How to Run a Great Workshop (Paperback)

Paperback. Youve been asked to run a training session, workshop or meeting. What you need now is a foolproof way of making it both memorable and enjoyable to run and to know that what you are doing will achieve the desired outcome and have lasting positive effects on your team. Anyone who has ever endured 'death by powerpoint' or a dry 'chalk and talk' session knows how not to do it, but how do you make sure that you get it right? This interactive guide is designed especially for busy managers - people whose main role is not training and will take you through a simple step-by-step process that results in stimulating, fun and effective workshops and presentations. Just some of the many scenarios the book will help you tackle include: How to put together training session from scratch when you have 'blank page, blank face syndrome heres the step-by-step solution You've done some training but you arent getting the desired results from your sessions heres what do to about it You haven't time to write 80 sexy PowerPoint slides for a session you are running heres what to do instead that will be even more effective and take half the time You're dreading the experience of being 'up the front' heres how to shift the onus from you to your participants How to be remembered for the right reasons! Heres how to ensure that happens This is a book that walks the talk- it presents what you need to know in an engaging, interesting, effective and quick way exactly how you will be presenting in your meetings and worshops when you have finished reading it. Dealing with running successful group sessions, this book takes you through the early stages of planning and preparation, for showing you how to build a great session. It also covers group activities, how to use materials and how to be remembered for the right reasons, along with an overview of training theory and learning models. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.