1. Designing Effective Workshops
Human Resources Division
Personal and Professional Development
Designing Effective Workshops

2. Objectives
Session 1
Identify a systematic approach to designing successful workshops
Session 2
Explore the role, responsibilities and skills of an effective facilitator
Understand strategies for delivering effective workshops
Session 3
Reflect on learning and explore ways to embed key learns

3. Training Cycle
Analysis
Design
Delivery
Evaluation

4. Kolb’s Learning Cycle

5. Honey and Mumford Learning Styles

6. Learning Styles

7. How we learn We tend to remember: 10% of what we read
20% of what we hear
30% of what we see
50% of what we hear and see
70% of what we say
90% of what we say and do

8. Learning Activities Examples: group discussion pair work
brainstorming individual work
activities small group work
quiz presentations
games scenarios
role play team tasks
case study group discussion & debate
story telling puzzles/ cut ups (mix & match definitions etc)
drama reading
films & video clip Q&A session
interviewing & report back
problem solving use of flipcharts/handouts
Post-it notes demonstrations
ice breaking activities

9. Session Plans Title: Aim: Audience: Duration: Date/Venue: Time Content
Resources
Slide
E.g.;
9 – 9.15
Introductions
Cover objectives
Name cards
Workbooks
Slide no 1

10. 12 steps to success Rehearse…. Check facilities Develop visual aids
Question taking
Develop summary
Develop main body
Develop good introduction
Determine timing
Determine sequence & order
Collect information
Who is your audience?
What are your objectives?

11. Visual Aids

12. Reinforce through Visualisation

13. Ugh! Text animation Use another font to add to the fun ! completely
Can be used
in all sorts of different ways
and in different colours
repeatedly
The animation effects can be so tiresome
to impress
or annoy
completely
Or drive your audience completely barmy
Use another font to add to the fun !

14. Putting it into practice Follow up
Action planning
Key Learns
Putting it into practice
Follow up