The weekend meeting at the home of Bob and Linda
Giarla was a smashing success. One of the nicest things
about planning meetings is walking into each other’s
homes, and experiencing the warmth and collaboration
that Northfield involves. Thank you so much to Bob
and Linda for hosting this meeting. Donna introduced us to “flapdoodling”, a concept developed
by Doug Hall in his book Jumpstart Your Brain,
which helped the group expand the meanings in images
introduced by the theme Walking Each Other Home. We
also brainstormed a list of possible conference hour
speakers and ideas for workshops. Ballots were created
on which each Northfielder had the opportunity to express
their preferences regarding potential CH speakers
and workshop ideas. The results of compiling these
preferences will guide Lisa Schermerhorn in developing
our workshops, and Rob and Donna in inviting potential
Conference Hour speakers. We are excited both by the
lists that the group generated and by the level of enthusiasm
we are feeling from the group. “Walking Each Other Home” is growing in richness.
You can see this in the flapdoodle chart (it’s that thing
with all the words and dialogue balloons.) We look forward
to gathering at Midwinter, January 30 to February
1, at Rolling Ridge Conference Center in North Andover,
MA.
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