The Hidden Barrier in Most Meetings (And How to Fix It)

Sale Price: $59.00 Original Price: $99.00

A person who is blind and another who has ADHD walk into your meeting. Are you equipped to bring their voices and wisdom into the room?

Most meetings and trainings unintentionally exclude people.

Not because leaders don’t care about inclusion—but because traditional meeting structures assume everyone processes information, communicates, and participates the same way and lose their competitive advantage.

The reality is that teams are diverse in ability, communication style, learning preference, and cognitive processing.

When we design conversations with that diversity in mind, something powerful happens: Participation expands, insights deepen, and people feel genuinely included.

In this interactive webinar, Jeremy Grandstaff will share practical strategies for transforming meetings, trainings, and group discussions into accessible, inclusive conversations where everyone can contribute—regardless of ability or communication style.

Participants will learn how to:

• Identify hidden barriers in traditional meetings and trainings

• Design conversations that invite participation from all abilities

• Use facilitation techniques that support multiple communication styles

• Create psychologically safe environments for contribution

• Move beyond “participation” to meaningful inclusion

Whether you lead meetings, facilitate training, or design collaborative environments, or are looking for another competitive advantage, this session will give you tools you can apply immediately.

If you want meetings where more voices are heard, more ideas emerge, and more people feel included—this webinar will show you how.

Who this webinar is for:

• HR professionals

• Learning & Development leaders

• Organizational Development & Change practitioners

• Trainers and facilitators

• Managers and team leaders

• Corporate consultants

• Nonprofit leaders • Educators

Professional Development Webinar Price

$59 (Early Bird) – $99 full price***

***A link to join the webinar will be sent to the email provided on the form below a few days prior to the event.

Meet your facilitator!

Jeremy Grandstaff, MOD

Nonprofit Executive | Organizational Development | Change Management | Learning & Development | Sales Enablement

Washington DC Metro Area | 202-810-5368 | Jeremy@InspirationFoundation.org LinkedIn.com/in/jeremygrandstaff | WWW.InspirationFoundation.org

2025 TEDxYpsilanti Speaker | Podcast Guest (Sphere of Influence)

 

 

ABOUT JEREMY

Jeremy Grandstaff is a seasoned leader in nonprofit growth, organizational effectiveness, learning and development, and change management with over two decades of experience across nonprofit, consulting, enterprise, and government sectors. He promotes sustainable change through empathy, advocacy, and strategic insight, ensuring organizational success and long-term growth. Drawing on advanced methodologies and collaborative practices, Jeremy designs and leads retreats, workshops, and learning academies that elevate leadership and team performance. As the author of the Engaged Change™ Process, he blends over 60 proven collaborative methods into a unified framework that enables organizations to drive meaningful and lasting transformation and build stronger movements while doing it.

Mr. Grandstaff currently serves as the Executive Director of the Inspiration Foundation, charged with growing our technology grant awards, launching the Inspiration Seal Certification, and strengthening partnerships to grow employment for people with disabilities by 10% over the next five years.

Most recently, Mr. Grandstaff provided strategic leadership at CurbCutOS to strengthen relationships with stakeholders across local, regional, and international levels, particularly within the disability, finance, healthcare, and technology sectors. He directed sales and marketing initiatives to align with CurbCutOS’ mission of creating accessible user experiences that mirror the “curb cut effect.” Under his leadership, the firm engaged with over 150 clients through monthly collaborative learning events, launched innovative accessibility-focused offerings, including Accessible UX+ and Accessibility UX Audit, and forged partnerships with IPSOS, MKF Advisors, Brooks Digital, TheHCDX, and the Viscardi Center to drive sustainable business growth.

Previously, Mr. Grandstaff led talent management and organizational culture initiatives at Cogent Analytics, a $75M management consulting firm, where he improved efficiency by 35% and retention by 15% through process redesign and automation. Earlier in his career, as a partner and consultant at S&G Endeavors, he delivered over 400 projects for more than 1,000 clients across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, achieving 94% satisfaction scores. His leadership in initiatives such as the Nebraska Walkable Communities Collaborative, designing advocacy training for Bike Cleveland, engineering culture transformation at the DC Housing Authority, and creating a safety-first cultural train the trainer program at Blue Scope Buildings exemplifies his ability to connect strategy, collaboration, and community impact—hallmarks of his lifelong commitment to building organizations that thrive through people-centered change.

Mr. Grandstaff holds Master’s degrees in Organizational Development, and Business Administration, and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, MIS, and International Business. He also has Certificates in Cultural Competence, Small Group activity Methods,  and Whole Systems Collaborative Change.

Mr. Grandstaff is actively involved in Nexus4Change, Penny Forward, the Institute for Culture, Change, and Leadership, World Services for the Blind, the Chesapeake Bay Organization Development Network, the International Society for Organization Development and Change.

