The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters
And plan your next gathering when you have a specific, unique, disputable purpose that helps you make decisions about how the event should unfold.
Priya Parker • The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters
Most gatherings benefit from guests leaving their titles and degrees at the door.
Priya Parker • The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters
WHEN AUTHORITY TURNS UNGENEROUS
Priya Parker • The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters
Gatherings need perimeters. A space for a gathering works best when it is contained.
Priya Parker • The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters
virtually every panel I have ever seen is dull.
Priya Parker • The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters
The opening, whether intentionally designed or not, signals to guests what to expect from the experience.
Priya Parker • The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters
One measure of a successful gathering is that it starts off with a higher number of host-guest connections than guest-guest connections and ends with those tallies reversed,
Priya Parker • The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters
Sometimes the key to safely bringing in generous heat is to identify the hot spots in a group and then simply organize the conversation around them, protected by some ground rules. This
Priya Parker • The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters
the test for a meaningful reason for coming together: Does it stick its neck out a little bit? Does it take a stand? Is it willing to unsettle some of the guests (or maybe the host)? Does it refuse to be everything to everyone?