5th Annual Facilitation Summit!

Are you ready to network, deepen your knowledge, and connect? Get ready to sharpen your facilitation skills and join us at our 5th Annual Facilitation Summit in Austin, Texas! And don't forget we do have virtual tickets available!

Join us in person at the Vintage Villas resort on February 7th, or tune in from the comfort of your own home for the summit on the 7th as well as the virtual line-up of speakers from February 13th-17th. Either way, you're sure to leave feeling inspired and empowered.

This year’s theme is Impact — we’re exploring the ways in which our choices affect our outcomes, and the far-reaching effect we as facilitators can have on the world. Whether we’re assessing how attendees may respond to a workshop, designing an accessible facilitation space, or crafting a message to reach as many people as possible, we make decisions every day that have the potential for a significant impact on those we work with – and on ourselves.

We have an amazing line up of speakers this year, each with a unique perspective of 'Impact' and those critical decisions we make on a day to day basis.

• Amy Luckey

Getting a bigger boat: Access and inclusion in action

• Benjamin Herndon

Change Management in A.I.

• Corrie LoGiudice

Unstuck Yourself : Your Foolproof Strategy to Activate Extraordinary Action

• Eric Brown

The Green Beret Approach

• Jimbo Clark

Take the BOX Breakthrough Challenge

• John Rabasa

Don't Be Clever: A fundamental insight from improv that goes beyond "yes, and...”

• Matthew Reynolds

Biggest Fullest Brightest- Expanding instead of Climbing

• Renita Joyce Smith

Discovering & Embodying your Authenticity - The Key to Getting Out of Your Own Way

• Robbin Arcega

Digging into Mentorship: What is it, really?

• Sana Akhand

Choosing Freedom

• Taylor Cone

How Might We Measure "Impact Potential"?

• Vincent Perez

Let’s Get to kwerk: Leveraging Digital Tools to Create Inclusive Facilitation Experiences

• Yvonne Alston

The Ultimate Connection: Head, Heart and Soul

• Zach Montroy

Leveraging Emotional Intelligence for Connection

And our Virtual line up set for the week of the 13th:

• Andrew Otwell

Storytelling for Facilitators

• Annekatrin Madlung

Journeying amicably together: A story of the power of pictures and a few words

• Andi Cuddington

The F* Word: Thinking of Failure as a Skill

• Amy Lee

Start with the end in mind: Psychological Safety From Start to Finish

• Florentine Versteeg

Facilitating Language Diversity & Inclusion

• Marisa Davis

Practicing Feedback In A Safe Environment: The Power of a Purposeful Warm-up Game

We invite you to join us in this exploration, and are excited to be building the future of facilitation that we believe will have a lasting and positive impact.

And the best part? We have a special discount code just for you! Use ctr2023_social at checkout to receive 10% off your tickets.

Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn from the best, network with your peers, and have a blast! So, what are you waiting for? Get your tickets now. We will see you in Austin!

Douglas Ferguson, President, Voltage Control

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