THE WORKSHOP BOOK TEACHES YOU HOW TO RUN AN EFFECTIVE WORKSHOP - EFFORTLESSLY.
Based on methods developed - and proven - in business, this highly visual and practical book will show readers how to design, lead and run effective workshops.
The tools you need to design and lead successful workshops yourself
Ways to enhance the collective intelligence of any team, keeping them focussed and engaged
Tricks and tips for structuring time to generate maximum productivity in a limited session
Advice on how to find inspiration and creativity to generate great ideas for any industry or brief
Workshop fundamentals, so you can add your own flair
Rezensionen / Stimmen
'A fantastic, one-stop shop for running workshops - it combines the theory and practical insights perfectly.'
Fran Merrylees, HR Director Online, Pay and Interactive at ITV
"An outstanding how-to manual that is packed with expert digestible tips - highly recommended"
Alex Mahon, CEO, The Foundry
'An essential primer for anyone trying to brainstorm ideas and concepts, and for getting the best out of teams.'
Ben Page, Chief Executive, Ipsos MORI
'An outstanding how-to manual that is packed with expert digestible tips - highly recommended'
Alex Mahon, CEO, The Foundry
'An excellent resource for managers, lecturers and students alike. It is well researched and packed full of practical tips and examples of good and bad practice, and will turn those wasted meetings into productive and creative workshops. This will become the 'go to' book for anyone planning a workshop.'
Dr Deborah Shaw, Reader in Film Studies at the University of Portsmouth
'Pamela Hamilton has years of hard-earned experience on what makes workshops work - and fail. An essential primer for anyone trying to brainstorm ideas and concepts, and for getting the best out of teams.'
Ben Page, Chief Executive, Ipsos MORI
'This book should be in every facilitator's toolkit. It fits perfectly with Pret's learning culture, simple and effective.'
Ian Watson, Group Head of Pret Academy, Pret a Manger
'This is a fantastic, insightful, one-stop shop for running workshops. It combines the theory and practical insights perfectly. A book I will constantly be using.'
Fran Merrylees HR Director Online, Pay and Interactive at ITV
'The Workshop Book is wonderfully practical, full of sensible suggestions, tips and hints of how to run successful workshops. It is a book that you will use again and again. The author's personal stories also add an empathetic touch.'
Jennifer Whyte, Global CMI Director, Unilever
"If you're responsible for the creative health of your organisation, then you better get your hands on this book. Better yet, commit it to heart. And practice, practice, practice all the techniques. It'll lead to more productive workshops, it'll yield more dynamic and engaging ideas, and it'll promote the importance of creativity with your company!"
Pele Cortizo-Burgess, Global Chief Creative Officer, MEC and President, L'Equipe L'Oreal
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Pearson Education Limited
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Broschur/Paperback
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Maße
Höhe: 234 mm
Breite: 156 mm
Dicke: 13 mm
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978-1-292-11970-0 (9781292119700)
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Pam Hamilton is a leading innovation consultant and workshop facilitator who regularly works with blue chip companies such as Unilever, GSK, Ipsos MORI and ITV to design and run creative workshops and design bespoke workshop toolkits to suit each industry and team. Pam has over a decade of experience in designing and leading thousands of workshops for creative ideas, new product development, business strategy, future planning, insight generation, team building and brand purpose.
About the author
Acknowledgements
What this book will do for you
1. An introduction to workshops
DESIGN Designing your workshop
2. The workshop approach
3. Setting the workshop objective
4. Who to invite to your workshop
5. Priming the workshop participants
6. The workshop set-up
LEAD Leading your workshop
7. The workshop leader
8. Workshop behaviours
9. Managing difficult behaviours
10. The workshop energy
ACTION Putting workshops into action
11. Basic workshop tools
12. Bringing a topic to life
13. Creating quick ideas
14. Creating new ideas that build on past successes
15. Improving existing ideas
16. Creating new directions
17. Creating a new story about something old
18. How to create new names
19. Customer needs workshops
20. Roadmaps
21. Alignment
22. Action planning
23. Defining purpose
24. Working better together
25. Influencing senior leadership positively
26. Positive turnaround
27. Team updates
28. Team building
29. Regular team meetings
30. Review workshops
31. Debrief workshops
32. Virtual workshops
33. Multilingual workshops
34. Workshop outputs
Tools list
References
Index
