Gathering Preliminary Information About an Upcoming Workshop

This worksheet is based on materials from Chapter 3 of Workshops: Designing and Facilitating Experiential Learning by Jeff E. Brooks-Harris & Susan R. Stock-Ward (1999). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Here are some important questions to answer before you begin to plan your workshop design:

• Who? - Who is initiating the workshop?

• Who? - Who will be attending the workshop?

• What? - What is the topic, title, and content of the workshop?

• Why? - Why is the workshop being requested or offered?

• When? - When will the workshop be offered?

• When? - How long will the workshop last?

• Where? - Where will the workshop take place?

• How? - What arrangements will be made? By whom?