Live workshop
Facilitating collaborative workshops and meetings
Plan and lead engaging and productive workshops
Online or in person, dates to suit your schedule
Hands-on training for your team to apply practical guidance and tools
Up to 90 participants
Poorly designed or badly run workshops can waste time, frustrate participants, and undermine your research goals
This practical workshop gives you the skills and tools to design and facilitate collaborative meetings and workshops that are efficient, enjoyable, and capable of generating real-world impact. The session provides guidance on maximizing inclusion and participation. You will learn techniques to manage power dynamics, handle challenging participants, and adapt when things go wrong. You will also explore tools for running interactive online sessions, ensuring you can engage effectively in both in-person and virtual settings. By the end, you will have the confidence to plan and lead sessions that get results and strengthen relationships with the people you want to benefit from your research or those who can enable its impact. This session equips researchers for a broad range of meeting types, including participatory workshops, co-creation meetings and co-production events.
What you'll walk away with
Techniques for designing and facilitating engaging and collaborative workshops and meetings.
Strategies to maximize inclusivity by managing power dynamics and difficult situations.
Skills to keep sessions on track.
Methods for making online workshops interactive and productive.
Greater confidence and capacity as a facilitator.
Your group booking includes:
The workshop slides in a format that supports later reference and practical use.
Access to resources to support workshop design and facilitation.
Curated responses to participant questions after the session.
Choose your format
Rapid session
(1.5 hours) £ 1,390 per cohort
- Focused on the most essential guidance
- Includes plenary discussion and a brief applied activity
- Quickly builds capacity and introduces practical tools
- Ideal for team training when time is especially limited
- Up to 90 participants (from £15 per person)
Half-day session
(3 hours) £ 2,490 per cohort
- Focused on in-depth practical guidance
- Includes guided individual and group work to apply key skills
- Develops practical skills through hands-on practice
- Ideal for teams ready to move to active application
- Up to 90 participants (from £28 per person)
Popular
Full-day session
(6 hours) £ 4,890 per cohort
- Focused on advanced, detailed practical guidance
- Includes extended practical activities and detailed examples
- Builds advanced skills and supports applying insights to current and future work
- Suggested: Split over two days
- Up to 90 participants (from £54 per person)
This is a VAT-exempt educational service provided by a non-profit, charitable organization.
We can deliver in person across the UK,
with growing international availability
We can deliver in person across the UK, with growing international availability
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