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Thurs. May 14, 2026: A Balanced Workday
image courtesy of Pexels via Pixabay.comThursday, May 14, 2026
Day Before Dark Moon
Pluto Retrograde
Rainy and cool
You can read the latest on the garden on Gratitude and Growth. I actually have a decent-sized post up this week!
Yesterday morning, I worked my way through the draft of BETTING MAN, adding in the layers and the red herrings I needed in order to move forward. One wouldn’t think that could take all morning, but it did. Those fourteen chapters hold together better than I thought, which is a relief, and now there’s enough foundation to move forward.
The tension builds better now around the attacks that have happened since before the book opens. The first death is at the beginning of Chapter Five – again, farther in than I usually like to put it, but that’s where it needs to be for this book. I’m about to drop another body when I move forward, and then two more in pretty rapid succession after that. There’s enough detail and differentiation in the thoroughbred racing scenes and the polo match scenes to give readers a sense of each without being overly expositional (I hope).
The Nina books are more category length than standard length – usually between 60-70K.
I did the day’s marketing. I wrote the blurb for BETTING MAN and created the page for the book on the Nina Bell website. I haven’t put the cover art up yet. I’ll do that when the edited version of the book goes through production. I did a bit of housework, in case the friend I’m taking to Lenox today comes up to the apartment. It’s not ready for a photo shoot, but I will vacuum and do a little more tidying up this morning, and it will be what it is, in transition between winter and spring.
I did a nice chunk of work on the ghostwriting, although I don’t have a deadline for this assignment yet. I’m waiting on notes from the assignment I turned in Tuesday last week.
It was a solid, balanced workday, which gave me a sense of satisfaction. I got the scripts for Monday night’s session with Athena, and will probably read them over the weekend.
I’m pondering an LOI to a local organization doing a restructuring. I may work on that a bit tomorrow and next week, and then see if it’s worth sending.
I dropped off/picked up books at the library, ran into Big Y for a big batch of cilantro that I need for today’s crockpot meal, and then picked up my CSA box at Savvy Hive. It was raining, so I did all the errands by car instead of on foot. There were too many books to lug around on foot anyway, and I wanted to get those errands out of the way yesterday to free up some time today.
I’m skipping online meditation this morning, because I want to get my errands out of the way and get some work done before my friend and I head down to Lenox for the Clark Art Institute’s event down at Shakespeare & Co.
I hope the rain lets up while we drive there and back. Driving through Pittsfield is always a nightmare because the drivers are so careless. Driving through Pittsfield in bad weather is even worse. But it will work out. If I need to drive like the little old lady from Pasadena, that’s what I will do.
I will miss the library meeting and the library cohort meeting tonight, but that’s the way it goes sometimes. I’ve been there quite steadily, so missing a meeting here and there isn’t a tragedy for any of us. I always let them know ahead of time.
I hope you have a lovely Thursday!
#books #CSA #freelance #meetings #Plans #weather #writing -
How can you live blog a public conference session without going crazy? By crowdsourcing your event recording!
#LiveBlogging #tip #crowdsourcing #meetings #events #eventprofs
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It's not hard to give the gift of listening. Doing so can reap rich dividends for the success of your meetings.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/uncategorized/2010/01/the-gift-of-listening
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It's not hard to give the gift of listening. Doing so can reap rich dividends for the success of your meetings.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/uncategorized/2010/01/the-gift-of-listening
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It's not hard to give the gift of listening. Doing so can reap rich dividends for the success of your meetings.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/uncategorized/2010/01/the-gift-of-listening
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It's not hard to give the gift of listening. Doing so can reap rich dividends for the success of your meetings.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/uncategorized/2010/01/the-gift-of-listening
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It's not hard to give the gift of listening. Doing so can reap rich dividends for the success of your meetings.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/uncategorized/2010/01/the-gift-of-listening
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Here's a powerful way to use visualization techniques to help meeting design clients figure out what they really want and need
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2018/07/help-meeting-design-clients
#meetings #EventDesign #ClientWork #visualization #drawing #eventprofs
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The most important reason people go to conferences is to usefully connect with others around relevant content. Here are five reasons to change conferences.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2018/12/five-reasons-change-conferences
#meetings #EventDesign #article #NSASpeaker #magazine #ReasonsToChangeConferences #eventprofs
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The meeting industry's biggest dirty secret is so embarrassing, we don't even talk about it in private.
