Monthly Archives: October 2012

Giving Thanks

Posted on October 31, 2012 by mrussell

Last night, the second annual Convene Forum concluded with a lovely barbecue dinner in Gaylord Opryland’s Crystal Gazebo, under the twinkling lights of the resort’s early Christmas decorations. Which put me in something of a Thanksgiving spirit. I am so … Continue reading →

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‘Culture of Innovation’ at Convene Forum

Posted on October 30, 2012 by sbeauchamp

In a lively, free-wheeling session titled “Minds Wide Open,” presented at the final session of the Convene Forum, author and business performance expert Joe Calloway posed this fill-in-the-blank question to attendees: The biggest obstacle I/we/our organization faces in terms of innovation and … Continue reading →

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Going Long at Convene Forum

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Chris Durso

Here at Convene Forum, I spent the morning interviewing Kelly Peacy, PCMA’s senior vice president of education and meetings, for a session called “Convening Leaders: An Incubator of New Ideas.” It was sort of mind-blowingly meta — interviewing a meeting … Continue reading →

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Marshmallow Dodge Ball, and Other ‘Playspace’ Possibilities

Posted on October 29, 2012 by sbeauchamp

This morning at the 2012 Convene Forum — held Oct. 28-31 at the Gaylord Opryland in Nashville, Tenn. — Pamela Meyer, Ph.D., author and director of the Center to Advance Education for Adults at DePaul University, invited attendees to go … Continue reading →

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‘I’ll Be Your Visionary, and You Do the Things I Come Up With’

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Chris Durso

I thought TEDTalks had really arrived when, this past spring, the movie “Prometheus” used a fictional TEDTalk from the year 2023 as part of its viral marketing campaign. But does it get any bigger than having The Onion riff on you? … Continue reading →

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Voices Carry: Understanding and Expanding Your Audience

Posted on October 9, 2012 by sbeauchamp

In the October issue of Convene, I wrote about Our Voices on the Air: Reaching New Audiences Through Indigenous Radio, an inaugural conference — held from July 31 to Aug. 2 at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. — dedicated to preserving and revitalizing … Continue reading →

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Making Magic with Dancing Matt

Posted on October 2, 2012 by bpalmer

Magic can happen when people get together. Especially when people put their hearts into it and don’t mind looking goofy. That was one takeaway when a presenter played this video of Matt Harding dancing  at an Access Academy session held last … Continue reading →

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