How To Facilitate Your First Workshop (Step-by-Step Guide)

[@AJSmart]

What's stopping you from facilitating your first workshop? Do you have questions about the Note & Vote Workshop? Share them in the comments below! Also, don't forget to get all the FREE RESOURCES to facilitate this 15-minute workshop without a problem! 👉go.workshopper.com/note ✅Join our FREE FACILITATION COMMUNITY 👉 facilitatorclub.com/ where hundreds of facilitators share their insights, techniques and resources.

[@OphyliaJoyNovember]

I'm conducting my first workshop tomorrow and I want comfortable until I saw your video. I have listened to it 4 times so far and thank you for sharing

[@heyredha]

You guys rocks. Free valuable content like this that increase people’s skills are gems. 💎

[@AJSmart]

Thanks Redha Vidéos! Great to hear that you could learn something valuable from the video. Cheers

[@shaechambers9485]

When looked up the definition of VALUE, I came across this video. You all are super DOPE!

[@AJSmart]

OHH Wow Shae Chambers! Thanks for that comment. Well, we guess you find the video valuable then 😉 Cheers!

[@ReubenKSam]

such a great video, straight to the basics and insightful thank you for sharing this

[@davidpicarazzi]

How can anyone dislike this video. What a ratio! Thanks so much for this.

[@AJSmart]

Thanks for the comment David Picarazz! Really appreciate it. Have a great day

[@swatidave8834]

Yay! I was able to conduct my 1st virtual workshop using the resources. I guess they found it fun and useful 😊 Thank you so much 😊

[@AJSmart]

Wow that's amazing! Congratulations on your first virtual workshop 🎉 Very glad to hear the resources were helpful! Thanks for sharing your experience!!!!

[@aiiiavsv]

I plan to start my journey with worshops. Thanks for video and idea!

[@myroslavwestbo5603]

Guys, you are incredible! Many thanks from me and my team - we started using the design sprint 2 years ago in my previous job, and now I use a lot of knowledge during workshops at Intellias) Thanks

[@AJSmart]

Thank you Myroslav Tsyupka! That's amazing!! Glad that we are still able to help you. What types of workshops do you normally use at your work? only the design sprint? Cheers

[@molagbal11]

My first facilitation is in one week, so that’s that… Thank you for this video, hope I will be good enough!

[@dhruvwork]

Thanks Team. You are not only helping out with great content, but will probably get a lot of fans wanting to join your awesome team. Me included.

[@dannesan94]

Great video! Going to start doing this more often

[@rayer1000]

Question: What if there are multiple stickies with similar ideas? Do you cluster them, or perhaps have the group cluster them first?

[@valarie3984]

Question: After completing the idea generation activity.. how do you address duplicated ideas before voting. In the past we talked through the ideas.. removed duplicates and categorized. BUT to your point- that takes up a lot of time. So with your approach, I was wondering how do you remove duplicate ideas prior to voting. BTW: this is awesome.

[@Guanabanat]

Amazing video, It's everything I needed in one place. Thank you for this! Awesome content

[@AJSmart]

Glad it was helpful!

[@zest1800]

I would say the reason why I felt starting a workshop is hard is probably my own thinking and the fear I have for doing it formally for the first time!

[@MohamedShaarawy]

Thank you brother really

[@sarahavent7791]

Hi :) Do you find that there can be valuable context missing to understand the value of the individual ideas to be voted on by not discussing the stickies? Do you ever combine this method, but with opportunity for a bit of explanation around the sticky point?

[@JR-gh8lp]

AMAZING!!!! Thank you so much, this was super helpful

[@AJSmart]

You're so welcome J R! Thanks for your comment. Hope the video helps you facilitate your first workshop! Good luck

[@felixorlandopetuccobenito8345]

Great explanation, thanks for sharing the knowledge. I have done it before but it is nice to see those tips. Are you American?

[@kithminijayawardena3835]

THankyou so much I learned a lot from you guys. Where as we don't have that many learning facilities available in our country. I can't thank you enough for all the videos.

[@AJSmart]

Thank you so much Kithmini Jayawardena! Hope our videos keep helping you with your career! That's why we do them. Have a great day!

[@UpliftedMindsets]

A very incredible way of teaching love u so much

Thanks for the video, It is great!

[@JimYekrang]

Thank you for this video and sharing your knowledge. I may have missed it in the video but what software are you using?

[@AJSmart]

Thanks for your comment. In this video we are using Miro. In the video description you can find 2 video tutorials on how to use Miro. Cheers

[@elkinjohn]

couple questions; 1. what if I don't understand what someone wrote, how can I vote if i don't understand? 2. group memory, What happens when people join the group later... Is it possible to add their contributions, and how to I present the findings to superiors, or outsiders?

[@LinkwithKeiz]

This is an amazing idea! Thanks!

[@sunitajeryal1685]

5:30 am workshop begins, what time it ends? Duration of Weekdays workshop? During of Weekend workshop?

[@sarayesteban7778]

Thank you so much for such a valuable information! Very clear and easy to follow. I am wondering, would this work if there are only 2 participants?

[@AJSmart]

Yes, absolutely! That's the beauty of workshops!

[@LifeinGlow]

Thank you for the video! Indeed it can save a lot of time and be effective

[@AJSmart]

Glad you liked it!

[@mohamednaflan4361]

this channel is massively underrated

[@AJSmart]

Thank you Mohamed Naflan! That's a great compliment! Cheers

[@MySiamesedreams]

Hi, I downloaded the template in Miro. I don't see the playlist option. Is there an additional widget I need to get? Thank you

[@EverythingUX-ji6hj]

Thank you so much for this

[@mjmallari796]

Amazing content! Thank you.

