Discussion on: I'm preparing my first workshop, any suggestion as an attendee or organizer?

[Andrew Brown 🇨🇦]

I run paid workshops in Toronto on AWS. This is what I do.

• I print out all instructions for the workshop and put it in a dua-tang and give it each attendee.
• I provide prerequisite/onboarding videos to make sure people are prepared to reduce the time at the start of the workshop.
• I have all attendees register into Slack beforehand, so during the workshop they can converse or ask questions or get help without interrupting instructor.
• At the end of the workshop I provide them everything they learned a video-tutorialized format
• At the start of the workshop I get each person to introduce themselves and tell me what outcome they are hoping to get from the workshop
• I always have a second domain-expert there because some attendees have deep technical questions which is there reason for attending

[Levi Velázquez]

Thank you so much for your answer.

Regarding:
I print out all instructions for the workshop and put it in a dua-tang and give it each attendee
You print as well the whole workshop step by step ? or just general instruction. I was thinking about printing the whole workshop, so they will be force to type it, it could take longer but maybe they dont just copy/paste.

I have all attendees register into Slack beforehand, so during the workshop they can converse or ask questions or get help without interrupting instructor.
This is a very nice idea, you have 1 slack and create a channel per workshop?

Again, thanks for your tips.

[Andrew Brown 🇨🇦]

When it comes to code I just let them copy it from Slack, but the reason I print out the workshop including screenshots so if they get stuck they can keep pace.

yep 1 channel per workshop

[Levi Velázquez]

Oh you share the workshop code / tutorial in slack ? that is a good idea.

[Andrew Brown 🇨🇦]

Yep exactly.

[Levi Velázquez]

Good idea, thanks a lot for your help.