Making Workshops Work: Creative collaboration for our time
Do you face the challenge of running really effective meetings, facilitated sessions or workshops as part of your role?
Would you like to feel more confident when working with challenging groups or senior participants?
Do you want to deliver lasting results collaboratively, in virtual, hybrid and in—person environments?
Making Workshops Work takes you from an initial idea or brief, through step—by—step preparation, to an engaging, well—run and effective session, resulting in agreed actions and clear follow up. You’ll feel confident, creative and competent as you deliver great results. Everyone will be committed to their actions and afterwards, whether you meet virtually, in—person or mix the two. Penny Pullan is a pioneer of virtual working and one of the world’s leading experts on running effective workshops. Her expertise and candid stories will inspire at every stage, to ensure that you are fully prepared to make the best use of your own and your participants’ valuable time.

Discover:

  • A practical step—by—step guide to get the most out of group sessions quickly whether virtual or in—person
  • Memorable case studies, stories and examples to highlight what really works and what doesn’t
  • Downloadable tools, templates and checklists to reduce your preparation time and enhance your effectiveness
  • Reflective questions and exercises to help you develop your own approach, building on what works for you and adapting what doesn’t, so that each workshop is better than the last

Dr Penny Pullan is the author of several books including ‘Virtual Leadership: Practical Strategies for Getting the Best out of Virtual Work and Virtual Teams'(Kogan Page, 2016). She works with people in multinational organizations who are grappling with tricky projects: uncertain, with ambiguous requirements, stakeholders who need to be engaged and virtual teams dispersed around the world. When they work with Penny, clients notice that communication, collaboration, clarity, commitment, connection and confidence grow, and change doesn’t seem quite as tricky as before!

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Making Workshops Work: Creative collaboration for our time
Do you face the challenge of running really effective meetings, facilitated sessions or workshops as part of your role?
Would you like to feel more confident when working with challenging groups or senior participants?
Do you want to deliver lasting results collaboratively, in virtual, hybrid and in—person environments?
Making Workshops Work takes you from an initial idea or brief, through step—by—step preparation, to an engaging, well—run and effective session, resulting in agreed actions and clear follow up. You’ll feel confident, creative and competent as you deliver great results. Everyone will be committed to their actions and afterwards, whether you meet virtually, in—person or mix the two. Penny Pullan is a pioneer of virtual working and one of the world’s leading experts on running effective workshops. Her expertise and candid stories will inspire at every stage, to ensure that you are fully prepared to make the best use of your own and your participants’ valuable time.

Discover:

  • A practical step—by—step guide to get the most out of group sessions quickly whether virtual or in—person
  • Memorable case studies, stories and examples to highlight what really works and what doesn’t
  • Downloadable tools, templates and checklists to reduce your preparation time and enhance your effectiveness
  • Reflective questions and exercises to help you develop your own approach, building on what works for you and adapting what doesn’t, so that each workshop is better than the last

Dr Penny Pullan is the author of several books including ‘Virtual Leadership: Practical Strategies for Getting the Best out of Virtual Work and Virtual Teams'(Kogan Page, 2016). She works with people in multinational organizations who are grappling with tricky projects: uncertain, with ambiguous requirements, stakeholders who need to be engaged and virtual teams dispersed around the world. When they work with Penny, clients notice that communication, collaboration, clarity, commitment, connection and confidence grow, and change doesn’t seem quite as tricky as before!

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Making Workshops Work: Creative collaboration for our time

Making Workshops Work: Creative collaboration for our time

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Making Workshops Work: Creative collaboration for our time

Making Workshops Work: Creative collaboration for our time

by Penny Pullan

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Overview

Do you face the challenge of running really effective meetings, facilitated sessions or workshops as part of your role?
Would you like to feel more confident when working with challenging groups or senior participants?
Do you want to deliver lasting results collaboratively, in virtual, hybrid and in—person environments?
Making Workshops Work takes you from an initial idea or brief, through step—by—step preparation, to an engaging, well—run and effective session, resulting in agreed actions and clear follow up. You’ll feel confident, creative and competent as you deliver great results. Everyone will be committed to their actions and afterwards, whether you meet virtually, in—person or mix the two. Penny Pullan is a pioneer of virtual working and one of the world’s leading experts on running effective workshops. Her expertise and candid stories will inspire at every stage, to ensure that you are fully prepared to make the best use of your own and your participants’ valuable time.

