How to facilitate a planning workshop

00:49one minute just listening apart from the

00:51obvious introduction session the third

00:54thing is do give them a lot of

00:55preparation material do give them the

00:58material to read before so that when

01:00they're together they collaborate they

01:02work to problem-solve they really get

01:04that team dynamic going think about it

01:06this way if you want them away together

01:08for a day give them another day to

01:10prepare for that session fourth thing is

01:14really think about whether you're going

01:16to facilitate the session as the leader

01:17as the leader you want to participate

01:19and sometimes as the facilitator you

01:22won't get the ability to do both the

01:24other thing to think about is if you're

01:25facilitating sometimes the team will

01:27just follow you through a process rather

01:29than challenge id8

01:30work with you same goes for the scribe

01:33this is the fifth common fall the scribe

01:36needs to be a dedicated person that can

01:39just right pull it together as a story

01:41at the end and distribute it that's

01:43often hard to do if they're one of the

01:44participants finally energy make sure

01:47that the people are moving from the

01:48beginning when they arrive through

01:50syndicates and other sort of movement

01:52based activities make sure that these

01:54workshops are really about moving the

01:56body as much about moving the ideas in

01:58the mind look here are six things that

02:00may help you to drive a better strategic

02:02planning workshop this year

02:06you