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CE Pro 100 Drum Circle: Find Your Inner Rhythm
Sponsored by SpeakerCraft (who else?), the drum circle made musicians out of the most un-rhythmic of souls. Lesson: We all have it inside us.
Dealers at the CE Pro 100 Summit last month were worn out by the time the final session was held at 3:00 p.m. on the last day. Did anyone really want to be there? It didn't matter, all sessions were mandatory.
So they trudged into the room to find that the chairs were set up in four concentric circles.
No wonder. The session was sponsored by SpeakerCraft.
As it happens the setting was a drum circle, and our illustrious drum master was John.
He led us through 30 minutes of pounding on drums, tambourines and other instruments you couldn't name. More than 100 people in the room and, you know what, it sounded pretty cool.
SpeakerCraft VP of marketing Dave Donald explained, "You're the rhythm. You're the thing that makes this all work. The rhythm is so critical and so important for your life that it makes a difference in how you're able to perform."
With John's leadership, even people with apparently no rhythm at all (who me?) were made to sound like part of a well orchestrated team.
"Through a little bit of guidance, John just made us all musicians," said SpeakerCraft president Jeremy Burkhardt after the cacophony, er, concert. "But we had it inside of us already. We all possess amazing qualities. And your staff sitting back at the office, they're waiting for you to do what John just did for us – guide us, guide them. We're all mentors. We're all leaders."
With that, the CE Pro 100 Summit wrapped.
Check out the drum circle here:
So they trudged into the room to find that the chairs were set up in four concentric circles.
No wonder. The session was sponsored by SpeakerCraft.
As it happens the setting was a drum circle, and our illustrious drum master was John.
He led us through 30 minutes of pounding on drums, tambourines and other instruments you couldn't name. More than 100 people in the room and, you know what, it sounded pretty cool.
SpeakerCraft VP of marketing Dave Donald explained, "You're the rhythm. You're the thing that makes this all work. The rhythm is so critical and so important for your life that it makes a difference in how you're able to perform."
With John's leadership, even people with apparently no rhythm at all (who me?) were made to sound like part of a well orchestrated team.
"Through a little bit of guidance, John just made us all musicians," said SpeakerCraft president Jeremy Burkhardt after the cacophony, er, concert. "But we had it inside of us already. We all possess amazing qualities. And your staff sitting back at the office, they're waiting for you to do what John just did for us – guide us, guide them. We're all mentors. We're all leaders."
With that, the CE Pro 100 Summit wrapped.
Check out the drum circle here:
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Julie Jacobson, Editor-at-large, CE Pro
Julie Jacobson is co-founder of EH Publishing and currently spends most of her time writing for CE Pro, mostly in the areas of home automation, networked A/V and the business of home systems integration. She majored in Economics at the University of Michigan, earned an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin, and has never taken a journalism class in her life. Julie is a washed-up Ultimate Frisbee player with the scars to prove it. Follow her on Twitter @juliejacobson.
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What an experience. We weren’t sure how this was going to work being at the end of the event and all, but the response was overwhelming. I heard more than one person say,“My hands are sore from beating on the drum and my face is sore from smiling so much.” Next year? How about roller derby?