Last Saturday, Feb 2nd, 2019, I lead my "Understanding Blame & Shame and how to work through them" workshop for the first time. This was at the "First Event" conference in Marlborough Mass. Although there were other workshops and sessions being held at the same time, 20 people attended mine! They were engaged, responded during the Q & A sections, and gave me some really good suggestions on how to improve my presentation & exercises. And that's exactly what I wanted! Although when I first create something it seems "perfect" just the way I've conceived of it, the fact is, I have finally come to understand that nothing is as it at first seems. I could only approximate what my audience really needed while creating it - I needed them to see it all and only then could we have a conversation about what's really needed. So, I'm very pleased at this outcome, to say the least. Afterward, people contacted me with comments and even one request for a signed copy of my book.
Unfortunately, I forgot to ask anyone to take a photo of me while leading it, so I don't have anything to post here. All I can show you is the setup I had in my living room when I staged a test run of the whole thing, for an audience of ... one person! But he took notes and gave me some feedback, so it was well worth it. I even realized some things myself, that I wanted to change, just while standing there, giving my talk and pretending to lead the exercises.
Unfortunately, I forgot to ask anyone to take a photo of me while leading it, so I don't have anything to post here. All I can show you is the setup I had in my living room when I staged a test run of the whole thing, for an audience of ... one person! But he took notes and gave me some feedback, so it was well worth it. I even realized some things myself, that I wanted to change, just while standing there, giving my talk and pretending to lead the exercises.
| On the left, I had my laptop computer (with the small white dot of light on it) on a tray table. In the center is my video projector (although I didn't have to take it with me because they provided one in the room I was given). The screen is one I picked up somewhere. It's very old (from the days of Kodak slide projectors, back in the 1960s.) but still in great shape. |  |
By the way, the colored light string you see above the screen is always there in my living room, not part of the presentation. I put that on in the evening in order to see where I'm going while walking through the room when I'm not in there to read or watch TV. At only 2 watts, using this kind of light this saves tons of electricity when compared to leaving conventional area lighting (table & floor lamps) on.
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