So James Brown and I, along with the other hypnosis geeks had a ball for our inaugural hypnosis geek dinner at the beginning of this month. A great evening indeed.
We learned a great deal from how we ran it and so are making a couple of changes for our next one.
We have booked a private dining room at a Bournemouth hotel for Wednesday the 30th of March, starting at 7pm. There will be a choice of 3 hot buffets suppers and you can get drinks from the bar. The food will cost £12.50 in total, payable on the night.
This will mean we’ll be able to have a good discussion without having to shout or vie for attention. James and I want the dinners to be events where everyone learns something, so the discussion is key. We’ll have some topics open for discussion and will be presenting ideas, discussing and debating about all things hypnosis.
Additionally, I will be doing a demonstration at the end of the meal. Offering up something that you do not see very often.
Then, anyone who wishes to do so, we’ll head into town again and I’ll be offering a critique and commentary of the work James does hypnotising people in his own unique way.
Because of the size of the venue, we are restricted to a certain number, and because of the need to pre-order the food, we need to assure that everyone who agrees to attend, will definitely do so.
For these reasons, I have given the people who attended the first dinner, the first chance to join us in March, and with just about all of them attending again, we have limited space available for this special occasion.
As I have said previously…. If you are into hypnosis, hypnotherapy, self-hypnosis, modern psychology, the workings of the mind… As well as those of you that like using hypnosis for entertainment (which I do not necessarily advocate) then you may have found a couple of things occur in your life:
1. Those closest to you do not share your enthusiasm for these subjects.
2. Those you come in to contact with the most frequently, do not want to have in depth conversations about these subjects.
3. Outside of courses, seminars and online forums, there are not huge numbers of people to engage with about these subjects.
I am a bit of a hypnosis geek. Some of my close friends are too. I am in the fortunate position that I get to chat about hypnosis and those related subjects often because I teach the subject and I hang out with lots of people who also teach and love the subject.
So we are running something called a ‘Geek Dinner’ where we are inviting anyone interested in the subject of hypnosis to join myself and fellow hypnotists and hypnotherapists to meet up for dinner and get to talk all things hypnosis…
We are going to discuss, debate and argue what we think on the subjects of hypnosis and related topics. We are going to indulge ourselves in our favourite subjects and defend our perspectives whilst remaining mildly flexible to altering our thought processes. We are going to laugh, eat, drink and be merry… And you are invited to come along.
As I said, we have a couple of themes lined up, it’ll get racy but never cross the line… I’ll argue from a healthily sceptical perspective, citing evidence and professional therapeutic stances on the use and application of hypnosis… James will attempt to distract you with his performance skills and magicians philosophy, though neither of us is trying to win anything… There’ll be no prizes, just an opportunity to share and discuss and learn from each other whilst sharing some fun and laughter too.
If you fancy joining in the fun and games, then please do let me know as soon as you can, and I look forward to seeing you there, fellow hypnosis geek.
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I OBJECT!!!
Well, I am in NY and this is SURELY discriminating moi from attending at the moment. Just saying :).
That said, for some reason this dinner party reminds me of The Magic Castle where people come to dinner and attend a magical evening.
And you are right, those 3 different type of people are all very applicable to me but it is with my passion and excitement that they usually listen to me and engage.
All this gave me an idea that perhaps, as I develop my skills, I should do a dinner of this sort or find one.
BTW, did you know that Martin Luther King was able to rise high in the eyes of the people because in his younger age he brought together people who were already involved in the civil right movement and it was through that association, he was able to do so much more.
Hello Roy, I love the Martin Luther King reference.
I can’t take credit for thinking this up, a colleague runs them in another part of the UK and when we asked if he minded us doing something similar on the South Coast, he mentioned that he got the idea from a networking book… So heck, I recommend anyone should set up their own groups and regularly discuss, debate, network and have fun. I bet NYC has a LOT of hypnosis people open to this idea!
And of course Roy, if you are ever in the UK, you’ll have a seat reserved for you here and dinner’s on me!
SIDE NOTE: Adam, for some odd reason, your blog post comes to me a day or two later. I got this one this morning and I see I haven’t gotten the new one yet (via mail).
Oh, and with regards to the side note… I think the server is a bit sluggish at the moment, I hope it’ll gain some momentum and get updating itself quicker, otherwise, we’ll keep on with a days difference, I can cope with that 😉
Cheers Roy.