Diagnostic - Essemy

First Name*
Last Name*
What sort of facilitator are you?*
At Essemy, we are looking for subject matter experts who facilitate. How would you describe yourself as a facilitator?
- I facilitate workshops based on what I have studied. I do not have extensive experience practising or using that skill with success in industry.
- I have real world experience in the subject matter that I facilitate workshops on, and use that knowledge and those skills in my workshops.
- I have proven experience in my field, and I use that knowledge and those skills in my workshops. I have skills in being an effective adult learning facilitator (because the feedback I receive from my learners confirms this).
Can you describe the experience you have in facilitating effective workshops? (How many workshops over how long? What is your feedback generally like?)*
What type of expert are you?*
- Technical Expert (i.e. lawyer, financial services, dentist, digital strategy)
- Soft skills expert (i.e. leadership, customer engagement, coaching, communication skills, emotional intelligence)
- Business change expert (i.e. Lean, Six Sigma, Agile, Scrum, change management)

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Structuring Your Curriculum
Your workshops are well structured, organised, scaffolded and have fairly well timed sections which include breaks.*
- Never. I fly by the seat of my pants, going with the flow of what the participants need.
- More often than not I have a plan, but it is pretty loose. I keep the plan to myself, just in case it has to change throughout the day. We achieve the goals we achieve, if we achieve them.
- I often have a clear structure and goals I want to achieve (which are demonstrated to the participants before we begin), but often the plan changes based on what the participants need on the day.
Can you provide a workshop plan? How many goals do you normally set? How might the goals change based on the participants on the day?*
Your workshops have clear outcomes you promise the participants will achieve by the end of the workshop.*
- Not really. However they will definitely walk away with the information they need.
- Mostly, but I often prefer to reiterate at the end what they have learnt, in case I need to skip things out due to time restraints.
- Always. We set achievable goals, and I make the workshop work around what they need in the time we have. I don’t set unrealistic goals or outcomes, but if things change on the day it is usually because there is a clear group need that is different to the original need.
My workshops are a mixture of theory, demonstrations or real life examples, and tasks or opportunities for participants to go away and apply their knowledge.*
- Not really. I simply give them a heap of information about the subject matter, as I am asked to do.
- Sometimes, but usually it is more just the theory and a few examples. I do not really set them activities as it is more information they need.
- Yes, my workshops are scaffolded with all three – theory, examples and practical ways they can apply their new knowledge when they leave the workshop.
Can you give us an overview of one of your workshops and the ratio of theory to examples to activities or tasks?*

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Delivering your Workshops
My workshops are always structured with clear sections including the motivations for learning, theory, practical applications, recaps of the learning and supplementary or further resources*
- Never. My industry does not really work for that format. I just need to deliver information as it is prescribed.
- Sometimes, but I do not really do all of those things all the time.
- Most of the time there is a really clear summary of what we are going to cover and why it is important, the theory and activities they need to cover, then a good recap to show them how much they have learnt and what else they can learn after the workshop.
Can you give us an example of how you do this in your workshops? What’s an example of the motivations for participating in your workshop? How and why do you recap the learning? What kind of supplementary resources do you provide?*
My visual aids:*
- Contain a lot of bullet points and factual information including tables and the main ideas of what I am presenting in the workshop.
- Contain a mixture of images and bullet points with fewer than 20 words on each slide.
- Often contain a single image, graphic, number or short phrase, which I use to inspire, engage or ask the participants about. The learning then flows from those questions or discussions.
Can you explain or show us one of your visual aids and how you would use them during your workshop?*
The way I deliver my workshops:*
- Is mostly me presenting the information.
- Is mostly me presenting the information. I do ask for any questions at the end of the workshop.
- Is a mixture of me presenting information, asking the participants questions (rhetorical or otherwise), telling stories which give real life examples, and the participants asking questions or doing activities as we go along throughout the workshop.
Can you talk us through some of your slides so we can see your delivery style?*

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Implementing Continuous Feedback
I ask the participants for feedback after the workshop.*
- Not really, this isn’t really my job.
- Sometimes, if there is time at the end.
- Always. I don’t let them leave the room unless I have it!
What sort of questions do you ask them?*
I always take the feedback, and plan how to change my workshop for the better because of it.*
- Never. I would prefer not to know! I know what I deliver works really well.
- Sometimes, depending on what feedback I get. Sometimes the feedback is not really helpful so I just ignore it.
- Most of the time, unless the feedback is outright unusable. Having said that, all feedback has its merits on some level. It is just the way you decide to interpret and use it that makes the difference.
How do you collect and process your feedback?*
After delivering a workshop, I make a list of things I know went well and did not go well, to remind myself what I should and should not be doing next time.*
- I think that is a good idea but I often forget!
- Sometimes, if I have time after the workshop I make a note of things that have to change.
- I usually dedicate an hour soon after the workshop (in the next day or so) while things are still fresh in my mind, so that I can make the most of the things that went well and did not go well. I follow this up by making changes to the workshop accordingly or at least leaving myself notes on the appropriate sections to remind myself before I start preparing for the next one.
Can you tell us about some changes you’ve recently made based on feedback you’ve gotten from your participants?*
Please share a link to a recent video of you facilitating (last 6 months). If you do not have one you will be asked to deliver a live session
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Diagnostic Questions

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Creating Client Focused Learning Experiences

Structuring Your Curriculum

Delivering your Workshops

Implementing Continuous Feedback

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