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About this course

Workshops are powerful tools for tackling complex problems and driving innovative solutions. This course equips you with the skills to effectively facilitate workshops that inspire collaboration, enhance teamwork, and generate breakthrough ideas.

Throughout the course, you'll explore common challenges teams face and learn how to design engaging, efficient workshops to address them. You’ll be introduced to a variety of techniques and tools for brainstorming, evaluating ideas, and refining solutions. A key focus will be creating a supportive and inclusive environment where creativity can thrive and every participant’s input is valued.

By the end of the course, you'll be confident in your ability to lead workshops that foster creativity and produce valuable insights. You’ll also understand how to structure and manage workshops to ensure they stay focused, meet objectives, and deliver actionable results.

Details

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites

Skills you’ll gain with course:

Plan and execute successful design workshops — Understand when to call for a design workshop, how to set goals, and plan the correct processes and activities to produce the right deliverables.
Discover helpful brainstorming and decision-making workshop activities — Familiarize yourself with tried-and-tested individual and group activities to stimulate creative idea generation and ways to build consensus on design decisions.
Understand how to run remote design workshops and build great presentations — Learn about all the virtual tools and techniques you’ll need to run a successful remote workshop and how to keep your audience engaged with your presentations.
Master people management during workshops — Learn management techniques that will help you encourage workshop participants and handle conflicts with ease.

Topics covered

Syllabus


Level 1

Before the Workshop

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Discover when to schedule a design workshop, set goals, choose the appropriate tools, select participants, plan an agenda, and organize a remote workshop.

Level 2

During and After the Workshop

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Learn proven icebreaker activities, idea generation techniques, and decision-making aids. Also, discover how to create engaging workshop presentations and design deliverables.

Level 3

Facilitation Skills

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Learn tools and techniques to enhance your facilitation skills. Choose a workshop framework, establish workshop culture, handle difficult people, and engage participants effectively.
Certificate

Earn a certificate of completion

Workshop Facilitation Certificate
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Meet your course instructor

Colin Michael Pace
Colin Michael Pace
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As a seasoned Product Designer and Product Manager with a global perspective, I transform complex challenges into elegant solutions. My self-taught journey has given me a unique approach to design thinking, which I've successfully applied across startups and enterprise environments. Having collaborated with diverse teams spanning from the USA to Italy and India, I bring a rich understanding of cross-cultural product development.

Currently, I'm channeling my expertise into democratizing professional education through Uxcel, where we're reimagining career development as an engaging, game-like experience. What sets me apart is my blend of entrepreneurial spirit, hands-on expertise, and a passionate commitment to education.

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FAQs

What’s the course on Design Workshop Facilitation about?

The Design Workshop Facilitation course aims to teach you the necessary skills and knowledge to confidently lead design workshops and develop breakthrough solutions to challenging design problems. You'll learn how to create engaging workshops, identify common design problems, and use various tools and methods to brainstorm and evaluate ideas. By the end of the course, you'll be able to facilitate productive discussions that lead to successful solutions and drive innovation in your organization.


Why do designers need workshop facilitation skills?

Facilitating workshops is a vital part of leadership skills that are essential for designers interested in continuous growth and success. Designers need workshop facilitation skills to effectively lead collaborative sessions that generate innovative solutions to complex design problems. By possessing these skills, designers can create a supportive environment that encourages teamwork and participation from all workshop participants.

This helps ensure that all ideas are considered, evaluated, and incorporated into the final solution. Ultimately, possessing workshop facilitation skills can help designers develop breakthrough solutions that drive innovation in their organizations and contribute to their professional growth and success.


What is the timeframe for completing the course?

The Design Workshop Facilitation course offers a flexible timeframe, which means students can complete it at their own pace, adjusting to their own schedule. Once enrolled, students retain access to the course material for as long as they need it. This flexibility allows learners to balance their work, personal commitments, and learning goals, enabling them to get the most out of the course.


What are the pricing options for the course?

For new learners, the first level of each course is available free of charge! This allows you to experience the course without any initial investment.

However, if you're seeking a deeper and more comprehensive learning journey, we recommend our Pro Membership. With this subscription, you gain full access to all our courses, which includes additional lessons, engaging design challenges, and thorough assessments.

Additionally, Pro Membership entitles you to receive a certificate upon completion of a course and personalized feedback from experts for all your challenge submissions. To explore the pricing details and find the best plan for your learning needs, please visit our pricing page.