WE HELP YOU BUILD WORKSHOPS QUICKLY, DIFFERENTLY AND WELL

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NEXT START - 15th MARCH 2024

GET THAT WORKSHOP OUT OF YOUR HEAD AND READY TO RUN IN JUST 2 DAYS!

NEXT START - FRIDAY, 4th OCTOBER 2024

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GET THAT WORKSHOP OUT OF YOUR HEAD AND READY TO RUN IN JUST 2 DAYS!

Live Sessions – Friday 4th October and Friday 11th October 2024

Why Build It Quickly?

  • You want to know HOW to build workshops
  • You want to do it quickly, but well
  • You want your workshops to work
  • You want support from an L&D specialist

Let’s ditch the tired old 150 slides and create engaging content that makes a real difference.

Here's what you get

  • 2 x half-day interactive virtual workshops. I'll bring to life what I'm doing and why it works.
  • 20 genius activity prompts to create engaging learning
  • Quick videos before we start, to get you limbered up and ready to go​
  • A 1-1 with me for feedback, ideas and tailored support
  • Monthly Fired Up, Ready to Grow collaboration sessions in 2024 for more help

Plus, resources, content support and so much more!​

You’ll leave with your own workshop outline AND know how to build any other workshops in the future.

This programme is super practical. You’ll be building your own workshop as you go.

We’ll be covering:

  • How to turn your ideas into brilliant content without overwhelming you or your participants
  • How to order the flow and structure of your workshop so it engages and makes sense to participants
  • How to get the most people attending and doing something differently as a result
  • How to create engaging activities in record time, without having to scroll endlessly on Google
  • How to create a facilitator ‘treasure chest’ so you never have to worry about running out of content
  • How to create a learning journey – what it is and why it makes a difference
  • How to get feedback, commitments and action

In short, how to build a workshop that works!

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What’s tough for you about building workshops?

It’s likely to be one of these or more!

  • You’ve never been supported to build or deliver workshops and programmes before (and did you know – 74% of HR generalists who have to deliver workshops as part of their role have never had training in how to do it well?)
  • You don’t have the time to search for ideas on content. Where do you even start?
  • You don’t know what you don’t know about impactful development! So Google and YouTube aren’t your friends …
  • You’ve studied for an L&D qualification, which gave you plenty of theory, but didn’t help you with all of the practical elements on building engaging development that makes a difference
  • You instinctively know that a workshop or programme by itself might not be the right answer, but you don’t know what is
  • You may even have tried already, but it didn’t land. Perhaps you quickly pulled together some slides on the topic and delivered as best you could but felt disheartened because nothing changed afterwards.

Creating learning experiences in the right way can make a lasting impact that brings about behavioural and organisational change.

It’s about getting your workshops right AND also considering what else you need to have in place too.

That’s where I can help!

I’m Katy, an L&D specialist with over 25 years experience.

Why work with me? I’ve worked in-house as a senior L&D professional in a range of organisations including: Compare the Market, Nationwide Building Society, Thomas Cook, Eurocamp Travel and Alton Towers.​

I’ve designed and delivered hundreds of workshops, programmes and events including: 

  • Management and Leadership Development
  • Team Development and Coaching
  • High Potential Talent Development Programmes
  • Career Conversations
  • Train the Trainer
  • Facilitation Skills
  • Influence and Impact
  • Coaching Skills programmes and rollouts
  • Embedding Organisation Values and Behaviours

I’ve seen what works and what doesn’t. Made mistakes and learnt so much about how to get interaction, commitment, engagement and results.

And I’ve distilled down that learning over the years into an easy to understand, easy to digest process which I’ll be sharing with you.

I now run my own development and coaching business, where along with the team, I consult, design and deliver impactful programmes and workshops for clients across a range of sectors and industries.

I also work with HR and L&D professionals to support them to design and deliver their own brilliant development. Which is what this is all about!

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How do you know that I can help?

Here’s what participants from our first 2 Build It Quickly programmes shared:

"I now feel more confident in approaching the design and making the learning fun and impactful for participants. I feel more empowered to lead and challenge my stakeholders, and manage their expectations."
- Rebecca Lewis, Leadership & Team Coach
"I thoroughly enjoyed the course, a great mixture of people, exercises and tech. It's certainly set the standard for how I want my own workshop, built well but also quickly!"
- Kirsty Jordan, Head of HR
"The programme's format was perfect and the content touched on everything that I needed. I loved that I could practically build a session as I was going through, and I was able to use this just a week later.."
- Merrisha Gordon, Leadership Coach & Organisational Consultant
"I feel much more confident now that I have all the tools I need to develop and deliver highly valuable workshops for my clients without becoming too bogged down in the details as I prepare. With the 1:1 and additional monthly meet ups, the value from the programme just keeps coming!"
- Emily Potts, Founder & Leadership Coach
"Loved your energy, openness and willingness to share all you know Katy, thank you! Resources shared as we went along were brilliant and will be my go to guide for all future training builds."
- Aimee Nelson, Interim HR Manager
"Just a great course for both new and more experienced facilitators. Katy has an amazing style and using fab content and is always so generous with what she shares."
- Libby Williams, Executive Coach & Facilitator
"There were many really helpful moments. I loved the chunking approach and breaking down into must, should, could categories. Defining pre work as a module was (a) very helpful tip."
- Nicki Crossland, Leadership Coach
"Katy - you are a born trainer... You bring everything to life and bring out the importance of all the areas we need to cover, but in a fun and practical way, where people can relate to scenarios etc..."
- Sinéad Dartnell, Head of HR
"I really enjoyed all the different activities and particularly how they related to what we were actually learning so you could see it from both sides (i.e. facilitator and delegate). With no prior knowledge of creating or running workshops I didn't know where to begin and now I have a framework I can apply to any course moving forward."
- Jessie Morris, People & Culture Business Partner
"I think this course is great, just what I needed. It has really helped me to gain confidence in my ability to develop courses and to know that I am on the right track with what I am doing. This course contains many 'aha' moments and nuggets of great advice."
- Lisa Brandwood, HR, L&D Consultant