A person who is blind and another who has ADHD walk into your meeting. Are you equipped to bring their voices and wisdom into the room?

Most meetings and trainings unintentionally exclude people.

Not because leaders don’t care about inclusion—but because traditional meeting structures assume everyone processes information, communicates, and participates the same way and lose their competitive advantage.

The reality is that teams are diverse in ability, communication style, learning preference, and cognitive processing.

When we design conversations with that diversity in mind, something powerful happens: Participation expands, insights deepen, and people feel genuinely included.

In this interactive webinar, Jeremy Grandstaff will share practical strategies for transforming meetings, trainings, and group discussions into accessible, inclusive conversations where everyone can contribute—regardless of ability or communication style.

Participants will learn how to:

• Identify hidden barriers in traditional meetings and trainings

• Design conversations that invite participation from all abilities

• Use facilitation techniques that support multiple communication styles

• Create psychologically safe environments for contribution

• Move beyond “participation” to meaningful inclusion

Whether you lead meetings, facilitate training, or design collaborative environments, or are looking for another competitive advantage, this session will give you tools you can apply immediately.

If you want meetings where more voices are heard, more ideas emerge, and more people feel included—this webinar will show you how.

Who this webinar is for:

• HR professionals

• Learning & Development leaders

• Organizational Development & Change practitioners

• Trainers and facilitators

• Managers and team leaders

• Corporate consultants

• Nonprofit leaders • Educators

Professional Development Webinar Price

$59 (Early Bird) – $99 full price***

***A link to join the webinar will be sent to the email provided on the form below a few days prior to the event.

Meet your facilitator!

Jeremy Grandstaff, MOD

Nonprofit Executive | Organizational Development | Change Management | Learning & Development | Sales Enablement

Washington DC Metro Area | 202-810-5368 | Jeremy@InspirationFoundation.org LinkedIn.com/in/jeremygrandstaff | WWW.InspirationFoundation.org

2025 TEDxYpsilanti Speaker | Podcast Guest (Sphere of Influence)

 

 

ABOUT JEREMY

Jeremy Grandstaff is a seasoned leader in nonprofit growth, organizational effectiveness, learning and development, and change management with over two decades of experience across nonprofit, consulting, enterprise, and government sectors. He promotes sustainable change through empathy, advocacy, and strategic insight, ensuring organizational success and long-term growth. Drawing on advanced methodologies and collaborative practices, Jeremy designs and leads retreats, workshops, and learning academies that elevate leadership and team performance. As the author of the Engaged Change™ Process, he blends over 60 proven collaborative methods into a unified framework that enables organizations to drive meaningful and lasting transformation and build stronger movements while doing it.

Mr. Grandstaff currently serves as the Executive Director of the Inspiration Foundation, charged with growing our technology grant awards, launching the Inspiration Seal Certification, and strengthening partnerships to grow employment for people with disabilities by 10% over the next five years.

Most recently, Mr. Grandstaff provided strategic leadership at CurbCutOS to strengthen relationships with stakeholders across local, regional, and international levels, particularly within the disability, finance, healthcare, and technology sectors. He directed sales and marketing initiatives to align with CurbCutOS’ mission of creating accessible user experiences that mirror the “curb cut effect.” Under his leadership, the firm engaged with over 150 clients through monthly collaborative learning events, launched innovative accessibility-focused offerings, including Accessible UX+ and Accessibility UX Audit, and forged partnerships with IPSOS, MKF Advisors, Brooks Digital, TheHCDX, and the Viscardi Center to drive sustainable business growth.

Previously, Mr. Grandstaff led talent management and organizational culture initiatives at Cogent Analytics, a $75M management consulting firm, where he improved efficiency by 35% and retention by 15% through process redesign and automation. Earlier in his career, as a partner and consultant at S&G Endeavors, he delivered over 400 projects for more than 1,000 clients across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, achieving 94% satisfaction scores. His leadership in initiatives such as the Nebraska Walkable Communities Collaborative, designing advocacy training for Bike Cleveland, engineering culture transformation at the DC Housing Authority, and creating a safety-first cultural train the trainer program at Blue Scope Buildings exemplifies his ability to connect strategy, collaboration, and community impact—hallmarks of his lifelong commitment to building organizations that thrive through people-centered change.

Mr. Grandstaff holds Master’s degrees in Organizational Development, and Business Administration, and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, MIS, and International Business. He also has Certificates in Cultural Competence, Small Group activity Methods,  and Whole Systems Collaborative Change.

Mr. Grandstaff is actively involved in Nexus4Change, Penny Forward, the Institute for Culture, Change, and Leadership, World Services for the Blind, the Chesapeake Bay Organization Development Network, the International Society for Organization Development and Change.