Lead goal-based group activities to make decisions and establish alignment

Bring people together to collect knowledge, generate new ideas, and design solutions. Design group exercises that create harmony among diverse opinions and yield innovative solutions. 

As a facilitator, it’s your responsibility to make workshops as productive as possible for attendees while ensuring that you move your project forward.

Who Should Attend

  • New facilitators looking for an approachable starting point
  • Experienced facilitators who want to refresh and expand their skillset

What You'll Learn

01 Use UX workshops to achieve key goals
  • Gather insight across multiple disciplines and roles
  • Build a shared vision
  • Overcome a design challenge
02 Plan and run efficient, engaging workshops
  • Define goals and agendas
  • Establish a clear structure
  • Determine attendees and assign roles
  • Prepare your participants
  • Concluding UX workshops
  • Running workshops remotely
03 Build a toolkit of workshop structures and techniques
  • Key facilitation skills and strategies
  • Brainstorming, discovery, and visioning workshops
  • Planning and evaluation workshops
  • Mapping and sorting
  • Prioritization and voting

This Course Includes

  • Hands-on, workshop-style activities to practice your new skills
  • Practice in workshops
  • Cheat sheets to help you remember what you learn
  • Recommended reading lists to continue learning after the course

Learn from Industry Experts

Why NN/g

What People Say About This Course

  • Probably the most useful workshop I have ever attended. Highly engaging! I am confidently leaving with a clear framework, which I can immediately apply. Thank you!

    Danielle

  • I haven't facilitated a workshop formally before and found this workshop to be incredibly valuable. I have a tool kit I can apply right away.

    Gretchen
    Continuum

  • I especially liked the breakdown of which workshops to conduct and when in the design process. The UX toolkit is vast, but you were able to provide actionable points for a diverse set of situations.

    Melissa
    CRITEO

  • Overall, I found the course useful (despite the fact that I already do lots of workshops) — esp. planning/agenda exercise.

    Laura
    Bit Zesty Ltd

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Frequently Asked Questions

How will I get the link to the Zoom meeting for the course?

60 minutes before your course begins, your link will be available when you log into your NN/g profile.

Can I watch a recording of the course?

Virtual courses are live events that extend throughout the day and include many periods of interactive exercises. The learning experience cannot be replicated by simply watching recordings after the event. We will not be making course recordings, and making your own recordings is not permitted.

Will I be able to network and get to know other participants?

You'll join a Slack community for both course-related discussion and networking with fellow participants. You'll also be able to use the Slack workspace before, during, and after the event to maintain your connections. You'll be invited to join the Slack community the week before the event starts.

What equipment will I need to participate in NN/g live online courses?

You'll be streaming video and audio to your computer, and also speaking with other participants. Make sure you have:

  • A laptop or desktop (using a tablet is not recommended)
  • A stable high-speed internet connection
  • Speakers or headphones
  • A microphone
  • A webcam
Do I really need a microphone and webcam?

White it's possible to attend our virtual courses without your own webcam or microphone, you will not be able to fully participate in learning activities. Many of our courses use hands-on practice as the primary way of learning design and research techniques. You'll learn more during these activities if you can fully participate, and your collaboration partners can see and hear you. We also recommend using headphones.

Do I have to download any software?

All courses use Zoom and Hightail, a file-sharing service. Some courses require the use of Google Drive apps or Miro. All tools are free to use and do not require you to create an account, but you should ensure your device permissions allow you to access these tools.

  • Zoom is a video conferencing service. Our meetings follow security best practices, including passwords and waiting rooms. We recommend installing the Zoom app, which is free. If you are not able to install the Zoom software, you can also join through Chrome web browser. Test your access to Zoom.
  • Hightail will be used to share downloadable course materials (such as PDF copies of presentation slides). Test your access to Hightail. (If your network blocks you from access Hightail, during the event our conference team will be able to assist you with alternative ways to receive your course materials.
  • Google Drive apps are used for collaborative learning activities. If you are not able to use Google Docs or Sheets, you will be able to download copies of the activity materials, but may not be able to fully participate in group work. Test your access to Google Docs.
  • Miro is an online whiteboarding tool and is used for collaborative learning activities in some courses. You can download the Miro app or open a Miro link in your browser.
Will my internet connection be fast enough?

You will need a stable internet connection with a minimum of 3 Mbps (up and down) in order o participate in 
NN/g virtual courses. Ideally, a faster connection speed of 25 Mbps download and 5Mbps upload is recommended to ensure HD video and audio quality. If you are using a WIFI network, disconnect all other devices from that network to improve the streaming quality. Check your internet connection speed.

Can I join from my phone or tablet?

We do not recommend attending our classes from a small-screen device. Although you will be able to connect to the meeting, it will be difficult to see the detailed examples shared during class. It will also be extremely difficult to participate in collaborative exercises which require typing and interactive documents.