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Testimonials
What people are saying about Voltage Control
“I had my indication that Voltage Control was not just another training institution but took every extra effort to make students feel welcomed, engaged, and valued from the very beginning. This was my first lesson in excellent facilitation, ensuring everyone feels included.”
Reshma Khan
Leadership Coach, K’enso Consulting
The certification helped me realize that facilitation isn’t about running meetings or putting on a show. It’s about creating environments and experiences that enable people to be themselves and get the most out of each other. Now my impact is so much greater by facilitating others to be more creative, more collaborative, and more productive.
Phil Canning
Director, TM Studio, Ally
“Companies need creative and inclusive solutions that can only be brought forward through leaders that facilitate inclusive and regenerative conversations. If you are looking for a program to learn how to create a space for your team or clients to truly speak up and build collective solutions, then Voltage Control's Facilitation Certification is for you.”
Dirk Van Onsem
VP Key Sports EMEA, Nike Inc.
“I think it was the combination of group work, buddy work, and one-on-ones with Erik that rounded out the program for me. I really appreciated the connections that were developed and the experience of different ways of approaching facilitation in different industries.”
Nina Macina
K–12 Consultant, Respoken
"As a venture-backed direct-to-consumer company, what we learn through customer experience directly evolves who we are growing into for current and new customers. As we mature to more retail presence in an unprecedented time of disruption and opportunity, every team member must be empowered with the vulnerability to iterate and actively listen for how to be present. Design thinking and facilitation taught by Voltage Control punctuates that kind of learning perfectly."
Kai Haley
HEAD OF GOOGLE SPRINT MASTER ACADEMY AT GOOGLE
“Voltage Control helped me and my team engage with internal and external stakeholders to identify effective strategies. The collaborative relationships that began in the workshop continue to flourish.”
Paul Vicars
LEAD FOR PILOT TRAINING NEXT AT US AIRFORCE
"I recommend Voltage Control workshops for any sales leader or sales enablement professional who is looking to level up their ability to build strong distributed teams and guide them in continuous improvement. After these workshops, I’m in a better position to build the next generation of sales leaders who are able to apply remote facilitation and design thinking skills to gain competitive advantage."
Greg Kaplan
CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER AT MURAL
"If you want to have systemic change across your organization, this hands-on experience will change the way you design and implement meetings on a macro-level...The Voltage Control coaches will push you to unlearn the parts of your meetings culture that are not serving you. They will help you help yourself by analyzing what parts of your meeting systems need maintenance and what needs renovation. This purposeful approach will re-engage attention, re-energize teams, and re-define your culture! It’s time for change in corporate culture…Don’t sign-up for this if you don’t want to evolve to define the future."
Nick Johnson
SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER AT NIKE APPAREL INNOVATION
“Our team loved the Voltage Control workshops! It is a perfect opportunity to bring stakeholders outside of design and engineering backgrounds to come and learn. After these workshops, you can collaborate, experiment, and test much more effectively and efficiently.”
Kiley Davis
LEAD USER EXPERIENCE DESIGNER AT ZAPPOS
"I highly recommend Voltage Control for running a workshop for your branding or marketing campaign. Two years ago, they quickly helped us, the Austin Technology Incubator, get aligned on a new brand identity, and they also helped us evaluate and fine-tune our organization’s vision, mission and values. If you are going through a merger, a re-branding, or even need help on launching a new marketing campaign, give Voltage Control a call. Doug and his team will help you make quick, high-level decisions so you can optimize your business."
Mitchell Jacobson
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT AUSTIN TECHNOLOGY INCUBATOR
"One of the best things about the Voltage Control community is that they set up a virtual learning space that covers every aspect of Edgar Dale’s classic cone of learning. They encompass the principles of adult learning without ever talking about it...they just do it."
Ron Koller
AT IBM
“Voltage Control’s unbiased perspective meant that we stayed on target and got rapid results. The team was able to quickly converge on a potential solution that gave us amazing insights into our customers.”
Lorna Kapusta
VP, WOMEN INVESTORS AT FIDELITY
“I found the sprint to be a uniquely exhilarating and enriching experience. It drove outputs that would have taken months, if not years to get to otherwise. I would definitely utilise this approach again.”
Charlie Goodenough
SENIOR MARKETING MANAGER, GLOBAL AT HOMEAWAY
"When time to value is at such a premium today, any opportunity to speed up the sales cycle is something you have to explore. Integrating design thinking and facilitation into the sales process was an eye-opener for me. Learning new tools and then getting a chance to practice with others was great. A much-needed different approach to the typical sales process which invariably leads to a long string of unproductive meetings. Instead of trying to 'sale' your customers, engage with them and collaborate to find real opportunities. This training has gotten me rethinking the entire sales approach."
William Reed
WORKSHOP PARTICIPANT AT SALES SPRINT
"There are many choices for workshops, but in my mind there are very few who get it right. Douglas Ferguson and Voltage Control get it. Voltage Control is a leader in the delivery of innovative and actionable content. I have always found significant value in the material and teaching method used by Voltage Control. If you are looking to learn a topic for the first time or level up your own skills or that of your team, then the virtual workshops they offer are a great option. After engaging with Voltage Control we are now confidently moving beyond design thinking and regularly pushing prototypes into production."
Bob Taylor
VP & SENIOR CORPORATE COUNSEL AT LIBERTY MUTUAL
"As a venture-backed direct-to-consumer company, what we learn through customer experience directly evolves who we are growing into for current and new customers. As we mature to more retail presence in an unprecedented time of disruption and opportunity, every team member must be empowered with the vulnerability to iterate and actively listen for how to be present. Design thinking and facilitation taught by Voltage Control punctuates that kind of learning perfectly."
Siya Mali
CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE AT QUIP
"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 Carlin
PRODUCT DESIGNER AT TAILWIND
"The LDX workshop with Douglas was a real enrichment in my personal learning path. I am convinced that I can use essential elements of it in workshops with my customers and students. It was not only the technical aspect in Mural, but of course also the design of the learning path and the social component in the team of the co-learners from across the world."
Christian Coenen
PROFESSOR OF MARKETING AND SERVICES MANAGEMENT AT ZHAW
"I loved the conference and the workshop. As a relatively novice facilitator, I returned energized and inspired. As far as the page goes, it seems to have a bunch of seemingly disparate events. Talking about how they all connect together could be useful. Same thing when I signed up for the conference as well—I mostly did so because of rave reviews from my colleagues. It was a little hard to tell what I was getting into from the event page. Again, this is for folks who aren't already experienced facilitators. There's so much value here for folks in leadership roles, etc."
Vishal Iyer
UX SUPERVISOR AT 18F/ GSA
"As a career leader in sales, sales curriculum design & education and leadership development, I love the experience of selling and facilitation...This program sits at the crosshairs of the sales, design thinking, and facilitation disciplines, with an authentic commitment to delivering a human centered approach. If you have a sales process—great! Use these tools creatively to elevate your client experiences throughout your process. If you don’t yet have a sales process, acquiring the skills and disciplines necessary to use these tools will inspire you to create 'fundamentally human' experiences and processes that matter to your prospects, clients, your organization and you."
April Aandal
WORKSHOP PARTICIPANT AT VIRTUAL SALES SPRINT
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