Magical Meetings
Magical Meetings
Redesign meetings so people actually want to attend.
With Douglas Ferguson
November 16-17, 2022
11am - 3pm CST
Live Online
Are your meetings playful and purposeful? Do they leave all attendees proud of their work?
In this workshop, we will introduce the skills you need to create a magical experience at every meeting. We will review meeting mantras that you can apply to your meeting culture, and we’ll go way beyond the agenda to show you frameworks to use before, during, and after your meetings. Join us to gain the tools and expertise you need to be a meeting magician.
In this workshop, we will introduce the skills you need to create a magical experience at every meeting. We will review meeting mantras that you can apply to your meeting culture, and we’ll go way beyond the agenda to show you frameworks to use before, during, and after your meetings. Join us to gain the tools and expertise you need to be a meeting magician.
November 16-17, 2022
11am - 3pm CST
Live Online
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Agenda
Open
Review meeting mantras that create magical meetings.
Explore
Frameworks, templates, and checklists to use before, during, and after meetings.
Close
Create your own meeting mantra to apply to your team right after the course.
Reflect
What magical methods work for you, and how can we all get better together?
Who Should Attend
Managers
who want to enable their teammates without getting in their way.
Entrepreneurs
who want to make the most out of the collective intelligence within their company.
Executives
who seek more alignment, trust, and productivity.
Anybody
Looking to create meetings people want to attend
Key Takeaways
How to facilitate meetings that don’t suck.
Know when to have a meeting and when not to.
Create momentum before a meeting and keep it going after.
Mantras, frameworks, templates, and checklists to use in your next meeting.
Featured Facilitators
Douglas Ferguson
Douglas Ferguson is an entrepreneur and human-centered technologist with over 20 years of experience. He is Founder and President of Voltage Control, an Austin-based facilitation agency that specializes in helping teams work better together through participatory decision making and design inspired facilitation techniques. He has helped transform teams from U.S. SOCOM, the Air Force, Adobe, Dropbox, Fidelity, Vrbo, Liberty FMutual, Humana, and SAIC.
Douglas is a thought leader and master facilitator of Design Sprints, Innovation Workshops, Team Alignment Workshops, Transformations, Meeting Systems, and Culture Workshops. He is also the author of three books: Beyond the Prototype, How to Remix Anything (co-authored), and Start Within (co-authored).
Motivated by a mission to rid the world of horrible meetings and offer meaningful 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.
Douglas is a thought leader and master facilitator of Design Sprints, Innovation Workshops, Team Alignment Workshops, Transformations, Meeting Systems, and Culture Workshops. He is also the author of three books: Beyond the Prototype, How to Remix Anything (co-authored), and Start Within (co-authored).
Motivated by a mission to rid the world of horrible meetings and offer meaningful 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.
What People are Saying
"Anyone that can construct a sequence of conversations to lead others is a metaskill. Anyone who participates in meetings or owns an agenda would benefit from this. It is a whirlwind, but you are among others who are in charge of making an impact. This is a practical, hands-on deep dive for managers, entrepreneurs, and leaders who can change their culture by leading meetings like a pro."
Mark T.
HEAD OF SERVICES FOR MURAL
"I realized my entire role is facilitation. I have to do a lot of lateral influencing. So I use these skills even if it is not a super-structured workshop. Our product team has micro meetings all the time, and these methods help us get the most of those moments. My team can lean on me to facilitate. You will redesign the way you have conversations. I can’t believe every college student doesn’t have to take a class like this. This is how you collaborate. It is the underpinning of the future of work."
Savannah C.
PRODUCT DESIGNER @ TAILWIND
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