How to design & facilitate an interactive workshop


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The following post is meant to share the process of designing a workshop simulation and share the thinking processes behind it. Hopefully if you are tasked with producing a workshop or a learning activity this might offer some help.

The Brief

For an annual corporate conference different divisions were tasked with preparing presentations and workshops. The sessions were of a duration of one hour and for 40+ participants per session. My task was to prepare a workshop focusing on Safety & Risk Management for the entire Operational Division.

The Challenge

How do you design a workshop for participants, who have over 15+ years experience and as well provide a fresh take on the topic of safety?

 

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A new approach to Online Technical Training


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>>SMS: Treasure Hunt

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The SMS treasure was completed as a proof of concept, to explore how to tackle regulatory training where there are certain core knowledge that needs to be learned before tackling more advanced topics. The challenge with these type of information is that these are basic concepts that one needs to know. The common approach, that one could take is send out an e-mail with an attached document – and say read this. The assumption is people would read it and understand it. Another approach I have seen, is convert it into a powerpoint presentation, slap on some voice-overs and call it e-learning. So this is my attempt at tackling this challenge. Following are some design considerations to explain the thought processes behind it.

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Steve Jobs 1955 – 2011


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The reason I ever got interested in presentations and design was because of Steve Jobs. Observing him present inspired me to discover my own style; and following his ideas of blending simplicity and complexity greatly influenced my thought processes.

The following is my tribute to the man who had one of the biggest influences on my life.

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