Designing Schools EP#31 | How To Take the Leap: From Launching Your Business to Having Conversations That Matter
Today I'm delighted to welcome Dan Faill to the podcast for a conversation where he shares insights, with a unique mix of humor and vulnerability, that we all need to hear right now. Dan Faill is an accomplished storyteller and international speaker. Having worked for over a decade on college campuses, advocating for safe and positive student experiences, Dan now travels the country as a full-time speaker, coach and consultant, engaging audiences in hard but needed conversations. Dan shares personal stories that engage and inspire others to be their authentic selves and be brave enough to have the conversations that matter.
In This Episode
- How and why Dan took the leap and launched his side hustle into a full time business
- How to identify if you are throwing away conversations
- How to change the way you start sentences to design conversations that matter
- How the dynamic of a conversation changes when working with a facilitator to provide the group with a myriad of solutions
- How he facilitates conversations about social justice, race, equity and inclusion that allow us to think like scientists
- How vulnerability fosters a culture of trust and creativity
- Why "Google it" is bad advice and what to do instead
Connect with Dan
Dan's unique ability to design conversations that matter through vulnerability and humor eases the audience into taking the leap to having conversations that matter. You can learn more from Dan by visiting his website and following him across social media @danfaill.