#meetings #EventDesign #secrets #evaluation #EventOutcomes #NPS #ROI #eventprofs
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Design events with an overall structure in mind — and where you and the participants are open to the unexpected
#meetings #EventDesign #impromptu #serendipity #bagpipes #events #eventprofs
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Bandwidth that's sufficient for basic tasks like checking email should be available for free at every event. That's my Event Wi-Fi manifesto.
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Bandwidth that's sufficient for basic tasks like checking email should be available for free at every event. That's my Event Wi-Fi manifesto.
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Bandwidth that's sufficient for basic tasks like checking email should be available for free at every event. That's my Event Wi-Fi manifesto.
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Bandwidth that's sufficient for basic tasks like checking email should be available for free at every event. That's my Event Wi-Fi manifesto.
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Bandwidth that's sufficient for basic tasks like checking email should be available for free at every event. That's my Event Wi-Fi manifesto.
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My Powerful Panels interview with meeting panel doyen Kristin Arnold. We talk about various panel formats and how they make meetings better
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2021/06/powerful-panels-interview
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Is Conferences That Work the right choice for every meeting? No! Here are five reasons not to use a Conferences That Work meeting design.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2016/09/five-reasons
#meetings #MeetingDesign #ConferencesThatWork #unconference #eventprofs
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The Future Of Conferences Is Unconferences. That's the published conclusion of social and computer scholars in a 2023 #ACM paper.
#meetings #EventDesign #unconference #PeerConference #events #eventprofs
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Parks and Rec plans to remove shade trees, add new playground at Sunset Park https://www.allforgardening.com/1754898/parks-and-rec-plans-to-remove-shade-trees-add-new-playground-at-sunset-park/ #bos #frontpage #FrontpageMain #garden #gardening #gov #Meetings #SunsetPark
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Free report! Convenings 2.0: Connecting adult learning, communication strategies, and event logistics to build stronger relationships.
#meetings #MeetingDesign #report #learning #communication #logistics #relationships #standards #eventprofs #assnchat
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If your event had a mouth what would it say? How to use powerful visualization techniques to uncover client meeting objectives.
#meetings #EventDesign #visualization #MeetingObjectives #eventprofs
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Small is Beautiful: Conferences As If People Mattered
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"It was rare, I was there, I remember it all too well." Hearing Taylor Swift's lament evokes my own grief about the loss of meeting in person.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/meeting-industry/2021/11/i-remember-it-all-too-well
#meetings #InPerson #loss #grief #pain #memory #TaylorSwift #eventprofs #assnchat
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"It was rare, I was there, I remember it all too well." Hearing Taylor Swift's lament evokes my own grief about the loss of meeting in person.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/meeting-industry/2021/11/i-remember-it-all-too-well
#meetings #InPerson #loss #grief #pain #memory #TaylorSwift #eventprofs #assnchat
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"It was rare, I was there, I remember it all too well." Hearing Taylor Swift's lament evokes my own grief about the loss of meeting in person.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/meeting-industry/2021/11/i-remember-it-all-too-well
#meetings #InPerson #loss #grief #pain #memory #TaylorSwift #eventprofs #assnchat
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Give up the myth of control exercised at traditional conferences. Instead, give attendees the freedom to make the event their own.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2010/10/the-myth-of-control
#meetings #EventDesign #control #myth #freedom #events #eventprofs
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Give up the myth of control exercised at traditional conferences. Instead, give attendees the freedom to make the event their own.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2010/10/the-myth-of-control
#meetings #EventDesign #control #myth #freedom #events #eventprofs
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Give up the myth of control exercised at traditional conferences. Instead, give attendees the freedom to make the event their own.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2010/10/the-myth-of-control
#meetings #EventDesign #control #myth #freedom #events #eventprofs
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Give up the myth of control exercised at traditional conferences. Instead, give attendees the freedom to make the event their own.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2010/10/the-myth-of-control
#meetings #EventDesign #control #myth #freedom #events #eventprofs
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Give up the myth of control exercised at traditional conferences. Instead, give attendees the freedom to make the event their own.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2010/10/the-myth-of-control
#meetings #EventDesign #control #myth #freedom #events #eventprofs
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If meetings don't deliver, change format.
Example:
Unlike COPs, the purpose was to "debate practical ways to move away from coal, oil and gas".
