Control the Room Podcast: Douglas Ferguson speaks with Vijay Kumar, Professor Emeritus at the Illinois Tech's Institute of Design and author of 101 Design Methods, about his book, vintage typewriters, and framing insights. Listen in to see dynamic systems with design-based structures re-shape how we interact with the world around us.
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Control the Room 2021: a recap of our 3-day virtual facilitator summit.
Control the Room Summit 2021: Van Lai-DuMone, founder of Worksmart Advantage, discusses how to incorporate creativity into virtual facilitations.
Control the Room Summit 2021: Mohamed Ali, Service Designer and Facilitator at Independant, discusses how self-interest can create engagement and participation for your audience.
Control the Room Summit 2021: Rachel Ben Hamou, Director of Talent Development at PeopleStorming, and Andre Ben Hamou, Co-Founder of PeopleStorming, explored how to develop processes and criteria (that they will genuinely use) that allow facilitators to evaluate exercises and activities at speed.
Control the Room Summit 2021: Elena Astilleros of Empoderment, discusses turning your meeting from “Sh** to hit.” She explores how facilitators might be creating the wrong kind of drama (without realizing it) when facilitating.
Control the Room Summit 2021: Joshua Davies, Founder and Lead Conversation Architect at Knowmium, speaks on how conversations operate and move in our facilitations. If we are to reach an understanding with others, we must have a path to empathy.
Control the Room Podcast: Douglas Ferguson speaks with Ed Morrison, Director of the Agile Strategy Lab in North Alabama University, about team-based communication models, Strategic Doing, and transformative thinking for hopeless, uncertain futures. Listen in to hear Ed guide us through the questions, processes, and frameworks that will help in making the most of complex environments.
Control the Room Summit 2021: Kaleem Clarkson, Chief Operating Officer at Blend Me, Inc., and David Klasko, Actor, Comedian, and Founder of Artly Working, present on what the research says about the dangers of isolation, and how playing simple (and incredibly fun) games can create meaningful human connection in the virtual workplace.
