"Welcome again to MELA Flight 003 with service to Abu Dhabi. For those transit passengers who have just joined us from MELA Flights 001 and 002, we are glad to have you on board. Our flight time is three more days, soaring at an altitude of exceptional friendships and boundless horizons. Attention all passengers! Please take your seats in the Pearl Ballroom and fasten your seat belts for the MELA Member Updates. One of MELA's most exciting days is about to take off!"
MELA Member Updates: the opportunity to present work or personal projects, in order to inform or seek feedback from the audience.
Why? Because sharing, mutual support, and professional/ personal/ intellectual/ cultural exchanges between outstanding peers are at the very heart -- the distillation, the quintessence -- of what it means to be MELA.
Rateb shares a word with Sami. He has presented to the group his concept for a jobs-search-and-connection website.
Shamma describes challenges associated with her work on Shared Service Centers, and solicits ideas. Adel offers advice.
Noura's slide show about Yamaah, her company organizing business-cum-social gatherings, hypnotizes the room with its slow music and tropical island photos.
Panelists Sandra and Hitham masterfully employ stories to communicate points about recent successes and changes in their lives.
The Elizabeth Taylor look. Stylish. Classic. Fabulous. Also known as "Dan Ciprari's really bad hair day."
There are no bad hair days for John and Adey.
Rada and Adam observe from the sidelines.
Bill Starnes introduces the Capstone Project. Project teams are tasked with formulating a strategy for MELA. The exercise requires them to use tools and capabilities they have been practicing throughout the course of the workshop.
Easier said than done.
"I have an idea!"
Ali is a partisan of building deep relationships. But why? And how?
Talal highlights the importance of "trust" and "connections."
Feras and Halah think through the possibilities.
Khalid is a spokesman for innovative approaches to continuous learning.
Goal-oriented Sandra considers the outcomes the MELA network would like to achieve.
Donning their hats as learning coaches for the Capstone Project, David and Brice share notes on the group work they have been observing.
No record of a MELA Reunion is complete without a photo featuring Sarah's pink telephone.
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