Notes After Three Workshops On Genius
I have now led three Workshops On Genius And Purpose in the current workshop series; in Kansas City, Nashville, and Mountain View, California.
* In Mountain View last week I had a Google Map showing how to get from my hotel to the building in which the workshop was to be held. The directions on the map were wrong! I did find the building, but only after a lucky guess. Here is the kicker in the story: the entire bottom floor of the sprawling two-story building is occupied by Google. I amused myself for a few moments wondering if Google is doing something there that they don’t want anyone to find.
* I do a post-workshop evaluation for the National Board of Certified Counselors, who offer credit for the workshops. My benchmark question on the evaluations is, “Would you recommend this workshop to others?” 97% of those who have responded said, “Yes.” I am not someone who aims to be all things to all people, but I’ll take 97% anytime.
* I learned a terrific life lesson in the Nashville airport, but I’m not going to reveal it just yet. For that you will have to wait for the launch of my new blog. It will offer personal growth for people who write. My expected launch date for the blog is April 1, and I’ll announce and provide a link here. I’m not letting go of this blog, but plan to be bi-bloggal (I think I just made up a new word).
* After more than twenty years of doing this work on genius, I continue to be amazed at how potent the methodology can be. Comments from participants are peppered with words and terms like new paradigm, life changing, greater clarity, cool, inspiring, appreciating myself, empowering, practical, and great.
* There are four more workshops coming up in Minneapolis, Baltimore, Austin, and Boston. The schedule is here.
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March 19th, 2007 at 12:55 pm
I don’t think they want us to know about their algorithm. (insert evil grin here
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Bi-bloggal, it could end up in Webster’s one day, along with multi-bloggal.
March 20th, 2007 at 9:52 am
bi-bloggal
multi-bloggal
inter-bloggal
intra-bloggal
mini-bloggal
maxi-bloggal
No! I am not gonna do this!
September 18th, 2007 at 8:07 am
I’d love to hear how you ensure (as much as possible) participants get lasting change from your workshops. I’ve put together a one-day workshop on personal productivity, and I continue to adopt ideas to get it to “stick.” The format is necessarily limited. I offer free follow-up calls and emails, but so far very few people take advantage of them. I’ve heard from others that this is not atypical.
Also, I’d like to see more about your workshops on the web page you mention, esp. topics covered and duration.
September 20th, 2007 at 2:15 pm
Matthew — I don’t take responsibility for what people do with my material after the workshop. I have offered coaching (fee based), an on-line forum (free), and other opportunities, with good to mixed results. I do insist that all participants walk out of the workshop with a copy of the book so that they can continue the work. I feel particularly pleased when a group of people decide to meet on their own after a workshop, which does happen from time-to-time.
I see my responsibility as imparting my material as best as I can, and I leave the rest to those who come to hear it. In other words, I pay lots of attention to the things I can control, and very little or no attention to the things I can’t.