Spring Retreat

After a full few months of speaking and consulting engagements, I am ready to go on retreat, and am heading back to my old home of Northern California for a leadership retreat where I get to be a participant to reflect and renew.

In the past couple months I had the chance to design a special teambuilding program in D.C.--called the Amazing Intelligence Challenge--for 150 staff members of GMAC, which had them taking on many different challenges throughout the city and then returning to the lovely Top of the Town in Arlington, VA, where I emceed a cavalcade of presentations and performances as part of their annual retreat.  I also had a repeat engagement as host of "Who's Got the Biggest FedHead?", a special game show I've designed for the Federal Reserve.

April also included the final Interfaith Community Evening for Poetry Pals, this time bringing together  Muslim and Catholic school communities in the Western Suburbs for an evening of student performances, adult dialogue and a special visit to participate in or witness evening prayer at the mosque that is part of Islamic Foundation School--a real treat.  To get a good sense of what we are up to in Poetry Pals, I encourage to watch these two video slideshows capturing the full school year program: Poetry Pals--Chicago North and Poetry Pals--Lombard.

Here are some visual highlights of my latest.  Wishing you your own spring retreat!

Images from (1) a team building program I led for GMAC in D.C. (the indoor portion!)
(2) a game show I designed and hosted for the Federal Reserve,
(3) a session on collaborative creativity I presented at Catalyst Ranch, and
(4) the final interfaith community evening in the Western Suburbs for Poetry Pals
where we presented poetry keepsakes to partner Catholic and Muslim schools.