Facilitation Lab: Psychological Safety: What It Means…Why It Matters In Facilitation

Kellee Franklin

The topic of psychological safety has become more mainstream in the business literature the past few years as industry leaders recognize the importance of human factors — like a positive culture, for instance — that drive business performance and outcomes. Given the nature of facilitation in healthy work processes, psychological safety plays a fundamental role in creating desired business results. But, what is psychological safety? And, why does it matter in the facilitation process? What does it look and feel like? This session will introduce participants to one researched-based psychological safety definition, discuss ways this concept helps in the facilitation process and business outcomes, and experience an example of a facilitated method to establish psychological safety.

Date

March 31, 2022

Time

1pm - 3pm CT​

Location

Live Online

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What to Expect

We offer opportunities for facilitators to gather in a safe judgement-free zone to learn from experts and one another. Our community offers many levels of engagement and exclusive resources for facilitators, whether you are a beginner or a Master Facilitator. Our weekly Facilitation Lab makes up 5 key segments: impromptu networking, our guest facilitator session activity, community critique, a weekly giveaway, & After Hours. Come & network with facilitators from around the globe and expand your facilitator toolbelt from each Lab experience!

What You'll Learn

You have the power as a facilitator to inspire participants to be either in their heads thinking analytically, or in their hearts participating intuitively. You will experience both types of participation invitations. We'll discuss the benefits of each, followed by an understanding of how and when to use them.

How You'll Learn

The workshop will be activity-based with facilitation simulations and collaborative sessions. You’ll recognize, practice, and design your workshops based on key learning experience design principles. We won’t just talk at you — you’ll learn through doing, work with other participants, and get feedback. There will be plenty of time for Q&A, so you can learn in real-time from a master facilitator with tons of experience running hundreds of workshops at some of the world’s largest institutions and enterprises.

Agenda

Impromptu Networking

Engage with everyone in the community during a quick round of introductions to network and begin our time together

Guest Facilitator Session

Experience the lead facilitator's activity & method to engage together as a community.

Rose, Thorn, Bud Critique

Share your feedback as a community and offer expressions of tangible takeaways to our lead facilitator.

After Hours

Stay awhile & chat post-session about your experience in the Lab.

Who Should Attend

Team Managers & Leads

who want to learn more & benefit from the power of facilitation practice

UX Designers

who want to expand their facilitation skillset while gaining inspiration of new approaches

Experienced & New Facilitators

who want to level up their facilitation skills and enhance their facilitation tool belt

Teachers

who want to gain feedback & uncover new resources with forward-thinking activities

Key Takeaways

Understand how the questions you ask direct people to use different parts of their brains

Identify the role of each part of the brain in the workshop experience

Experience the power of three different participation invitations

Share ideas on this strategy with your peers

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Hassan Ghiassi

Hassan Ghiassi is the Vice President of Relationships at Voltage Control and has the exciting role of diving deep to truly understand what our partners and facilitators are experiencing and how we can best serve them. Our leadership team is made up of master Facilitators in Design Sprints, Innovation Acceleration, Team Alignment, Meeting Systems, Culture Transitions, and Change Transformations. Motivated by a mission to rid the world of horrible meetings and offer meaningful magical meetings in their place, Voltage Control is calling upon fellow facilitators to transform meeting and innovation culture. From free weekly community meetups to Control the Room–the annual facilitator summit, Voltage Control is building a community of facilitators to change the world. Outside of Voltage Control, I’m also the Founder of Aristotle’s Cafe where our mission is to improve community, state, and national discourse with Facilitation, questions, communication, and empathy..

Kellee Franklin

Innovative and integrative thinker, creative change agent and corporate strategist, executive advisor and coach, and entrepreneurial-minded business leader and educator. Recognized for delivering sustainable business strategy and IT/digital transformation, leveraging Big Data to drive innovation, designing new and inventive ways of performing business, and achieving actionable results through using HCD (human-centered design) processes and best-in-class Learning & OD management consulting strategies. Gifted speaker on a variety of topics, facilitator of collaborative conversations across diverse market segments, and designer of active-learning experiences that inspire innovative ideas. Successfully leads high-profile client engagements across the US government and Fortune 500 corporations. Has held TS/SCI.
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