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• Regional Webinar Series 2025, S8: Event title: "Liberating Structures: Unlocking Participation and Learning"

  • When
    27 Aug 2025
  •  
    6:00 PM - 7:15 PM
  • Location
    Zoom
  • Registered
    6 registrants

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  Host Chapter: Metro DC Liberating Structures: Unlocking Participation and Learning

  About This Event Liberating Structures is a best-of collection of group facilitation techniques that spark creativity, connection, and full-group engagement. In this active session, you’ll experience several key tools that help groups collaborate more effectively, surface new ideas, and build shared understanding. Whether you're designing a learning session, leading change, or just want to engage people more meaningfully, this workshop gives you easy, immediately usable strategies for any group. The Liberating Structures methodology is great to layer on for those with lots of experience working with groups, but also acts as a gateway to those who are new to facilitation and group engagement.

  About the Speaker

  Lee Gimpel

  President, Better Meetings
  

  Lee Gimpel helps organizations design and deliver more engaging, connected, and effective trainings, conferences, and retreats. He is the founder of Better Meetings, a Washington, DC-based firm that provides professional facilitation, meeting skills training, and conference design. 

  His work blends adult learning, group facilitation, and human-centered design to strengthen collaboration, capability, and culture. Lee previously worked at a national training firm and in knowledge management at Capital One. Clients have included the World Bank, U.S. Treasury, Sodexo, and National Association of Realtors. He created the Conference Improvement Kit and produced the Conference Organizers Summit.

  He leads the DC community of practice for Liberating Structures and serves on the board of the Association of Meeting Professionals. A contributing expert for Forbes, Lee is also widely quoted in other media including USA Today, Convene, MeetingsNet, and The Guardian.

  https://www.linkedin.com/in/lee-gimpel/

  www.bettermeetings.expert

  
  

  ATD Recertification Credits The Pittsburgh Chapter of ATD is proud to participate in the ATD Regional Webinar Series. This collaboration of twelve ATD chapters is bringing together the best of our networks to provide world class presenters and content usually on the last Wednesday of each month. We look forward to sharing these webinars with you throughout 2025. Talent Development Capability Model Alignment Developing Professional Capability: Training Delivery and Facilitation ATD Mid-Atlantic Regional Webinar Programs are pre-approved through the ATD Greater Philadelphia Chapter by the ATD Certification Institute for continuing education credits. These credits are based on the ATD Capability Model may be applied towards recertification by Certified Professional in Talent Development (CPTD) and Associate Professional in Talent Development (APTD) credential holders. This program: 1.25 credits. ATD Regional Webinar Series Information The ATD Pittsburgh Chapter is proud to participate in the ATD Mid-Atlantic Regional Webinar Series. This monthly webinar series is offered by the ATD Mid-Atlantic Chapters – Regional Programs Consortium which is comprised of the following twelve ATD chapters: Appalachia  Buffalo Niagara Central PA DC Metro Greater Philadelphia  Long Island NY Maryland  Mid NJ New York City  Northern NJ Pittsburgh Rochester NY Cooperatively, these chapters bring together the very best speakers from around all our networks to provide world-class presenters and content! Cancellation/Refund Policy Greater Than 72 Hours Prior to Event Participants, please email president@tdpittsburgh.org to request refund. In email, participant to request refund paid towards future event within the next six months or money refunded. If money is refunded there may be a small processing fee Less Than 72 Hours Prior to the Event No refund will be issued less than 72 hours prior and including not showing for the event (“no show”). Any special circumstances for refund within 72 hours must be approved by the Chapter President Online Event Recording Policy

  By activating your webcam while attending this online event, you consent to be recorded. Your entry and webcam activation constitutes your consent to such recording for any purpose in connection with the event. If you do not agree to the foregoing, please do not activate your web camera during the event.

  Agenda

  Event Lobby Opens:        5:45 PM

  Speaker Presentation:     6:00 to 7:00 PM

  Q&A/Announcements:     7:00 to 7:15 PM

  Event Closure:              7:15 PM

  Event Running Time:      6:00 to 7:15 PM

  
  

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