The difference between a good experience and a ‘meh’ experience in a room on Clubhouse is significant, but it’s not hard to achieve.
Clubhouse can best be described as a social audio version of a conference. There are keynote addresses from prominent names, breakout rooms of interactive discussion, and the hallway conversations that just pop up.
If you’re looking to host a room with a mix of speakers and audience, you'll want engagement and a healthy discussion. And the best way to do that is by being a gracious host.
With a few simple tips and some helpful resources, you’ll…
The meteoric rise of Clubhouse is rooted in the history of coffee-houses
“Clubs happen because of the elementary truth that we like to be with our own kind, with whom we can be ourselves and let our hair down.” — Anthony Lejeune, 2012
You’ve undoubtedly heard about the app Clubhouse.
The real-time social audio app has gained steam since launching last year, with a quick rise amid a number of competitors. The technorati were the first to catch on, and it spread from there.
While I joined last August, I found I was overwhelmed with the choices. The notifications were too frequent, I felt out of place without many connections on there…
How an unconventional storyteller pulled off the greatest literary hoax of all time
“We start then, with the Muses, who delight / With song the mighty mind of father Zeus / Within Olympus, telling of things that are, / That will be, and that were, with voices joined / In harmony.” — Hesiod, c. 700 BC
When you’re stuck for an idea, where do you go?
If you’ve ever watched Mad Men, you saw Don Draper, the consummate creative director, try to hammer out his ideas by taking a nap, or leaving his office to head to a matinee at a nearby theater.
Some people choose to listen to music. Others open a…
As a leader, you can effectively dispel uncertainty
“Everything that deceives does so by casting a spell.” — Plato, 380 BC
Can you intimately explain games of chance? That is, can you quote the odds of getting a specific number on a roulette wheel, a roll of the dice in craps, or a hand in poker?
Odds are you understand how each ranks in relation to other options in a particular game-more likely, less likely, etc.-but you can’t explain the exact statistical odds.
When we find ourselves involved in these situations and emotions run high as the stakes grow and fortune continues to smile on us, we stop…
People pay attention to leadership. So leaders should pay attention to what they say.
As a leader, the way you communicate is everything. Words matter.
The words you choose will be scrutinized and analyzed, probably to a degree that makes you uncomfortable. Which means you need to be careful not only about what you say but about how you say it.
Everything communicates, from an arched eyebrow to the things you don’t say. And your communication builds the culture of your organization.
Perhaps you prefer to rule from the top down, and have developed a culture of fear.
If so, the two most powerful words you can say might be “You’re fired.”
In that…
Amanda Gorman’s poem at the Inauguration of Joe Biden is a master work
The National Youth Poet Laureate, Amanda Gorman, at only 22 years of age, gave a masterclass in poetry, performance, art, and understanding of the human condition at the inauguration of Joe Biden on January 20, 2021.
The depth of her poem “The Hill We Climb” is so great — in part because we know she completed significant parts of it in the hours following the January 6th riot at the U.S. Capitol — but also because it captures something about every hopeful American.
It is one that admits our imperfection and vulnerability, celebrates our hope, optimism, and common good, and…
With any crisis, we owe an acknowledgment of the truth. While that can be harsh, it’s necessary.
“Whatever the apparent cause of any riots may be, the real one is always want of happiness.” — Thomas Paine, 1792
As much as history can inform our understanding of the present, we’re never quite prepared for a crisis.
We can point to events and behaviors that presaged certain crises, and perhaps we can even pick them out today, but when a situation becomes acute, it seems to happen all at once and takes people by surprise.
Well-trained corporate communications teams participate in crisis planning and usually have a crisis plan or handbook at the ready when they need to…
Leaders know themselves. And that requires reflection.
“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” — Søren Kierkegaard
With the new year upon us, it seems like everyone is trying to put 2020 in the rear-view mirror, never to be mentioned again. But healthy reflection doesn’t avoid the unpleasant reality; it acknowledges it and uses it to grow.
Reflection isn’t something that needs our attention once a year. It’s a habit and should be developed like any other habit.
If done well, it can result in clarity of mind, a less volatile knee-jerk reaction to things, and deeper relationships.
Why is it that…
Your words are only as good as your actions.
“A great deal in life depends on who smacked your hand at breakfast when you were a child.” — Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1993
“Don’t make me turn this car around!”
Who, having been confined to the backseat of the family wagon, hasn’t heard those words uttered in frustration from the front seat? They’re part of the lore of the family trip.
But who in reality has experienced dad or mom actually turning the car around and canceling the vacation?
As children, we’re trained to believe that the worst threats would be fulfilled, with devastating results. Intimidation by corporal punishment (“the belt”)…
By Sir Walter Raleigh
Farewell, false love, the oracle of lies,
A mortal foe and enemy to rest,
An envious boy, from whom all cares arise,
A bastard vile, a beast with rage possessed,
A way of error, a temple full of treason,
In all effects contrary unto reason.
A poisoned serpent covered all with flowers,
Mother of sighs, and murderer of repose,
A sea of sorrows whence are drawn such showers
As moisture lend to every grief that grows;
A school of guile, a net of deep deceit,
A gilded hook that holds a poisoned bait.
A fortress foiled, which reason did defend…
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