Workshop Design Strategies

• Books about Workshop Design
• Design and Delivery of Developmental Interventions - This outline is a summary of Developmental Interventions: Theories, Principles and Practice by David Drum and Alice Lawler (1988). Columbus, OH: Merrill Publishing Co.
• Four Fundamental Types of Workshop Learning Activities - This summary is based on Chapter 4 of Workshops: Designing and Facilitating Experiential Learning by Jeff E. Brooks-Harris and Susan R. Stock-Ward (1999). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
• Key Elements in Workshop Design - This outline is a summary of Preparing, Designing, Leading Workshops: A Humanistic Approach by Susan Cooper and Cathy Heenan (1980). Boston: CBI Publishing Co.
• Strategies to Design and Facilitate Workshops by Kathy Obear
  These resources were originally published as part of a conference presentation: Obear, K (1991, March) Training New Leaders: Strategies to Design and Facilitate Workshops. Program presented at the annual meeting of the American College Personnel Association, Atlanta, GA.
  
  • Components of a Generic Workshop Outline
  • Motivation Grabbers
  • Giving Instructions
  • Principles for Using Icebreakers / Team-Builders
  • Effective Teaching Strategies
  • Coaching Skills
  • Learning is Progression: How to Teach Skills
  • Questioning Techniques
  • Processing Questions for Each Level of SAGA
  • Strategies for Handling Dysfunctional Group Behaviors
  • Fifty Tips on Teaching
  • Helpful Tidbits
  • Evaluations