When it just doesn’t go like you planned…

September 25, 2007

Well (sentences are rarely good when they start with well), the pre-conference bootcamp that Harold Jarche and I did today left me wanting to re-do the entire thing. I believe the looseness (of an “unworkshop”) was not well received by the attendees. It seems several in this group wanted more structure. I’m left licking wounds and restructuring.  Big sighhhh. Thank goodness Harold was there. When I felt stuck in the mud he pulled me out. : )

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  • http://karynromeis.blogspot.com/ Karyn Romeis

    Sorry to hear that you were disappointed. Do you know for sure that it wasn’t well received, or are you applying the same evaluation model you would use for a traditional workshop?

  • http://karynromeis.blogspot.com Karyn Romeis

    Sorry to hear that you were disappointed. Do you know for sure that it wasn’t well received, or are you applying the same evaluation model you would use for a traditional workshop?

  • http://in-the-middle-of-the-curve.blogspot.com/ Wendy

    Sounds like it was actually quite successful! You learned something!

    walking away from a presentation feeling like a “failure” is one of the worst feelings in the world. This is why so many people are scared to death of public speaking.

    The fact that you tried something really different and it didn’t go the way you anticipated shows me how brave you are.

    Having a respected friend there with you helps too (smart move!). Beats doing that alone and it spreads the risk out (someone to commiserate with!).

    Hope you get a chance to do it again so you can tweak the model. And, hopefully, I’ll get a chance to join you as a student.

  • http://in-the-middle-of-the-curve.blogspot.com/ Wendy

    Sounds like it was actually quite successful! You learned something!

    walking away from a presentation feeling like a “failure” is one of the worst feelings in the world. This is why so many people are scared to death of public speaking.

    The fact that you tried something really different and it didn’t go the way you anticipated shows me how brave you are.

    Having a respected friend there with you helps too (smart move!). Beats doing that alone and it spreads the risk out (someone to commiserate with!).

    Hope you get a chance to do it again so you can tweak the model. And, hopefully, I’ll get a chance to join you as a student.

  • http://www.brandon-hall.com/ Janet Clarey

    Thank God for my peeps. Thanks for the boost. I think there is just a certain discomfort with lack of structure. It seems the ‘unworkshop’ approach just wasn’t well received by this group. And, I’ve become a bit removed in facilitating in a face-to-face group. I certainly wasn’t on top of my game and that didn’t mix well with the unstructured approach (IMHO). Perhaps it’s my nature to want people to feel all happy when discomfort may be a greater measure of success. I dunno. I was so happy to have someone so knowledgeable and personable as Harold Jarche with me. I’ve so enjoyed meeting and working with him.

  • http://www.brandon-hall.com Janet Clarey

    Thank God for my peeps. Thanks for the boost. I think there is just a certain discomfort with lack of structure. It seems the ‘unworkshop’ approach just wasn’t well received by this group. And, I’ve become a bit removed in facilitating in a face-to-face group. I certainly wasn’t on top of my game and that didn’t mix well with the unstructured approach (IMHO). Perhaps it’s my nature to want people to feel all happy when discomfort may be a greater measure of success. I dunno. I was so happy to have someone so knowledgeable and personable as Harold Jarche with me. I’ve so enjoyed meeting and working with him.

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