Lee Gimpel is the founder of Better Meetings in Washington, DC. The firm helps organizations turn meetings from boring and unproductive to engaging and effective, be they staff meetings, board meetings, retreats, or annual conferences. Much of his work involves innovation, brainstorming, strategic planning, product/service/event design, and future-casting. Clients include for-profit companies and government agencies in addition to a wide range of associations, including the National Association of Realtors, Department of Energy, American Federation of Teachers, and Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation. In addition, he founded the Conference Organizers Summit. He holds a degree from the Robins School of Business at the University of Richmond with concentrations in international business and marketing. His work blends group facilitation, audience engagement, human-centered design, and specific training with Liberating Structures, Technology of Participation, and applied improv. As an industry expert, he is widely quoted in the media, including in USA Today, HuffPost, Convene, Prevue Meetings & Incentives, Association Conventions & Facilities, and MeetingsNet. He is also the contributing expert on meetings and facilitation for Forbes where he writes a regular column.