The representatives described the conference as a “safe space for discussion”. Said a rep: “That kind of space I haven’t seen in my 10-year history with the UNFCCC.”The representatives have walked away with plans for three workstreams:
a. to develop national “roadmaps” to move away from fossil fuels,
b. to design new tools to address fossil-fuel subsidies – with support by the International Institute for Sustainable Development #IISD
c. to connect fossil fuel producers and consumers to address carbon-intensive trade – with support by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development #OECDMore:
https://www.carbonbrief.org/santa-marta-key-outcomes-from-first-summit-on-transitioning-away-from-fossil-fuels/
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/68dc91a7e566d74a91e8e22d/t/69f2979327f294060a2cb53d/1777506195819/TAFF+Conference_Co-host+Takeaways_DEF.pdf
https://transitionawayconference.com/methodoloy#safeSpace #safety #personalSafety #climate #TAFF #meetings #methodology #facilitation #safeSpaces
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Want to discover the experts at your conference? Peer conferences allow participants to discover the experts in the audience.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/learning/2013/11/drive-by-experts-at-your-conference
#meetings #EventDesign #experts #PeerConference #unconference #events #eventprofs
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Want to discover the experts at your conference? Peer conferences allow participants to discover the experts in the audience.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/learning/2013/11/drive-by-experts-at-your-conference
#meetings #EventDesign #experts #PeerConference #unconference #events #eventprofs
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Want to discover the experts at your conference? Peer conferences allow participants to discover the experts in the audience.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/learning/2013/11/drive-by-experts-at-your-conference
#meetings #EventDesign #experts #PeerConference #unconference #events #eventprofs
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Want to discover the experts at your conference? Peer conferences allow participants to discover the experts in the audience.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/learning/2013/11/drive-by-experts-at-your-conference
#meetings #EventDesign #experts #PeerConference #unconference #events #eventprofs
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Want to discover the experts at your conference? Peer conferences allow participants to discover the experts in the audience.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/learning/2013/11/drive-by-experts-at-your-conference
#meetings #EventDesign #experts #PeerConference #unconference #events #eventprofs
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Five lessons event planners can learn from the iPad launch. Here's why Apple sold 300,000 iPads on the first day of the iPad launch.
#meetings #marketing #SethGodin #iPadLaunch #success #eventprofs
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Five lessons event planners can learn from the iPad launch. Here's why Apple sold 300,000 iPads on the first day of the iPad launch.
#meetings #marketing #SethGodin #iPadLaunch #success #eventprofs
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Five lessons event planners can learn from the iPad launch. Here's why Apple sold 300,000 iPads on the first day of the iPad launch.
#meetings #marketing #SethGodin #iPadLaunch #success #eventprofs
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Five lessons event planners can learn from the iPad launch. Here's why Apple sold 300,000 iPads on the first day of the iPad launch.
#meetings #marketing #SethGodin #iPadLaunch #success #eventprofs
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Five lessons event planners can learn from the iPad launch. Here's why Apple sold 300,000 iPads on the first day of the iPad launch.
#meetings #marketing #SethGodin #iPadLaunch #success #eventprofs
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With over 3,300 members in Latin America, and 1,900+ in Brazil alone, #community conversations in São Paulo are shaping how we improve support and services. More in the blog: https://doi.org/10.64000/9mvqq-31278
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Tired of meetings that don't end on time? Who isn't? Here's how to greatly improve the likelihood you'll stay on time at online meetings.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2021/12/stay-on-time-2
#meetings #facilitation #EndingOnTime #solutions #MeetingDesign #SettingExpectations #agendas #eventprofs #assnchat
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The "conference curator" is a myth. Instead, allow participants to do amazing and generous work by using appropriate participation tools.
#meetings #EventDesign #curation #ConferenceCurator #myth #participation #tools #events #eventprofs
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The "conference curator" is a myth. Instead, allow participants to do amazing and generous work by using appropriate participation tools.
#meetings #EventDesign #curation #ConferenceCurator #myth #participation #tools #events #eventprofs
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The "conference curator" is a myth. Instead, allow participants to do amazing and generous work by using appropriate participation tools.
#meetings #EventDesign #curation #ConferenceCurator #myth #participation #tools #events #eventprofs
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The "conference curator" is a myth. Instead, allow participants to do amazing and generous work by using appropriate participation tools.
#meetings #EventDesign #curation #ConferenceCurator #myth #participation #tools #events #eventprofs
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The "conference curator" is a myth. Instead, allow participants to do amazing and generous work by using appropriate participation tools.
#meetings #EventDesign #curation #ConferenceCurator #myth #participation #tools #events #eventprofs
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The most popular of the in-person sessions I design and facilitate is The Solution Room. Here's how to run The Solution Room online.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2020/11/run-solution-room-online
#meetings #EventDesign #TheSolutionRoom #HowTo #online #plenary #eventprofs