She lives in Brooklyn, NY with her husband and two children. She has given popular TedX talks, and has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, Ted.com,, , as well as several other renowned publications.
Her book, The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters, is one of Amazon’s Best Business Books of the year. She also studied political and social thought at the University of Virginia. She graduated from MIT with a degree in organizational design, and then went on to Harvard Kennedy School to study public policy. She is a founding member of the Sustained Dialogue Campus Network, a member of the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Values Council and the New Models of Leadership Council, and an integral member at Mobius Executive Leadership. She is great at handling tough situations, advising strategically, and has spent time working on improving race relations on American college campuses and peace processes in the Arab world, Southern Africa, and India.
By paying attention to location, hosts can also help focus the purpose of their gathering, bringing everything full circle.Ībout the AuthorOne of Priya Parker’s goals is to help us understand how anyone can take a collective meaning in modern life, one gathering at a time. I would focus on being absent from the world of constant information to be more present in my own life and ambient environment. I decided to spend 24 consecutive hours without a single device. And being creative with your location can also help to make any gathering special as well. It is a refreshing look at the contemporary digital detox, and it served as my inspiration to finally give it a try. Having a purpose, encouraging people to be their authentic self, and embracing your own authority, can all be ways to create the perfect gathering.Īs a final note, Priya Parker also pointed out that hosts should remember that location matters too.
However, by breaking free from the standard routines and rituals of a typical gathering you can create an event that exceeds expectations.
To Iyer, it’s this time for quiet, inward, still reflection that snaps all of our experiences into focus. In his TED Book, The Art of Stillness, Pico Iyer posits a bold idea: that in our chaotic time, the greatest luxury is actually the ability to go nowhere and do nothing. Let’s keep things simple this monday, shall we? i love these kinds of calming still life vignettes. We all lead lives that move 1,000 miles per minute.