The Design Lab

Transform your meetings, professional development, and facilitation with The Design Lab workshop series. This two-day program is designed to take you on a journey through transformative professional design and facilitation experiences. Drawing upon research-informed practices, transformational adult learning theory, Universal Design for Learning, and liberatory design, The Design Lab provides a unique opportunity to revitalize your meeting ideas, opening week workshops, professional learning days, or any other gathering. Come away with practical tools you can use right away and a community of leaders who are inspired to remake what’s possible for adults.

A resource booklet will be provided to support your ongoing development. Whether you're a seasoned facilitator or a new leader, this workshop will provide you with valuable insights and practical skills to enhance your professional practice.

In this workshop, you'll:

• Reflect on, assess, refine, and redefine what makes professional learning and meetings transformational
• Create conditions and new systems for adult learning
• Design a professional development session, meeting, or equivalent content
• Explore effective facilitation skills through reflection and practice
• Build connections among participants

DAY ONE: SESSION TOPICS

• Redefining Professional Learning
• The Who, What, Why, How, and Who of Professional Learning
• Approaching Design with Intention
• Details for Belonging and Psychological Safety

DAY TWO: SESSION TOPICS

• Self-Knowledge and Power as a Facilitator
• Putting Tools into Practice
• Assessing for Impact and Working with Feedback

CANCELLATION POLICY

Life happens. We understand that there will be times when you cannot attend a workshop that you have registered and paid for.

Registration may be transferred to a different person up to 7 days before a session. However refunds will not be given, and a session missed for any reason will not be refunded.

Below we have outlined our cancellation and refund policy, which we have in place to ensure the most accurate numbers when we secure well in advance locations, catering, and facilitators. Thank you for understanding.

For our ongoing programs or one-day intensives, refunds are available (less a $50 processing fee) up to 22 days before the scheduled starting date. We are unable to provide refunds for cancellations made 21 days or less prior to the first day of a workshop. A missed session that is part of an ongoing program is non-refundable and non-transferrable. For our summer institutes refunds are available (less a $50 processing fee) up to 30 days before the scheduled starting date. We are unable to provide refunds for cancellations made 29 days or less prior to the first day of a summer institute.

Please contact us by email as soon as you know you cannot attend a workshop. This will allow us time to contact our waitlist and hopefully fill your spot.