Our next lab will take place on Wednesday and Thursday, October 29th and 30th, from 3pm to 6pm UTC (check your time zone). This two-day online workshop runs for three hours each day.
Join The Session Design Lab if you are bringing people together for a workshop, training session, or meeting anytime soon.
During this lab, you will establish a strong foundation in designing participatory and interactive sessions for both online and face-to-face formats. This will enable you to facilitate sessions that foster co-empowering, learning, and knowledge sharing, thereby advancing your work and that of your participants.
On the first day, we will examine adult learning theories and participant-focused session formats, such as ADIDS (Activity, Discussion, Input, Deepening, and Synthesis). The second day will concentrate on designing a session using the methods learned on the first day, with an opportunity to review your design with other participants. We will also discuss facilitation best practices and strategies for engaging participants before and after sessions.
By the end of the lab, you will have:
- A peer-reviewed session design ready for implementation.
- Enhanced skills in facilitation.
- An understanding of how to build collective power through meaningful and deliberate connections.
- Access to The Session Design Canvas
- Connected with others on a similar journey.
Really great session that gave me practical tools and more confidance to facilitate workshops in my work.
Session Design Lab Participant
This laboratory is specifically designed for individuals working with non-governmental organizations (NGOs), non-profit organizations (NPOs), civil society organizations (CSOs), and charities.
The Session Design Lab is facilitated by Dirk Slater, who has spent the last quarter of a century finetuning participatory facilitation techniques. He is the Facilitation Coach for RightsCon and is the editor of The Collective Power Playbook
Dirk is very attentive and helpful in giving me the resources and insight I needed to make my campaigning session a reality. He taught me some things that seem so obvious but things I never considered before. Incredibly beneficial!
Session Design Lab Participant
FabRiders uses a “pay what you can” pricing structure to ensure that financial barriers do not prevent anyone from participating. Participants are invited to select the tier that best reflects their means. Each contribution directly supports the operating costs for running these labs, our work developing The Collective Power Playbook, and ensures no one is turned away for lack of funds.