The Workshop Survival Guide: How to design and teach educational workshops that work every time
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The Workshop Survival Guide: How to design and teach educational workshops that work every time
had started to design a workshop that did the teaching for me instead of relying on my personal performance alone.
Devin Hunt • The Workshop Survival Guide: How to design and teach educational workshops that work every time
We’ve already discussed the educational benefits of this (earlier
Devin Hunt • The Workshop Survival Guide: How to design and teach educational workshops that work every time
“Let me jump in here for a second. This sounds like a pretty specific issue. Let’s find some time to chat 1-on-1 about that during the next break so I can properly help you. Cool? (Then, speaking to the class) “Okay, does anyone have any other questions?”
Devin Hunt • The Workshop Survival Guide: How to design and teach educational workshops that work every time
When it comes to intros, short is good.
Devin Hunt • The Workshop Survival Guide: How to design and teach educational workshops that work every time
“To be honest, I’ve never found a satisfying and convincing best answer here. One way I’ve seen a few smart people approach it is to… [Switch into story-telling mode to give them an example even if it isn’t a definitive answer.]”
Devin Hunt • The Workshop Survival Guide: How to design and teach educational workshops that work every time
Another big improvement is to stop using your phone as a clock and timer. We’ve already covered this in the previous section.
Devin Hunt • The Workshop Survival Guide: How to design and teach educational workshops that work every time
People find it extremely difficult to continue being hostile after you’ve put them on a pedestal.
Devin Hunt • The Workshop Survival Guide: How to design and teach educational workshops that work every time
A slide’s title is its most valuable real estate and should therefore contain the most important part of the message. Here’s the text from a slide which has fallen for this trap:
Devin Hunt • The Workshop Survival Guide: How to design and teach educational workshops that work every time
I think the reason this mistake is so widespread is that folks design their slides before defining their Learning Outcomes, so they end up titling their slides with vague topics instead of their real message.