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August 22, 2005
Conversational "book ends"
X-Blogger Mary Ghikas of the American Library Association "book ends" her Annual Meeting experience with conversation-focused learning.
Beginning and ending with conversations
The Sunday morning of the Annual Meeting began -- truly, 7:00am -- with an Executive Insights (aka the EMS Book Club) conversation facilitated by Diane James. The conversation -- sparked by Sidney Finkelstein's book "Why Smart Executives Fail (and What You Can Learn From Their Mistakes)" -- proved to be wide-ranging and provocative, as participants shared personal insights and stories.
For my last formal learning session at this Annual Meeting, I chose a participative, interactive session on The Cafe Model: Engaging Associations in Meaningful Dialogue, led by Janet G. McCallen. Engage we did -- in round robin discussions at paper-covered cafe tables, complete with crayons. The discussions centered on trust in associations -- getting it, keeping it -- but the process --intense, focused and very involving -- was the real "topic" of the session.
Posted by X-Blog Contributor at August 22, 2005 01:44 PM
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