The Voltage Control team has always been remote. Aside from our in-person workshops and events (the last one of which seems like a lifetime ago)…
Facilitation
Facilitation skills, methods, and practices to run effective and productive meetings & events, both in-person & virtual.
In this time of social distancing, how might we embrace the power of facilitation to unlock true human connection in virtual environments? We’ve been hosting…
When you think of innovation, what comes to mind? Per its definition, innovation is a process of exploration and discovery. So what does this look…
We wanted to give the community an opportunity to come together to learn and practice virtual decision-making methods and tools.
“In life, change is inevitable. In business, change is vital.” -Warren G. Bennis If there’s one sure thing in life, it’s that change is constant…
Last week, Austin Tech Alliance hosted a “town hall” ideation gathering to discuss the threat of coronavirus during the upcoming SXSW Conference and Festivals and beyond. Members…
I’m sure many of you have fallen prey to the “Stickie Storm,” a half-baked workshop that involved a tornado of stickies but didn’t result in…
Last week we hosted the second annual facilitator summit, Control The Room, at Austin’s Capital Factory. We launched the summit last year in partnership with MURAL to create a space for facilitators…
I once took an entrepreneurship course with prominent businessperson Gary Hoover. One evening, the class went to the mall, where we observed different retail spaces…
Often, when words and ideas become ubiquitous — “disrupt,” “unicorn,” and “curate” are some potentially over-used words in the start-up and design space — we begin not to listen.…