Workshop Book, The
How To Design And Lead Successful Workshops
1st Edition
Published on 23. May 2016
232 pages
978-1-292-11972-4 (ISBN)
Description
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
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
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Harlow
United Kingdom
ISBN-13
978-1-292-11972-4 (9781292119724)
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05/2016
Pearson Business
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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.
Content
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
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
