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Designing for Other Facilitators
Designing learning (and especially workshops) that can be picked up and run by someone else isn't always easy. In this episode, we discuss some common mistakes and what we can do as designers to create a great session that meets the client brief, includes the facilitator and delivers a great learning experience.
00:50 Why is designing for facilitators important?
03:08 Planning versus Designing
04:28 What can go wrong when we don’t think about the facilitator
05:57 Sometimes trainers don’t like using other people’s design
07:27 The recipe analogy
08:07 Giving facilitators flexibility
08:56 More reasons to design in detail
11:41 What we need to do differently -- more detail
12:03 What we need to do differently -- signposting
12:56 What we need to do differently -- explaining the reasons
13:38 What we need to do differently -- specialist skills
14:28 What we need to do differently -- give alternatives where possible
15:21 Take care with broken links when editing
16:00 Helping facilitators with their expectations of the group
16:36 Making things easier for the facilitator
17:19 Benefits for the facilitator
19:00 Are facilitators always good at design?
21:01 The 80/20 rule in following session plans
22:12 Summary tips for making the facilitator-designer relationship work
24:19 Including all the info on models and tools
25:33 Terry’s takeaways for designing for facilitators
27:02 Involve the facilitators
27:16 It’s going to take longer
28:36 Terry’s mini-topic: Using models that have been around a long time
29:56 Balancing the old and the new in practice
33:58 Who we are and getting in touch
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Terry Pearce LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/terrypaulpearce
Sheridan Webb LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/trainingdesigner
The Training Designers’ Club: www.facebook.com/groups/2226817990681543 - A community for Learning Designers
360 Learning Design: 360learningdesign.com - For bespoke, creative and personalised learning design
Keystone Development: www.keystonedevelopment.co.uk - For bespoke learning and development programme design
Power Hour: www.power-hour.co.uk - For ready written bite-size training materials
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By Sheridan Webb, Terry Pearce and VIP Members of the Training Designer's Club
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Designing learning (and especially workshops) that can be picked up and run by someone else isn't always easy. In this episode, we discuss some common mistakes and what we can do as designers to create a great session that meets the client brief, includes the facilitator and delivers a great learning experience.
00:50 Why is designing for facilitators important?
03:08 Planning versus Designing
04:28 What can go wrong when we don’t think about the facilitator
05:57 Sometimes trainers don’t like using other people’s design
07:27 The recipe analogy
08:07 Giving facilitators flexibility
08:56 More reasons to design in detail
11:41 What we need to do differently -- more detail
12:03 What we need to do differently -- signposting
12:56 What we need to do differently -- explaining the reasons
13:38 What we need to do differently -- specialist skills
14:28 What we need to do differently -- give alternatives where possible
15:21 Take care with broken links when editing
16:00 Helping facilitators with their expectations of the group
16:36 Making things easier for the facilitator
17:19 Benefits for the facilitator
19:00 Are facilitators always good at design?
21:01 The 80/20 rule in following session plans
22:12 Summary tips for making the facilitator-designer relationship work
24:19 Including all the info on models and tools
25:33 Terry’s takeaways for designing for facilitators
27:02 Involve the facilitators
27:16 It’s going to take longer
28:36 Terry’s mini-topic: Using models that have been around a long time
29:56 Balancing the old and the new in practice
33:58 Who we are and getting in touch
Contact the Hosts
Our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TrainingDesignPodcast
Terry Pearce LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/terrypaulpearce
Sheridan Webb LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/trainingdesigner
The Training Designers’ Club: www.facebook.com/groups/2226817990681543 - A community for Learning Designers
360 Learning Design: 360learningdesign.com - For bespoke, creative and personalised learning design
Keystone Development: www.keystonedevelopment.co.uk - For bespoke learning and development programme design
Power Hour: www.power-hour.co.uk - For ready written bite-size training materials