Sanjiv Kumar prepared this document on conducting workshops. It defines a workshop as a brief educational program for a small group that focuses on skills in a particular field. Workshops are useful for initial staff training, ongoing training, staff development, and demonstrating new concepts to the public. When conducting a workshop, it is important to plan objectives, prepare logistics, and implement the three phases of introduction, substance, and closure. Considerations for effective workshops include the audience, time available, group size, topic, and purpose. Workshops allow for flexibility but can be challenging to fit all content and accommodate a range of participant skills.

1. SANJIV KUMAR
MPH , 2016
NSU, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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2. INTRODUCTION
A brief intensive educational program
for a relatively small group of people
that focuses especially on techniques
and skills in a particular field
educational program designed to teach
or introduce to participants practical
skills, techniques, or ideas which they
can then use in their work or their daily
lives
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3. When would you want to conduct
a workshop?
 The beginning of something new
 The initial training of staff or volunteers
 The in-service or ongoing training of staff or volunteers
 Staff development
 The demonstration of a new concept
 The explanation of something to the public
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4. HOW DO YOU CONDUCT A
WORKSHOP?
 There are three phases to conducting a workshop:
planning, preparation, and implementation. In
addition, once you're done, it's important to follow up with
participants to get feedback on the workshop
 planning a workshop ultimately means figuring out what
you want to do to guide participants through the
experience
 preparation is about logistics, making sure you have the
actual stuff and time you need to make the workshop a
success
 the implementation of the workshop includes attending
to all three of its phases
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5. ADVANTAGES AND
DISADVANTAGES
 Advantages
 Users are usually very motivated
 Have flexibility over length and frequency of sessions
 Can offer a series of workshops that build on one another
 Disadvantages
 Users attending may have a broad range of skills (computer and
language)
 May have difficulty getting a room if classroom space is in short
supply
 May be hard to fit everything that you want to cover into a single
workshop
 Handling large classes for hands-on practice may be difficult
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6. CONSIDERATIONS
 Consider your audience
 Consider the time available
 Consider the workshop size
 Consider your topic
 Consider the purpose of the workshop
 Consider your presentation
 Participants need time to talk and connect with one
another
 How big a class can you manage
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7. CONCLUSSION
 In order to conduct an effective and successful workshop,
you need to address its planning, preparation, and
implementation. As you plan, consider the workshop's
audience, its size, its length, its purpose, and your
presentation options. Preparation includes logistics
(managing the physical items involved, materials,
equipment). Finally, the implementation of the workshop
includes attending to all three of its phases: introduction,
substance, and closure. And don't forget to follow up, both
by fulfilling any promises and using feedback to redesign or
change parts of the workshop so that your next one will be
even better.
Prepared by : Sanjiv Kumar, MPH 2016, NSU

8. THANK
YOU ALL
Prepared by : Sanjiv Kumar, MPH 2016, NSU