End Zoom gloom with an engaging virtual event experience. Use these 9 tips to run a successful virtual event in the current virtual landscape.
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End Zoom gloom with an engaging virtual event experience. Use these 9 tips to run a successful virtual event in the current virtual landscape.
Control the Room Podcast: Douglas Ferguson speaks with Hailey Temple, Learning Experience Lead at MURAL, about injecting humanity into our meetings, widening the boundaries of your understanding, and creating spaces for all to flourish.
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Hybrid meetings don't fail because of technology—they fail because they're not designed for equal participation. Learn practical hybrid meeting facilitation techniques that keep remote and in-room participants equally engaged, from creating a shared digital workspace and assigning a dedicated remote-voice role to using structured turn-taking and AI meeting tools effectively. Discover why designing for the remote participant first leads to better collaboration, clearer decisions, stronger engagement, and more inclusive meetings, along with simple facilitation strategies your team can implement immediately without investing in expensive new technology.
The rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming business operations, driving innovation, and enhancing decision-making with data-driven insights. By 2030, AI could add $13 trillion to the global economy. However, successful AI integration requires more than adopting technology—it demands strategic change management. This guide covers the essential elements of AI change management, from building an AI-ready culture and engaging employees to aligning AI initiatives with business goals, ensuring both technological and human factors are addressed for a seamless AI transition.
Choosing the right facilitation training program can have a lasting impact on your organization's ability to lead effective meetings, workshops, and change initiatives. This guide helps L&D leaders evaluate facilitation certification and training programs using seven critical criteria, including credential recognition, cohort-based learning, curriculum depth, instructor quality, business relevance, post-program support, and ROI. Learn how to distinguish capability-building programs from content-only courses, understand the value of HLC endorsement and IAF alignment, and identify the features that create lasting behavior change. Whether you're developing internal facilitators or strengthening organizational collaboration, this framework will help you make a more informed training investment.
At the 2026 Facilitation Lab Summit, Joe Randel — roadie, musician, radio DJ, and talent buyer — used the lens of a DJ to explore one of facilitation's most important and underexamined questions: how do you find your voice? Drawing on the DJ's approach to repertoire, interpretation, and real-time presence, Joe offered a practical framework for understanding what makes your facilitation distinctly yours — and why that voice is your greatest competitive advantage in an age of AI. From the cut-blend-let-it-end decision framework to the idea that journey is always co-created rather than prescribed, this session is a must-read for any facilitator looking to move from competent to truly irreplaceable.
Small business coaching empowers entrepreneurs and business leaders to navigate today’s market complexities through structured facilitation, leadership development, and data-informed strategies. Voltage Control equips business coaches and small business owners alike with proven methods, tools, and coaching programs to help businesses grow, adapt, and thrive sustainably.
Explore the diverse types of business coaching and niches—from executive coaching for leaders to health and wellness support for entrepreneurs. Whether you’re a business owner, product innovator, consultant, or educator, understanding how leadership coaching, career coaching, or holistic health coaching fit into a thriving coaching business can help you find your ideal niche in the U.S. coaching industry and deliver meaningful results.
Nicole Richard’s journey from robotics engineer to global facilitator reveals how human-centered design, distributed team leadership, and facilitation intersect to create meaningful connection. From LEGO classrooms to rural Kenya, she shares how the Voltage Control Facilitation Certification helped her name and strengthen her facilitative leadership style. Discover how design thinking, community building, and intentional gatherings can transform teams, unlock collective wisdom, and fuel impact across borders.