WORKSHOPS & FACILITATION SERVICES
Interactive Workshops That Build Skills and Strengthen Teams
Inspiration without action isn't enough. I design and facilitate workshops grounded in research and built for how people actually learn - so your team leaves with practical tools, shared language, and a plan they'll actually use.
Why Workshops Work
A great keynote inspires. A great workshop transforms. So, what makes facilitated sessions so powerful?
Deeper Connection
Participants don't just listen - they engage, share, and build trust with each other in real time. Every session is designed with inclusion in mind.
Action, Not Just Inspiration
Every session includes tools, frameworks, and strategies your people can apply immediately. You leave with a plan—not just goosebumps.
Lasting Change
Interactive learning sticks. Participants leave with shared language, custom materials, and momentum that carries forward long after the session ends.
Choose Your Path to Growth
Corporate, Nonprofits & Associations
Leadership teams, managers, staff development, board retreats
Higher Education
Student Leaders, student staff, professional staff, faculty, campus-wide programs
CORPORATE, NONPROFITS, ASSOCIATIONS
Workshops to Elevate Culture and Performance
Every team has untapped potential. My workshops foster stronger collaboration, build trust, and equip your people with practical strategies they can apply right away.
SIGNATURE PROGRAMS
MOST REQUESTED
Say What You Mean: Communicating with Clarity, Confidence & Care
Great communication is more than choosing the right words—it's about knowing your style, reading the room, and making sure your message lands. This interactive workshop explores how communication styles shape team dynamics, relationships, and results.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Identify your personal communication style
Recognize and adapt to five communication styles in others
Navigate conflict with empathy and intention
Build stronger relationships through intentional dialogue
STAFF FAVORITE
Building Trust & Psychological Safety
High-performing teams are built on trust. This workshop gives leaders and teams a shared framework for creating environments where people feel safe to speak up, take risks, and bring their full selves to work.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Understand what psychological safety is (and isn't)
Assess your team's current trust dynamics
Learn behaviors that build—and erode—trust
Create action plans for strengthening team culture
CUSTOM PROGRAM TOPICS
Personal Development
Understanding Yourself as a Leader
Defining Your Core Values
Developing Your Supervisory Style
Creating Your Personal Brand
Navigating Conflict
Public Speaking 101
Organization Development
Team Building & Trust
Mission, Vision & Values Setting
Goal Setting & Strategic Planning
Change Management
Running Effective Meetings
LGBTQ+ Inclusion & Safe Spaces
Talent & HR Development
Recruitment & Hiring Strategy
Designing Interview Processes
Creating Onboarding Programs
Manager Development
Feedback & Performance Conversations
Recruiting Basics
Don't See What You Need? No Problem!
I design custom workshops tailored to your team's specific challenges, goals, and culture. Let's build something together.
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“I cannot say enough good things about the content that was delivered, nor the way it was delivered. Austin’s organization, communication, and presentation skills made his time with us one of the most talked about events our company participated in during our time together over those few days.”
PAR TECHNOLOGY & DATA CENTRAL
EDUCATION
Workshops to Strengthen Connection and Cultivate Leaders
From student organization retreats to staff development days, my workshops bring campus communities together to learn, connect, and lead with impact. Every program is tailored to your goals, your audience, and your campus culture.
STUDENT PROGRAMS
STUDENTS | TEAM DYNAMICS
Say What You Mean: Communicating with Clarity, Confidence & Care
Whether you're navigating a tough conversation with a co-chair, trying to get your whole chapter on the same page, managing conflict within your organization, or figuring out how to communicate with an advisor—communication is the foundation of everything you do as a student leader. Say What Your Mean helps student leaders sharpen how they communicate with intention, flexibility, and care. Through self-assessment, practical frameworks, and interactive exercises, participants leave with a clearer understanding of their own communication style and concrete strategies for working better with the people around them.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Identify your personal communication style and understand how it shapes your relationships and leadership effectiveness
Recognize and adapt to the communication styles of fellow leaders, members, and advisors
Navigate conflict and difficult conversations with more confidence and less avoidance
Build trust and connection within your organization through more intentional, values-grounded communication
Leave with a personal communication action plan to apply immediately in your leadership role
STUDENTS | ORIENTATION LEADERS
The Welcome Effect
Orientation leaders carry more responsibility than their job description suggests. They're often the first real connection a new student makes on campus—and that first impression matters more than any brochure or welcome email ever will. The Welcome Effect prepares your OL team to show up ready: grounded in purpose, equipped with practical skills, and genuinely excited about the experience they're about to create. Sessions cover team cohesion and shared culture, understanding the first-year and transfer student experience, how to build authentic connections in short windows of time, peer mentorship best practices, and how your OLs can take care of themselves while taking care of everyone else. Available as a one-day intensive or a multi-day training experience—built around your campus, your timeline, and your students.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Build a shared team culture and sense of purpose among the OL cohort before training begins