And here’s what participants from the pilot programme shared:

“This is one of the best development programmes I've been on. As an HR generalist it’s given me the skills, knowledge and confidence to design high quality workshops for my line managers that will have a real impact. I loved working on a real-life example and collaborating with other professionals and have taken so much away from tools and techniques make the sessions more engaging and look at before and after planning as well. I couldn't recommend this programme highly enough”
– Marie Richardson, HR Business Partner
“Katy just has a way of presenting things in a really absorbable way. She helped us break down the training design process into manageable steps that can be worked through quickly instead of feeling like mammoth tasks. I’d highly recommend Build it Quickly either for those brand new to the training design process, or those with years of experience wanting fresh thinking, new approaches, highly practical resources – and some fun along the way.”
– Briony Platt. L&D Specialist
“Highly recommend this programme to HR generalists who suddenly have to conjure up development workshops. Great structure and content and the opportunity to talk over those bits you’re really not too sure about. The course will enable you to develop something fresh.”
– Caroline Bosworth, Head of People
“I really enjoyed the programme. I will build my training sessions differently as a result, thinking about the audience experience throughout and not offering a death by PowerPoint session.”
– Aurora Kerr, Head of Human Resources
“As an HR practitioner, being part of Katys programme helped me with the skills and knowledge to build a successful training course from scratch.”
– Andie Lucas, HR Manager
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Build it Quickly FAQs

  • There are 2 live taught modules; both are 3 hours, plus 1 hour of optional group Q&A time if you need it. You will also need to set aside around 8 hours to complete the self-led learning and to build your workshop. And then there’s a follow-up 1-1 of 1 hour, so a total of 15-16 hours.

  • The self-led learning is on a platform called Kajabi, which you can access as soon as you buy the programme. The live taught online sessions will be on Zoom.

  • The live taught sessions will be on Zoom on March 15th and March 22nd 2024 from 10am to 1pm,  with options to join live from 9.30am or remain in Zoom each day until 1.30pm for an optional Q&A.

  • No! We’ll walk you through the process step by step and answer your questions as we go.

  • Absolutely! Over time, it’s likely that you’ll see similar patterns where your clients need support. Being able to confidently build a workshop that will support more than one person at a time will be an invaluable addition to your services!
  • Yes! You’ll be able to book a slot for 1 hour to focus on your specific questions, get feedback, or for more idea generation. You’ll also be able to join our Fired Up, Ready to Grow collaboration sessions to receive feedback, or for more idea generation.
  • The programme price is £995+VAT (£1194 incl VAT) for Payment in Full or 3 x Monthly Instalments of £331.66 + VAT (£398 incl VAT)

  • We focus on building and designing the programme, rather than delivering. However, previous participants have said how much they’ve learnt through watching me in action and hearing me share what I’m doing and why. Plus, you’re welcome to ask any questions as we go through.

  • Once you’ve accessed the self-led learning content and started the development, refunds aren’t available.

  • I’m so sure that you WILL be, that I offer a money-back guarantee if after working through the programme you don’t believe you can create your workshop!

Build it Quickly FAQs

  • There are 2 live taught modules; both are 3 hours, plus 1 hour of optional group Q&A time if you need it. You will also need to set aside around 8 hours to complete the self-led learning and to build your workshop. And then there’s a follow-up 1-1 of 1 hour, so a total of 15-16 hours.

  • The self-led learning is on a platform called Kajabi, which you can access as soon as you buy the programme. The live taught online sessions will be on Zoom.

  • The dates of the 2 live taught sessions are Friday 4th October and Friday 11th October 2024. These will take place via  Zoom from 10am to 1pm, with options to join live from 9.30am or remain in Zoom each day until 1.30pm for an optional Q&A. 

  • No! We’ll walk you through the process step by step and answer your questions as we go.

  • Absolutely! Over time, it’s likely that you’ll see similar patterns where your clients need support. Being able to confidently build a workshop that will support more than one person at a time will be an invaluable addition to your services!
  • Yes! You’ll be able to book a slot for 1 hour to focus on your specific questions, get feedback, or for more idea generation. You’ll also be able to join our Fired Up, Ready to Grow collaboration sessions to receive feedback, or for more idea generation.
  • The programme price is £995+VAT (£1194 incl VAT) for Payment in Full or 3 x Monthly Instalments of £331.66 + VAT (£398 incl VAT)

  • We focus on building and designing the programme, rather than delivering. However, previous participants have said how much they’ve learnt through watching me in action and hearing me share what I’m doing and why. Plus, you’re welcome to ask any questions as we go through.

  • Once you’ve accessed the self-led learning content and started the development, refunds aren’t available.

  • I’m so sure that you WILL be, that I offer a money-back guarantee if after working through the programme you don’t believe you can create your workshop!

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