[@freedom-is-the-key]

Helpful one, thank you so much!

[@jareddoster]

Who do i do these workshop for? Where do I find them?

[@aisamaevicedo1632]

Hello! Ive been watching your videos for a couple of years now and theyve been an incredible source of learning for someone who’s transitioning into UX. Just a question on facilitating workshops, what happens when a couple or more ideas mean the same thing? How do you conclude a “winning” or top vote when that situation happens. Thanks and hope youll upload more videos soon :)

[@AJSmart]

Hey Aisa Mae Vicedo! That's a great question. Duplicates or ideas that mean the same are very common in Note & Vote workshops. The way that we deal with it, is that the facilitator takes all the duplicates that mean the same thing and puts them on top of each other before the voting starts so that they just represent one idea. This way they'd have a greater chance to gather more votes on just one sticky note instead of having several sticky notes with just one vote each, which would lead to them being at the bottom of the pyramid and ultimately getting discarded. Hope this was helpful. Cheers

[@skottmellins4584]

Hi, thanks for this nice video… very useful. Could you please explain how did you make this little script window in miro?

[@cilnajames]

How can done a workshop in schools on commerce related topics

Simply awesome video!

[@AJSmart]

Thank you very much Gerardo, happy you liked it!

[@diviAesthetics]

Do you have a video explaining how we can go about gaining experience? so many jobs ask for things like portfolios and resumes and also experience not all are mandatory but in my experience doing interviews its always because I'm too new or just out of college and i guess i need to work more on my portfolio more. It's difficult so if there are any tips and advice on how i can go about getting experience or any opportunities to attend workshops in person or online now since theres a pandemic please make or link a video and help me out. thank you

[@S6al1ah8a]

hi... one query pls... how we can apply this 15 minutes excercise on physical grounds? any ideas?

[@shivanidesai7344]

I appreciate this so much! Going to try this in our next meeting 🌻

[@AJSmart]

Thanks Shivani Desai! That's great to hear!! let us know how it goes. Good luck!

[@shivanidesai7344]

@@AJSmart Sure will, thank you :)

[@marianazapolska5170]

Thank you for useful tips, you're the best💛! Btw...should one remove identical ideas if they appear, before the voting?🤔

[@razian-]

Aaahh this video should be post last month before i did the workshop, anyway thank you so i can be better in next workshop

[@AJSmart]

Thanks razian! hahaha we hope it'll still help you in your next one. Let us know how it goes. Cheers

[@VaasuGavarasana]

super helpful content

[@KiranVarri]

Love this level of support 🤩👏👏👏🚀🚀🚀

[@karenwillis3680]

what about duplicate ideas, do you just remove them?

[@Bhar209]

Sir is this steps are same for educational aspects

[@jeannettecasasnovas2350]

Thank you for sharing this valuable information! Do you offer a facilitator training course?

[@AJSmart]

Hey Jeannette Casasnovas! Thanks for your comment! Yes we do, you can start by watching this free training 👉 go.ajsmart.com/start Good luck!

[@raianrazal]

Any books

[@leflopjames749]

What if multiple people have the same idea ?

[@marioroberto6598]

Hi i wanted to start in the area, got some portfolio, but i actually have some pretty visible tattoos, does having those gets in the way of getting a job in ux design?

[@AJSmart]

Hey Mario Roberto! thanks for your question. In our experience, working here in Berlin, having visible tattoos doesn't get in the way of someone getting a UX job. Things like your experience, your portfolio and your work are more important here. However the perception of tattoos varies depending on the country you would like to work. Hope this doesn't interfere with your job search. Good luck!

[@moiz373]

Thank you

[@AJSmart]

Thank you Puteri Liyana! Hope this was helpful! Cheers

[@christinegunawan5215]

finallyyy new videoo!

[@AJSmart]

Yay! We're happy too Christine Gunawan! Thanks

[@BrendaFosterMedia]

My challenge is finding material for the workshop that's not free on KZbin.🤷🏾

[@abdullahayaan9817]

why you'r late to upload video?

[@AJSmart]

Hey Abdullah Ayaan! For the past few months we've been working on other big projects here at the company and we couldn't release a lot of youtube videos. Now we have a batch of nice videos to be released. I hope you enjoy them. Cheers!

[@abdullahayaan9817]

@@AJSmart no problem now will continue to upload video we hope.

[@trulyjane]

I don't know where to give this feedback, but these past two weeks of AJ & Smart emails have been quite spammy. I get that there was a crazy deal, but I've been getting 2-3 emails a day it seems about the same topic. Did you UX that experience? I love yall, but something is odd here. Did you get hacked?!

[@elkinjohn]

A comment. unless 2 cards say exactly the same thing, culling the extra cards seems a little scary... to me... really appreciate the video though

[@marketingsam]

Content starts 2mins in

[@donatellabarbini]

It seems it's not possible to go through the whole video, it jumped back to the first minutes of it...

[@peterpixo]

Man... I am already watching your video, why you keep selling me what you will say... just say it!

[@skilled-person]

maaaan, yo have so much yellow all around, you know there are people with Xanthophobia right!

[@AJSmart]

Oh!

[@GoldChocobo77]

so... what colors exactly are "safe" to use?

[@skilled-person]

@@GoldChocobo77 - Blue: Often associated with calm and tranquility. - Green: Linked to nature and serenity. - Gray: A neutral, understated color. - Black: Another neutral color that doesn't evoke strong emotional responses. - White: Symbolizes cleanliness and simplicity. - Brown: An earthy, grounding color. - Purple: Depending on the shade, can be soothing or neutral.

[@mjmallari796]

Thank you. Very helpful. Great video.

[@uniquelydriven9119]

This is incredibly helpful. Thank you!