by Melissa Dinwiddie | Sep 21, 2022 | Articles, Culture, Leadership
The Jewish High Holy Days are coming up fast. I’m still debating whether I’ll be attending services in-person or via Zoom this year, because my family is all traveling to London for my nephew’s bar mitzvah in a few weeks, and staying healthy is my...
by Melissa Dinwiddie | Sep 1, 2022 | Activities, Articles, Leadership, Team Building, Virtual Facilitation
I confess, I don’t always practice what I preach. Just this weekend, for example, I’m embarrassed to say that I did the opposite of what I coach clients to do. It was Saturday night, and I was leading an hour-long session of playful activities at a...
by Melissa Dinwiddie | Jun 2, 2020 | Articles, Leadership, Virtual Facilitation
I saw this question posted in a Facebook group I’m in: “How can I lead a Zoom meeting right now when nobody is feeling ok?” So many of us are feeling it. Yet another racist murder by police. Riots. The onslaught of news is horrific. And then there’s the...
by Melissa Dinwiddie | Jan 14, 2020 | Articles, Leadership
“Zoom!” I yelled as I threw an invisible ball to Jay. “Zoom!” he echoed, catching it, then “swish!” as he tossed it to Ann. Ann repeated Jay’s “swish!” then passed the ball to Tom with a “Pop!” And the invisible ball continued around the circle. It may sound like a...
by Melissa Dinwiddie | Dec 30, 2019 | Articles, Leadership
Happy New Year! I’ve been thinking about the changes I’ve made this year (this decade!). Not least of which is the progress I’ve made in a particular area of my life… Which is best described in a story. I was in the middle of facilitating a...
