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Planning a virtual workshop? I’m sharing my top tips to help you run it successfully! Voltage Control has been hosting multiple virtual workshops a week…
Voltage Control's Virtual Work Guide is an applicable curation of the best tools and processes every facilitator and team leader needs to conduct successful remote work.
A great meeting can set the tone for weeks of productive work while a boring one can steal all the momentum from a team. This…
The apps and virtual design thinking exercises you need to run a successful remote workshop.
We wanted to give the community an opportunity to come together to learn and practice virtual decision-making methods and tools.
Right now, if you’re not working in a hospital, grocery store, pharmacy, or other essential business, you’re likely working from home as best as you…
The unknowns of COVID-19 pose a concern for how to continue business as usual and many facilitators have found themselves wondering how to navigate this…
In this episode of the Facilitation Lab Podcast, host Douglas Ferguson interviews Renita Joyce Smith, CEO of Leap Forward Coaching and Consulting. Renita shares her journey into facilitation, emphasizing the importance of authenticity, humor, and humanity in meetings. She discusses how facilitation bridges structure and human connection, offers practical techniques for engagement, and highlights the transformative impact of skilled facilitation on organizational culture. Renita also explores the role of technology, the value of adaptability, and the need to prioritize human connection in the workplace, leaving listeners inspired to lead with empathy and authenticity.
Shannon Hart traces a 30-year journey from writing procedural binders to designing human-centered learning and facilitation experiences. After discovering accelerated learning, playful simulations, and the power of “the container,” she moved from teaching content to helping teams collaborate, decide, and connect—often virtually across time zones using tools like Mural, SessionLab, and ChatGPT. Voltage Control’s Facilitation Certification (Foundations and Master) became the jolt that helped her name her craft as “bridging structure and heart,” build a portfolio and website, strengthen boundaries, and bring ritual, equity, and courage into every room she leads.
From middle-school tower challenges to large-scale light installations and systems-change workshops, Voltage Control alum Chris Lunney shares how facilitation became the bridge between art, strategy, and collective action. He traces his path through product design, experiential art, and innovation consulting to founding Togethering, a facilitation practice that helps teams sense, decide, and act together. Discover how Voltage Control’s Facilitation Certification and Master Certification helped him turn lifelong curiosity into a grounded craft for guiding groups through ambiguity, conflict, and change.