Designing Training Courses "Workshops, Seminars, Lectures…etc." By: Mr. Emad Halawa

1. Designing Training Courses • "Workshops, Seminars, Lectures…etc." • By: Mr. EmadHalawa

2. Designing a successful Workshop This presentation on Designing Successful Workshops will introduce you to the design and implementation of successful workshops in your own setting/s. The goal of this presentation is to describe a number of principles and strategies that can be used to make workshops more effective.

3. What is a ‘Workshop’? “a usually brief, intensive educational program for a relatively small group of people in a given field that emphasizes participation in problem solving efforts”. Workshops are popular because of their inherent flexibility and promotion of principles of experiential and adult learning.

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5. How to design your workshop? It is recommend that you complete the entire workshop as integrated steps. 1- Defining a Topic & Identifying the Target Audience 2- Conducting a Needs Assessment 3- Defining Workshop Goals and Objectives 4- Deciding on Time Frame and Number of Participants 5- Defining and Designing Workshop Content 6- Matching Teaching Methods to Content and Objectives

6. ASK YOURSELF: · Why are the participants attending the workshop? · What can I do to make it a positive experience for them? · Why am I giving this workshop? What are my goals?

7. Quick Tips: * Pre-workshop planning 1. Define your objectives for the teaching session. 2. Find out who your audience will be. 3. Determine your teaching method and design the appropriate workshop activities. • * The Workshop itself 4. Introduce the group members to you and to each other 5. Outline your objectives for the teaching session 6. Create a relaxed atmosphere for learning

8. 7. Encourage active participation and allow for problem solving and/or skill acquisition 8. Provide relevant and practical information 9. Remember principles of adult learning 10. Vary your activities and your style 11. Summarize your session and request feedback 12. Enjoy yourself and have fun!

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10. Presentation Skills " The human Element"  Presentation is a process or event in which we convey the message or the information to the people.  Presentation is not a normal way of conveying the information but it is an organized way of expressing the concept or thoughts which are pre-planned. •  A presentation is created in the same manner as a report; • however, it adds one additional element   • The Human Element.

11. A good presentation has: 1. Content: It contains information that people need. But unlike reports, which are read at the reader's own pace, presentations must account for how much information the audience can absorb in one sitting. 2. Structure: It has a logical beginning, middle, and end. It must be sequenced and paced so that the audience can understand it.

12. 3. Packaging: It must be well prepared. A report can be reread and portions skipped over, but with a presentation, the audience is at the mercy of a presenter. 4. Human Element:  • A good presentation will be remembered much more than a good report because it has a person attached to it. However, you must still analyze the audience's needs to determine if they would be better met if a report was sent instead.

13. Facilitating and running the workshop • Starting the Workshop: The way you start the workshop depends on its function and participants. Here are some activities you could select: • Pre-tests You may want a base line of what participants know or think or can do. Introductions and icebreakers These may be needed if people do not already know each other. Introductions are important to help the group link together fast.

14. Running the Workshop •  Keeping groups working well When groups are put together and given a task, they need to be left alone to get to know each other and build trust etc. But the facilitator must also observe to make sure that people know what is expected of them.  Tackling participants who are dominating or silent Every facilitator dreads the participant who dominates every discussion and volunteers an answer to every question put to the plenary group. At the other extreme are those who sit at the back, silent throughout the discussions.

15. Monitoring during the workshop, Strategies and exercises for different stages: a) Ice breakers *Activities at the start of each day: there is value in starting each day with a review of the previous day’s work. b) Energizing exercises *The same activity continued for more than about twenty minutes can become boring, especially in the post-lunch period – the “early afternoon malaise”. *So, an activity is needed that is short enough not to disrupt the flow of the programme, push blood up to the head, and restore brain function to active

16. Closing the Workshop How you close the workshop depends on the culture you are working in but you could think about: * feedback to participants on the results of any attitudes or skills that were being monitored during the workshop; comments and (if possible) praise of work done during the workshop – problem analyses, plans of action or working tools like checklists. * a presentation of a Certificate of Attendance or Certificate that skills have been learnt • * a speech thanking participants for attending and thanking • other people who made the workshop possible.

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