Workshop Book, The

Pam Hamilton is a leading innovation consultant and workshop facilitator who regularly works with blue chip companies such as Unilever, GSK, Ipsos MORI and ITV to design and run creative workshops and design bespoke workshop toolkits to suit each industry and team. Pam has over a decade of experience in designing and leading thousands of workshops for creative ideas, new product development, business strategy, future planning, insight generation, team building and brand purpose.

• About the author Acknowledgements What this book will do for you1. An introduction to workshopsDESIGN Designing your workshop2. The workshop approach3. Setting the workshop objective4. Who to invite to your workshop5. Priming the workshop participants6. The workshop set-upLEAD Leading your workshop7. The workshop leader8. Workshop behaviours9. Managing difficult behaviours10. The workshop energyACTION Putting workshops into action11. Basic workshop tools12. Bringing a topic to life13. Creating quick ideas14. Creating new ideas that build on past successes15. Improving existing ideas16. Creating new directions17. Creating a new story about something old18. How to create new names19. Customer needs workshops20. Roadmaps21. Alignment22. Action planning23. Defining purpose24. Working better together25. Influencing senior leadership positively26. Positive turnaround27. Team updates28. Team building29. Regular team meetings30. Review workshops31. Debrief workshops32. Virtual workshops33. Multilingual workshops34. Workshop outputsTools list References Index

‘A fantastic, one-stop shop for running workshops - it combines the theory and practical insights perfectly.’Fran Merrylees, HR Director Online, Pay and Interactive at ITV  “An outstanding how-to manual that is packed with expert digestible tips – highly recommended”Alex Mahon, CEO, The Foundry  ‘An essential primer for anyone trying to brainstorm ideas and concepts, and for getting the best out of teams.’Ben Page, Chief Executive, Ipsos MORI  ‘An outstanding how-to manual that is packed with expert digestible tips – highly recommended’Alex Mahon, CEO, The Foundry  ‘An excellent resource for managers, lecturers and students alike. It is well researched and packed full of practical tips and examples of good and bad practice, and will turn those wasted meetings into productive and creative workshops. This will become the ‘go to’ book for anyone planning a workshop.’Dr Deborah Shaw, Reader in Film Studies at the University of Portsmouth  ‘Pamela Hamilton has years of hard-earned experience on what makes workshops work – and fail.  An essential primer for anyone trying to brainstorm ideas and concepts, and for getting the best out of teams.’Ben Page, Chief Executive, Ipsos MORI  ‘This book should be in every facilitator’s toolkit. It fits perfectly with Pret’s learning culture, simple and effective.’Ian Watson, Group Head of Pret Academy, Pret a Manger  ‘This is a fantastic, insightful, one-stop shop for running workshops. It combines the theory and practical insights perfectly. A book I will constantly be using.’Fran Merrylees HR Director Online, Pay and Interactive at ITV   ‘The Workshop Book is wonderfully practical, full of sensible suggestions, tips and hints of how to run successful workshops. It is a book that you will use again and again. The author’s personal stories also add an empathetic touch.’Jennifer Whyte, Global CMI Director, Unilever  “If you’re responsible for the creative health of your organisation, then you better get your hands on this book.  Better yet, commit it to heart.  And practice, practice, practice all the techniques.  It’ll lead to more productive workshops, it’ll yield more dynamic and engaging ideas, and it’ll promote the importance of creativity with your company!”  Pele Cortizo-Burgess, Global Chief Creative Officer, MEC and President, L’Equipe L’Oréal