Workshop Facilitator Prep

Facilitation Strategies

• Energy management techniques
• Energy monitoring checklist
• Movement and break points
• Pacing guidance

Contingencies

• If-running-late strategies
• If-running-early activities
• Backup discussion questions
• Technical failure workarounds
• Difficult participant strategies

Resources

Reference templates for:

• Complete facilitator guide format
• Minute-by-minute timing script
• Energy management guide
• Q&A response guide
• Contingency plan worksheet
• Multi-facilitator consistency guide

Integration with Other Skills

• training-designer: Use together to design sessions
• training-reviewer: Validate materials
• training-content-creator: Generate actual content
• Use these alongside learning-journey-builder for complete programs

Best Practices

✅ Do:

• Focus on learner outcomes and business impact
• Use real work examples and scenarios
• Design for application, not knowledge recall
• Measure what matters

❌ Don't:

• Train what doesn't drive behavior change
• Use simulated practice over real work
• Over-design solutions for simple problems
• Ignore the business context