The invitation described part of the event as “… an inspiring tour of the facilities. He will impressively demonstrate how inclusion is practiced in everyday life – authentically, practically, and personally. An evening full of new insights, valuable conversations, and visionary inspiration awaits you.”

It is nowadays a quite typical way to write invitations and describe events. The invitation predicts an outcome in words that can then be used on social media to describe how one experienced the event.

The qualifiers used explain the challenge of such a description. The person participating in the event is told how he will experience it. Instead of being free to be curious and make up his mind as he experiences the event, the participant is invited to look for the experience he should have.

Instead of connecting with his experience of the event, noticing what worked for him, how it resonated, and what he learned, the person finds herself avoiding possible conflicts. Instead of developing the ability to describe her own experience, the person uses the expected outcome as a description.