Explore the neurology of meetings to understand how to get the most out of participants.
Facilitation Skills
Douglas Ferguson chats with professional facilitator & workshop leader Cam Houser about his Instant Community-Building Workshop and his approach to facilitation design.
Run your next remote workshop like a pro by doing the following: 1) Prepare 2) Get involved 3) Be flexible 4) Schedule cleanup time 5) Debrief
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.
Design Sprint user testing is a critical step in the Design Sprint process. Learn how to setup and conduct user testing and bring your next big idea to life.
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.
