1. Workshops may seem like something only a professional trainer needs to worry about. However, the ability to run an effective workshop is a major asset to senior leaders.
2. The problem is that long presentations tend to suck the oxygen out of a room.
3. A good workshop can leave people energized and excited, offering them an opportunity to participate, as well as receiving information.
4. We can follow 3 principles to design a good workshop namely writing your audience profile, focus on limited outcomes, and varying our teaching formats
5. Writing your audience profile: You need to ask the questions- Who are they? How experienced are they? Why are they here? And What are their concerns? w.r.t your audience on the basis of the workshop.
6. Focus on limited outcomes: Defining the takeaways from your workshop beforehand would help the audience.
7. Varying teaching formats: A fun workshop filled with exercises, group discussions, and QnA in the end or towards the end of a certain topic would be ideally engaging.
To know more about these aspects in detail, you can refer to this article: https://medium.dave-bailey.com/every-leader-should-learn-the-art-of-engaging-groups-f7983db51f6a
