The Perfect Workshop: The Consultant's Guide To Running Successful Workshops
The ability to teach great workshops is something which should be in every consultant's toolkit. Through a lot of practice and trial and error, here is my short guide to running a successful workshop.
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If you’re a consultant, being able to deliver successful online and offline workshops has to be a tool in your toolkit.
Three Types of Workshops
There are broadly three types of workshops we do.
Client workshops. This is where an organisation brings us in to train their team. The organisation provides the venue and undertakes recruitment, we deliver the workshop. We’re paid a fixed rate.
Event/organisation workshops. This is where an organisation brings us in to host a workshop for event attendees. The organisation provides the venue but we split the recruitment effort. We typically split the revenue.
Self-hosted workshops. This is where we host the workshop ourselves. We book the venue and undertake all the recruitment. But we keep all the profits.
Each type of workshop has pros and cons. Self-hosted workshops can be most lucrative, but only if you’re able to attract enough people to attend. We’ve ha…