Discover:

  • A practical step—by—step guide to get the most out of group sessions quickly whether virtual or in—person
  • Memorable case studies, stories and examples to highlight what really works and what doesn’t
  • Downloadable tools, templates and checklists to reduce your preparation time and enhance your effectiveness
  • Reflective questions and exercises to help you develop your own approach, building on what works for you and adapting what doesn’t, so that each workshop is better than the last

Dr Penny Pullan is the author of several books including ‘Virtual Leadership: Practical Strategies for Getting the Best out of Virtual Work and Virtual Teams'(Kogan Page, 2016). She works with people in multinational organizations who are grappling with tricky projects: uncertain, with ambiguous requirements, stakeholders who need to be engaged and virtual teams dispersed around the world. When they work with Penny, clients notice that communication, collaboration, clarity, commitment, connection and confidence grow, and change doesn’t seem quite as tricky as before!


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781910056677
Publisher: Practical Inspiration Publishing
Publication date: 07/13/2021
Pages: 260
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Dr Penny Pullan is the author of several books including 'Virtual Leadership: Practical Strategies for Getting the Best out of Virtual Work and Virtual Teams'(Kogan Page, 2016). She works with people in multinational organizations who are grappling with tricky projects: uncertain, with ambiguous requirements, stakeholders who need to be engaged and virtual teams dispersed around the world. When they work with Penny, clients notice that communication, collaboration, clarity, commitment, connection and confidence grow, and change doesn't seem quite as tricky as before!

Table of Contents

List of figures and table xiii

Foreword xv

Introduction 1

Who is this book for? 1

Why you should read this book 3

The author's story - a bit more about Penny Pullan 4

What you will gain from reading this book 7

Why this book, and why now? 7

How is the book structured? 8

Further resources 11

Quick start guide: Fast answers to urgent questions 13

01 Why workshops? 19

What is a workshop? 19

Workshops in business and in other organizations 22

Great groups have… 26

Horror stories 29

Inspiring stories 32

Summary 36

Questions for reflection 36

Further reading 37

02 Being an effective workshop leader 39

Workshop facilitation 41

Being effective as a workshop leader 44

Developing your facilitation competencies 52

Summary 57

Questions for reflection 58

Further reading 58

03 What makes people tick? 59

Social psychology 61

Diversity and inclusion 66

Neuroscience 67

Conflict 74

Learning and thinking 77

Visual thinking 80

Motivation 84

Change 85

Summary 90

Questions for reflection 90

Further reading 91

04 Planning your brilliant workshop 93

Start by looking back 95

What are we doing, and with whom? 95

What format will the session take? 98

Technology and workshop kit 101

What other resources are available? 105

Issues and risks 105

What does an effective team look like in a workshop? 108

Detailed preparation 111

Summary 115

Questions for reflection 115

Further reading 116

05 Choosing your activities, and what you need to make them happen 117

Where should your focus be? 119

Workshop process 120

The overall shape of your workshop 120

My favourite activities 122

Aspects to consider for virtual and hybrid formats 150

Designing from building blocks 150

The last stage of preparation…joining information 154

Summary 155

Questions for reflection 155

Further reading 156

06 Running the workshop 159

On the day 161

Final preparations 161

Starting up your workshop 165

What does a great group look like? 170

How often should I intervene? 177

Engaging people 177

Timing 181

Conflict 182

Your own energy state and that of the group 184

Capturing actions 185

Reviewing at the end of your workshop 186

Special considerations for virtual workshops 186

Summary 187

Questions for reflection 187

Further reading 188

07 Getting actions done 191

Groundhog Day workshops 193

Why don't actions get done? 193

Getting actions done 195

Particular tips for virtual workshops 198

Summary 198

Questions for reflection 198

Further reading 199

08 Workshop complications and how to overcome them 201

Stress 203

Large groups 204

Energy in the room 205

Groups with a wide range of expertise 206

Challenging participants 206

Power differentials 207

Diversity 207

Won't stop speaking 208

Won't start speaking 210

Complications due to technology breakdown 210

Environment issues 211

Culture 212

Language 214

Poor-quality audio 215

Generation 216

Wide time zones 217

Conflict 217

Lack of focus and going off on tangents 218

Unexpected mishaps and unimagined complications 219

Getting better at handling complications 223

Summary 223

Questions for reflection 223

Further reading 224

09 Applying this in practice 225

Antoine's story: Running a three-day workshop after three days in the job 225

Gordon's story: New visual skills bring a board-level, hybrid workshop to life 228

Sawsan's story: A series of virtual workshops, using breakout rooms and visual templates 230

To sum it all up 233

Questions for reflection 233

Acknowledgements 235

About the author 239

Index 241

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