How to Run Your First

Successful Workshop or Retreat

Workshop and Retreats are a great way to leverage your time and get your message to many more people.

Next course:

11am Melbourne Time

Thursday 2, 8, 15 Feb 2012 PLUS

Thursday 8, 15, 22 March 2012

so six sessions all up

On the phone

The sessions will be recorded and you will be able to listen in as many times as you like after the event has finished.

AUD$179.00 (in total for the six sessions)

Yes - I'm already convicned and good to sign up now

No - I'm an old dog that likes to see all the tricks before I register.......

OK then, the first trick is to start small

Your first workshop is a big leap of faith. So as not to come out scarred, I recommend you start small so you can turn things around easily and be able to manage the group with ease.

I started with two people and 1 helper - talk about cover the bases!

The second trick is to know things can go horribly wrong!

Its ok to be nervous and its ok to think of the thousands of things that could go wrong.

If you don't then you are kidding yourself.

So the best thing to do is simply to learn as much as you can before you go out in the public for the first time. If you learn from people who are prepared to be honest and have your success in mind, you will feel confident as you set up your first group experience.

The third trick is that working with groups will be some of the most rewarding work you will ever do.

Anything that makes you edgy is pulling you out of your comfort zone.

Whenever you do that your personal confidence and courage is expanded ten fold, often just with your first time out ...... then it just keeps growing each time.

What is the structure of this course?

You can hear me talking about the course here

During this six week teleclass series I will be spilling the beans about what can go wrong and giving you tools, techniques and the confidence to overcome most obstacles and launch a successful workshop first time out.

My Outrageous Guarantee

If you do the work and don't get the results I will stick with you until you do!

Yes you heard right - if you attend all the classes and listen to all the audios and do all the required growth work and still don't feel you have it right - I'll spend 1:1 time with you to get it right - that's how serious I am about YOUR success!

What will be covered?

Each class is 75 minutes long and over six sessions we will cover:

Week 1 – I’ve Got an Idea

• Getting clear on the topic of your workshop

• What could go in and what to leave out

• Develop your pricing tiers

• What to put in your budget (yes you do need one)

Week 2 – Will My Idea Work?

• Market research - finding out if there is a demand

• What to have on your pre-workshop task list

• How to set up Eventbrite to register and collect payment

• How to set up a free website to promote your workshop

Week 3 – Promotion of Your Event

• When to start

• Planning Your Marketing

• Low cost strategies to promote the workshop

• Things that have worked for me and things that haven't

• How to promote your workshop on Facebook and Twitter

• How to get bums on seats the old fashioned way!

Week 4 – Pre Event

• How to deal with venues and venue managers

• Create a simply teaching outline so you appear to know what you are doing

Week 5 – During the Event

• How to present the content in a way that it easy for the participants to absorb it

• The importance of crew and getting them to do what you want them to do

• What food to give your participants and what will have them climbing the walls

Week 6 – Post Event

• What to do post workshop and why follow up is so important

• Creating accountability so you actually run your first workshop

• Final Q&A

Yes - I'm already convicned and good to sign up now

No - I'm still sniffing every stone before I register.......

OK - check out the answers to things people wanted included here

Then lets talk about the timing

Course Times

You learn on the phone so no worries about travel or parking

You can choose to attend one or all of these classes and alternate between classes if that works for you

Next course:

11am Melbourne Time

Thursday 2, 8, 15 Feb 2012 PLUS

Thursday 8, 15, 22 March 2012

so six sessions all up

On the phone

The sessions will be recorded and you will be able to listen in as many times as you like after the event has finished.

 

AUD$179.00 (in total for the six sessions)

You might have a few questions so I've attempted to answer them below - just send me an email if I haven't addressed all your questions.

What if the times don't work for me?

The sessions will be recorded and you will be able to listen in as many times as you like after the event has finished.

You will be working on your event between classes so you will leave the program ready to go with a clear idea of what your first workshop could be about (should you wish to - like all my classes you can move at the pace that suits you). Some of the over achievers will have the whole things planned and good to go by the end of the course!

What are the Benefits?

Running Your Own Workshops will:

1. get you known

2. raise your expert status

3. accelerate your understanding of your topic

4. make good use of your time

5. create a loyal following (if done well)

6. stretch you to a new level of personal development

7. increase your revenue streams

8. allow your people to get to know you

9. make you feel good when the audience "gets it"

10. help you get over yourself!

Workshops really step you up from just being a practitioner to being recognised as someone who firstly has something to say and secondly has something worthwhile to share with the world.

No doubt that it will stretch you a little bit and make you nervous and make you doubt every single aspect of what you are planning. But if you keep a high focus on what your people want to know and deliver that knowledge in an easy to follow, step by step process, and only teach something you already know a lot about .... then you have a recipe for success.

Workshops are not only rewarding for the pariticipants, you will also get a lot from the experince. You will see your self growing and expanding in every level of you personal and business life.

How Does It Work?

Full details will be emailed to you when you register.

You will be given phone numbers to call in the USA. These phone numbers connect you to what is called a bridge line. It is no different to talking with a friend except all your friends are there all at once.

You will be given a Skype number to dial to make the call free if you have Skype enabled on your computer.

or

You can purchase a phone calling card to make the call to the USA cost around $1 per hour. The process is no harder than using an ATM machine.

How Much Does it Cost?

Teleclasses can offer extreme value for everyone because no one has to leave home to do them. So the price is extraordinarily low.

We use a bridgeline in the USA to keep costs to an absolute minimum.

I am charging $179 in total for all six classes in the series which means the cost of the course will easily pay for itself as soon as you run your first paid workshop.

Gosh - is that a no brainer or what??

AUD$179.00 (in total for the six sessions)

What is a Teleclass?

Click here to find out even more about teleclasses.

Click here to download an e-book for a full description of teleclasses on how to get onto teleclass bridge lines. This pdf file is like a "teleclass for idiots guide"

So please join me on a class. I just know you are going to love it and I guarantee we'll have fun together.

Next course:

11am Melbourne Time

Thursday 2, 8, 15 Feb 2012 PLUS

Thursday 8, 15, 22 March 2012

so six sessions all up

On the phone

The sessions will be recorded and you will be able to listen in as many times as you like after the event has finished.

AUD$179.00 (in total for the six sessions)