What's the right way to facilitate a workshop or meeting?
What's the right way to facilitate a workshop or meeting?
Q&A: Workshops and facilitation with Service Design
Preparing a workshop like a service designer
Preparing a workshop like a service designer
Custom workshop Canvases
Custom workshop Canvases
Workshops with a lot of participants
Workshops with a lot of participants
Running and facilitating a workshop like a service designer
Running and facilitating a workshop like a service designer
Creating a workshop report like a service designer
Creating a workshop report like a service designer
Mass participation workshops
Mass participation workshops
Synthesis in Service Design workshops
Synthesis in Service Design workshops
My two cents
There is not one way to facilitate workshops but rather a thousand ways to do it that depend on your personality, the group, the moment and the challenge to solve.
What experts say
«There are three spectrums along which you can consider facilitation style choices:
Scripted or improvisational
Spoken or visual
Space-filling or space-making
Think of these styles as knobs that you can twist to adjust to the culture of an individual meeting.»
— A quote from the book Meeting Design by Kevin M. Hoffman
What the community says
"It's all about finding a way that works best with the people you're facilitating for."
— Shubham Agarwal, a Service Designer at Designit
Personally, I think we need to switch styles depending on the moment. The right mix between these knobs is key.
— Ahmad Bilal, a Design Consultant