Develop a deeper understanding of the common challenges, needs, and experiences of incoming first-year and transfer students
Apply practical skills for building genuine connections in the time-limited, high-energy environment of orientation
Practice peer mentorship approaches that prioritize student belonging, wellbeing, and successful transition
Identify personal strategies for sustaining energy and wellbeing throughout orientation—so they can keep giving to others
STUDENTS | MOST REQUESTED
Refocus Your Board
The hustle to make it all happen can cause student boards to lose sight of their purpose—and the people they serve. Refocus Your Board helps organizations RECALL what they're actually here to do, RETHINK how they're approaching their work, and RECREATE their strategy for programs, outreach, and community engagement. Through an interactive workshop experience, leaders walk away with a clear-eyed view of where their organization stands, a stronger shared sense of purpose, and practical tools they can put to use immediately.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Assess whether the board is operating with a clear, shared understanding of its purpose and role on campus
Identify specific opportunities to improve event planning, marketing strategy, and community outreach
Develop a more student-centered approach to programming that better meets the needs of the community
Strengthen teamwork, communication, and relationship-building within the leadership team
Leave with a concrete action plan the full board has ownership over
IDEAL FOR
Specially designed for programming boards, student government, fraternity/sorority governing councils, multicultural student boards, campus activities organizations at colleges of all sizes
STUDENTS | CUSTOM
Custom Leadership Retreat
The best retreats don't just take your group somewhere different—they help your group think differently. A Custom Leadership Retreat is a fully designed experience built around your organization's specific goals, challenges, and desired outcomes. Whether you're a student government preparing for a new year, a programming board rethinking your approach, or a Greek governing council working through difficult questions, Austin partners with you through an intake process to design a retreat that fits your people, your campus, and what you actually need to accomplish. No recycled agendas. Every retreat is built from scratch. A pre-retreat call is included with every engagement.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Establish shared organizational goals and priorities for the year ahead
Build team cohesion, trust, and communication among the leadership group
Develop clarity on organizational purpose, values, and the decisions that should drive the year
Create an action plan with clear ownership, timelines, and accountability structures
Leave energized, aligned, and genuinely ready to lead together
IDEAL FOR
Specially designed for programming boards, student government, fraternity/sorority governing councils, multicultural student boards, and homecoming committees at colleges of all sizes
CAMPUSPEAK INTERACTIVE WORKSHOPS
Austin is a trained facilitator for all CAMPUSPEAK Interactive Workshops, bringing even more options for expert facilitation to your campus community. Learn More →
PROFESSIONAL STAFF & FACULTY PROGRAMS
STAFF & FACULTY | MOST POPULAR
Say What You Mean: Communicating with Clarity, Confidence & Care - Staff Edition
In education, communication is the work. Whether you're navigating a difficult conversation with a student, collaborating across departments, managing a complex team dynamic, giving performance feedback, or figuring out how to communicate up the chain—how you communicate shapes every outcome. Say What You Mean: Staff Edition is built specifically for education professionals, exploring the communication styles, patterns, and blind spots that show up in professional settings and giving participants practical tools for communicating with more clarity, confidence, and care in the workplace.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Identify your personal communication style and understand how it shows up in professional relationships, team dynamics, and leadership interactions
Recognize and adapt to the communication styles of colleagues, supervisors, and direct reports
Navigate difficult professional conversations—feedback exchanges, disagreements, and performance discussions—with more confidence and less avoidance
Build more effective cross-departmental communication and collaboration across your division
Leave with a personal communication plan to apply directly in your current professional context
STAFF & FACULTY | STRATEGIC PLANNING
Charting the Course
Before the year begins, your team deserves more than a kickoff meeting and goals someone typed up last April. Charting the Course is a facilitated strategic planning experience for departments and divisions who want to enter the academic year with real clarity. Working alongside your team, I help surface what's working, name what isn't, and build a shared roadmap everyone actually believes in—and has real ownership over.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
Pre-work intake to understand your team's current state, priorities, and goals
Facilitated team building, skill development programming, and planning sessions
Goal-setting and priority alignment across the team
Team culture and norms conversation
Strategic roadmap with clear ownership and decision-making structures
Post-session debrief and follow-up summary
OPTIMAL TIMES OF YEAR
May/June: before fall planning begins
Early August: before the academic year starts
LENGTH OF PROGRAM
Half-day, full-day or multi-day all available.
Don't See What You Need? No Problem!
I design custom workshops tailored to your group’s specific challenges, goals, and culture. Let's build something together.
