Schedule

Note: The schedule is may change.

Day One: Wed. Sept 10th

9:00 - 9:30 AM: Registration & Breakfast

9:30 - 9:45 AM: Welcome Session

9:45 - 10 AM: Break

10:00 - 11:30 AM: Workshops

Your Facilitation Operating System with Joran Oppelt
Beyond Partnership: Defining Your Identity as a Co-Creator with Payton Christenberry, Chris Gerson, and Caitlin Smith
**Road Trip! Designing Learning Experiences that Drive Results** with Rebecca Carew, EdD

11:30 - 12:30 PM: Lunch

12:30 - 1:00 PM: Collective Energizer - Piccles

1:00 - 2:30 PM: Workshops

**How Do You Align Your Core Values with Your Facilitation Practice?** with Genevieve Laskey
Listen, Draw, Reflect: Collective Scribing and Mirroring with Mary Jo Neil
**Building Your Model for Leading Change in Turbulent Times** with Marsha Acker and Kari McLeod
**Overcome Fear and Embrace AI: Using AI Legally and Safely** with Erin Austin

2:30 - 3:00 PM: Break

3:00 - 3:30 PM: Connection Building - Wish Granting & Partner Finding

3:30 - 4:45 PM: Connection Building - Signboards of Interest

4:45 - 5:00 PM: Closing Session

Evening: Social & Reception at a nearby (walkable) place

Day Two: Thursday, Sept 11th

9:00 - 9:20 AM: Registration

9:20 - 9:45 AM: Morning Percolations

9:45 - 10 AM: Break

10:00 - 11:30 AM: Workshops

Supercharged Sticky Noting: Go-To Methods for Collaborative Problem- Solving with Heather Lum
Facilitate Like a Pro with Dr. Cynthia Pace
Using Play to Build Stronger Relationships in Professional Settings with Alex Suchman
Navigating Your Most Difficult Clients: A Brain Trust Experience with Trine Kane

11:30 - 12:30 PM: Lunch

12:30 - 1:00 PM: Collective Energizer - Poetry for Neanderthals

1:00 - 2:30 PM: Workshops

The American Future Search with Ashanti Gardner
Feel It Out: Building Real Connection in Short-Term Spaces with Amie Myrick
The Innovation Code: Competing Values in Action with Dr. Ethan Eagle
Ambiguity Revealed with Barb Siegal

2:30 - 3:00 PM: Break

3:00 - 4:00 PM: Troika [3-Person] Consulting

4:00 - 4:50 PM: Practice Playground & Study Hall

4:50 - 5:00 PM: Closing Session

Day Three: Friday, Sept 12

9:00 - 9:20 AM: Registration

9:20 - 9:45 AM: Morning Percolations

9:45 - 10 AM: Break

10:00 - 11:30 AM: Workshops

Complexity of Change and Conflict with Susan Levin
The Path Appears: Chart Your Personal Learning Journey with Jennie Toner-Algin
Purposeful Play - Unlocking Creativity Through Visual, Kinesthetic, and Verbal Play with Abby Wilkymacky
Better Town Halls & Public Hearings with Bill Olsen and Susanne Wiggins

11:30 - 12:30 PM: Lunch

12:30 - 1:00 PM: Collective Energizer - Count to 20

1 - 4:30 PM: Hackathon

Welcome & Introducing the Ampersand Hackathon
Research, Design & Build Time
Expo & Voting
Awards & Reflection

4:30 - 5:00 PM: Ampersand Closing & Reflections

Session Descriptions

Always a work in progress.

Workshop Facilitators