I just finished a four-day digital storytelling working. These workshops take a lot out of me because it’s short days (six hours) but it seems like i’m consistently being pulled in every direction. I’ve been slowly coming up with a couple of guidelines to help me keep things under control.<\/p>\n
This is very important. After several workshops, I think the maximum number of participants I can handle is 7-8. Anymore\u00a0than that and I can’t help everyone create\u00a0a quality product \/ experience. With any additional volunteers\/facilitators, I can easily add more people, even if the other facilitators only work one or two people.<\/p>\n
So even after doing this several times, I’m always finding myself taking time before I start to revise the schedule, re-write presentations and handouts, and visualize the best possible program. Some times these changes work well, other times I return to the old ways. Several times this week I changed my plans midstream. I hadn’t counted on starting the week being sick or that additional time would be necessary during the script writing process. Both of these things put us a half day behind schedule, but the participants were eager so we were able to finish the stories on time.<\/p>\n
I’m trying to get better at accepting outside advice, but it’s difficult mid-session. After I’m done, however, I spend some time writing up a reflection of the workshop; what worked and what didn’t. It lets me refine my style and schedule. It also lets me see what skills\/knowledge I need to upgrade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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