CONTENTS
Chapter 12: Moving, Adapting, and Ending a Workshop ...............................................................................2
Moving within and between topics in a workshop session .......................................................................2
a.
Reviewing and summarizing within a topic .....................................................................................2
b.
Bridging between topics ......................................................................................................................2
Staying on track—strategies for getting feedback and staying focused during a workshop .............3
a.
Do temperature checks “on the fly” ................................................................................................3
b.
Talk with participants “one on one” or in small groups during breaks ...................................3
c.
Do “end of the day” verbal feedback sessions with the group ..................................................3
d.
Monitor the learning climate as you go ...........................................................................................3
e.
Use “quick hit” level-1 evaluation forms to generate instant feedback ...................................3
f.
Co-lead the workshop and ask your co-leader to provide feedback during breaks ............3
Feedback—a tool for checking, maintaining, and growing ........................................................................3
Basic assumptions surrounding feedback .................................................................................................3
Description versus evaluation .....................................................................................................................3
Layovers and whistle stops—stopping and starting a workshop session ..............................................4
a.
Stopping a session .................................................................................................................................4
b.
Starting a session ...................................................................................................................................5
The end of the line—wrapping up and ending a workshop .....................................................................5
Steps for wrapping up ...................................................................................................................................5
Chapter 13: Working with Questions ...............................................................................................................6
Function, structure, and orientation of questions ......................................................................................6
The Structure of questions ..........................................................................................................................6
Orientation of a workshop question .........................................................................................................6
Directing, asking, and answering questions ..................................................................................................7
Options for directing questions in a workshop or training program ................................................7
How to ask questions ...................................................................................................................................7
Additional tips for asking questions ...........................................................................................................7
Challenging with questions ...............................................................................................................................8
Encouraging and fielding questions and answers .........................................................................................8
Encouraging questions, challenge, and listening ......................................................................................8
Fielding questions ...........................................................................................................................................8
Fielding answers ..............................................................................................................................................8
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