Power Talk: Designing Belonging with Dr. Tanisha King

ByGuest Blogger

 If you missed this event you can access the recorded webinar below.

Psychological safety plays a powerful role in shaping whether people feel comfortable participating, sharing ideas, and engaging meaningfully in group environments. For meeting and event professionals, the way experiences are designed—from registration to room setup to speaker engagement—can either invite participation or unintentionally create barriers to it.

This session explores the significance of psychological safety in meetings and events and why it is essential to attendee engagement, learning, and collaboration. Participants will learn how everyday design choices and subtle environmental signals influence how people interpret whether they belong and whether their voice is welcomed.

By the end of the session, event professionals will better understand how psychological safety impacts attendee experience and how intentional design practices can create more engaging, participatory, and successful events.

Following Dr. King’s Power Talk: hear from a panel of experts to dive deeper into the financial, scientific, and practical applications of creating psychological safety at events.

Learning Objectives:

  • Define psychological safety and its importance in meetings and events.
  • Identify signals within event environments that influence whether attendees feel safe to engage.
  • Apply simple strategies to support psychological safety and increase meaningful participation.