Welcome! If you’re here, you’ve discovered a concept I believe to be the ultimate icebreaker and team-building approach: Connection Before Content. Think of this article as your crash course, packed with insights, strategies, and tools to bring intentional connection...
Visual tools are a game-changer in team building. Most people are visual thinkers, whether or not there’s scientific consensus around that fact. What’s undeniable is that imagery and experiential data tend to leave a lasting impression, embedding themselves in...
Here are 6 really awesome, quick energizers for large groups. I’ve facilitated energizers with over 100,000 people. It’s what I get to do for a living, and in this post, I’ll share some really creative energizers that you probably won’t find on the internet anywhere...
Sheryl Sandberg, the former COO of Facebook (now Meta), once walked into a board meeting and said, “Hey, everybody, this meeting is really expensive, let’s get started.” It’s a powerful reminder that time is precious, and meetings should reflect...
This post is going to unpack seven amazing icebreakers that work incredibly well for college students. Whether you’re dealing with first-year students who are nervous, trying to be cool, and feeling a bit uncomfortable, or you’re engaging upperclassmen,...
60 minutes go by, everybody walks out of the room or clicks off Zoom. “That meeting should have been an email.” We want to avoid this at all costs. How do you conduct really effective meetings? I’m going to give you two tools in this video. The first...
Today I’m starting a new series of videos that I’m really excited for you to get to check out. We’re going to take a look at me actually putting some of these concepts and activities I talk about into practice. You’ll be able to watch live as I...
8,300 Years of Experience Today’s video is a little different. Instead of a talking head style, where I sit and talk to you about whatever the topic is, this time I’m going to actually show you how I make larger group gatherings more fun – no one sitting around and...
What the Brain Remembers The brain’s capacity to recall doesn’t necessarily expand over time. Reflecting on our recent experiences, our memory follows a certain curve, which has only a downward trajectory. I call this the Curve of Forgetting—so do learning...
When it comes to enhancing team engagement, you don’t want to rely on activities that might only offer marginal results. In this article, I’ll share three highly effective exercises that have proven to foster genuine engagement. The best part? These...
