn a few ways on how to start a conversation in a group virtually and in-person! In case you don’t have time for the full video, below are some key moments you […]
How To Personalize Learning With Connection
Are you interested in knowing how to personalize learning with connection? In this video, I’ll show you how to do exactly that by showing you highlights from one of my live keynotes! In case you don’t have time for the full video, below are some key moments you can jump to: Key Moments in this […]
Why Is Active Listening Important In Relationships
Would you say you’re a great listener? Listening is often an overlooked skill, but it’s actually a really important one to have. In this video, I’ll share with you why active listening is important in relationships. In case you don’t have time for the full video, below are some key moments you can jump to: […]
How Can Active Participation In Meetings Be Encouraged
How Can Active Participation In Meetings Be Encouraged? This is one of the most valuable things I share with all of my clients, who are some of the top leaders and educators on the planet. A big chunk of my job is helping those leaders and educators make connection and engagement easy—both online and off. […]
What Is The Connection Between Synopsis And A Story?
When you shift a synopsis to a story some really cool things happen. In this video, we’re gonna unpack what is the connection between a synopsis and a story and I’m gonna share some really practical tools and ideas to help you in a conversational context switch from speaking in synopses and summaries and speaking more in stories because stories activate people’s […]
Why Is Psychological Safety Important In An Organization? (4 Building Blocks)
I love this concept that Google and Harvard, Amy Edmondson and Harvard and the team at rework at Google, paired up to do a whole bunch of research to try to figure out what makes teams tick. They found that the number 1 characteristic of high performing teams at Google was the degree of psychological safety […]
How To Build Emotional Connection In A Relationship
This is the 105th video tutorial that I’ve recorded and I think my dad actually used to say, still says, this phrase, “Truth is truth.” I’m sure that somebody else has said it too because truth is truth, right. Whether you believe something or not about something like… with some things, there is just a […]
How Does Technology Make Learning Fun
How Does Technology Make Learning Fun? Improve Engagement While Minimizing Distraction With Backup Plan Several years ago, I was at a conference on teaching and learning with technology where one of the keynote speakers went by the nickname of the “App-ologist.” For her keynote, she had three giant foldout tables with every type of electronic […]
How To Go From Small Talk To Deep Conversation
Through my work I’ve gotten to facilitate thousands of conversations with hundreds of thousands of people about all sorts of topics. In that work, I’ve learned a couple really key lessons that have helped me create more conversations that matter. In this blog, I’m going to unpack and start with sharing a story about Amanda, student in […]
What Is Psychological Safety In The Workplace
What is psychological safety in the workplace? If you follow this channel at all which is designed specifically for leaders and educators to help create and make connection easy online and off, you’ve heard me talk about this idea of psychological safety a lot. In part because it was Google’s number 1 finding, or the […]
