by Rich DiGirolamo | Mar 6, 2024 | Conferences, Creativity, Teambuilding
20+ years ago I had an idea. Let’s create a “holiday” to improve employee morale. I called it Recess At Work Day. It would take place every year on the 3rd Thursday in June. Let’s take a break from the norm (definition of Recess) and have a bit...
by Rich DiGirolamo | Jan 16, 2024 | Conferences, Continuing Education, Meetings, New Ideas
Is more better? Is bigger better? When you talk to some business leaders they will say yes. But I’ve seen many a business that realized that was not the case for them. Recently I was having a conversation with an association executive who was struggling with...
by Rich DiGirolamo | Jan 11, 2024 | Conferences, New Ideas, Problem Solving
It’s 2024. Call them resolutions, goals, promises, commitments, plans, whatever. I’m seeing lots of posts once again how you’re radically gonna change. Guess what? You probably won’t. These things take time. We’re all a work in progress....
by Rich DiGirolamo | Jan 8, 2024 | Conferences, Continuing Education, Creativity, New Ideas
Every so often I find myself with way too much time to kill in an airport. Performing a search for things to do in an airport offers results like these: get a massage shop grab a meal at a restaurant other than the food court style ones check out artwork and other...
by Rich DiGirolamo | Nov 15, 2023 | Conferences, Continuing Education, Creativity, Meetings, New Ideas
Phones away. Silenced. Turned off. Whatever. How’s that for an idea worth sharing. That’s my first “suggestion” when I take a group off on the Adventure known as Best Conference Session Ever. (I’d love to call it a rule but you’d be...
by Rich DiGirolamo | Sep 28, 2023 | Conferences, Continuing Education, Creativity, Meetings, New Ideas, Problem Solving, Teambuilding
The Plague of 2020 taught all of us one very important thing………. The importance of being outdoors for one’s physical, emotional and mental health. It’s also why I emerged on the other side of the plague with a renewed vigor to keep up...