The Art of Gathering

“After the initial shock therapy of honoring and awing, you have your guests’ attention. They want to be there. They feel lucky to be there. They might well be considering giving the gathering their all. Your next task is to fuse people, to turn a motley collection of attendees into a tribe. A talented gatherer doesn’t hope for disparate people to become a group. She makes them a group.”
~Priya Parker: The Art of Gathering

I can’t wait to start implementing many of these ideas in both my professional life and personal life. If you are responsible for organizing or hosting any kind of meeting, you need to read this book!