Among the workshop topics are "Painted Decoration in Historic Buildings," "Early American Architectural Woodworking and Its Restoration" and "Making a House a Home."

Over time the programs being more education and social focused including guest speakers and workshop topics.

After two years of deep recession for newspapers, the workshop topic was one calculated to be irresistible, even to publishers who had come to New York early for a weekend on the town.

Many of the essays were also workshop topics at the event itself.

The meetings are fully sponsored by the KLI and have only one requirement: The organizers are requested to generate a book on the workshop topic.

The organizers of each workshop act as the editors of the book, but contributors to the book are not necessarily limited to the original participants and may include additional experts on those topics that emerged as especially important for the workshop topic.

Some recent workshop topics have included creative writing, poetry readings with Yaddo poet Joan Murray, holistic healing, yoga, quilting, historical lectures, jewelry making, and tours of the historic property.

During the October planning meeting they assist the Executive committee plan for the future NACC's by providing guidance on potential speakers, workshop topics, and workshop leaders.

Open-space meetings are unlike conventions, in that there are no predetermined speakers or workshop topics.

Sponsored by GE, he developed and validated the Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument (HBDI), the scored and analyzed Participant Survey, and designed the Applied Creative Thinking Workshop (ACT), which remains a leading personality assessment instrument and workshop topic in corporate training.