<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">In Valerie’s words, don’t underestimate the power of free food and coffee, especially if this is a half a day or full day workshop. To help pay for these things, see if your department/other departments or stakeholders have funds to help out.</span>
= '''<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666pxx-large; "><span style="font-family:Arial; color:#333333rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">WORKSHOP</span></span>'''<br/> =
<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">When designing the specific event, make sure you are thinking about your participants. Design activities that make sense for them. Before the event, establish two or more facilitators that can help run things. These people would know the order of activates, and help in any logistics. This may include a lead facilitator, student facilitator, and a faculty facilitator.</span>
<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline"> In Valerie’s case, a half-day workshop would include:</span>
<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">A brief welcome and overview talk by the facilitator(s). Consider using resources like Ignite Powerpoint to quickly get your message across</span>
<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Break up the large group into small groups for the specific tasks. The small groups should contain team captains that may be at least a little bit familiar with the task at hand. The small teams would then participate in design thinking activities at their station:</span><br/><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">1. Empathy (gaining insights from people)</span>
<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">2. Defining the problem. After the teams complete this part, ask each teams to share their thoughts to the larger group</span>
<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">3. Ideate – ask each team to brainstorm on their problem(s)</span>
<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">4. Asses – have people walk around and give real-time feedback on the ideas they thought were the best</span>
<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Arial; color:#333333; background-color:#ffffff; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">After the event, closring remarks may be appropriate</span>
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