Secrets to Designing Dynamic Workshops

Have you considered offering a workshop as a more efficient way to deliver training, enhance group learning and generate more income for your business?  

Remove the fear and uncertainty of workshop design with this 5-hour teleclass series: The Secrets to Designing Dynamic Workshops from Scratch, led by Steve Davis and Marion Franklin.

This class will walk you through the building blocks of designing and delivering effective experiential workshops. It covers all the elements of workshop design using a simple, well-organized, and proven approach. Use this class to complete the design of your own workshop from the comfort of your own home or office.

Many thanks for a great experience. I received enough value before the first class to justify all of my costs – and it just kept getting better! I am now really looking forward to creating and delivering my upcoming workshop on retirement success — can’t honestly say that was true before the workshop.
— Doug Leland, Executive Coach & Retirement Specialist–

By the end of the course you will…

• Have learned how to chose a compelling topic for a workshop.
• Have a new tool-belt of exercises and coaching skills to help enhance learning.
• Have a simple formula for creating workshops in any topic area.
• Have completed the design of your own workshop, following Marion’s 7-step approach.
• Have more confidence in dealing with the unexpected?
• And much more..

I found this teleclass of enormous value, so much so that I actually looked forward to getting up at 3 am in the morning to attend! — Steven Farrugia, Business Development Manager, Boral Corporation, Austrailia–

Course Outline

Module 1

• Introduction to Workshop Design and Framing Your Message
• Choosing a Great Topic, whether it’s chosen for you or not.
• Designing a Fresh, Memorable Title
• Developing an Overriding Message
• Design your own workshop week

Module 2

• Being Prepared: 10 Critical Behind the Scenes Strategies
• Know Your Audience
• Resolve Introduction Issues
• Room Arrangements
• Presentation Equipment/Accessories
• Eliminate Gaps

Module 3

• Managing the three stages of a workshop
• The Beginning
  • Building Trust and Rapport
  •  Setting the Stage and Tone
  • Clarifying Objectives and Ground rules
  • Introductions
  • Icebreakers
• The Middle
  • Delivering the content
  • Delivering your overriding message
  • Delivering experiences
  • Leaving them with inspired curiosity
• The End
  • Reinforce learning and overriding message.
  • Clarify additional resources
  • Short promo about your services
• JIT Coaching

Module 4

• Experiential Exercises and Just-In-Time Coaching.
•  Creating Experiential Exercises
  • Reflect on your experiences
  • Read about and reflect on the topic
  • Consult Exercise sources
  • Gather supporting material
  • Generalize Observations
• Delivering Experiential Exercises
  • The Kolb Learning Cycle
  • Timing
  • Adjusting to group specific needs
  • Managing emotional elements
•  JIT Coaching
  • Permission
  • Observe, question, comment

Module 4

• Icing on the Cake
•  7 Tips to polish your workshop
  • Be yourself
  • Marketing Tips
  • Client relationship building
  • Extended relationships with participants.
  • Join Online Training Networks
  • Manage your time wisely
  • Handle difficult participants
•  Individual Coaching and Q&A

What’s Included With This Training

1. MP3 of this 5-hour workshop design course.

2. The 7 Simple Secrets to Successful Workshops Ebook ($30 value)

3. MP 3 audio interview with instructional design expert, Marg Wall for yet another perspective on workshop design in this one-hour session,

You gave us such great tips on how to organize and run a workshop.
I now feel more confident and can’t wait to schedule my next workshop.