I'm preparing my first workshop, any suggestion as an attendee or organizer?
#help#discuss
Levi Velázquez

Levi Velázquez @levivm

About: Director of Engineering at MO Technologies. Best way to learn is teaching :) Dev.to community moderator.

Joined:
Aug 10, 2018

I'm preparing my first workshop, any suggestion as an attendee or organizer?

Publish Date: Apr 7 '19
5 8

Hi,

I'm preparing my first workshop (Full Stack), it is about Angular + Express.js + Firebase + Google Cloud Functions. Basically, the backend is going to be Serverless.

Do you have any suggestions? as attendee or organizer, what has been your experience, good/bad points about any previous workshop you had assisted.

The workshop is on site, but I have created a small tutorial regarding the backend, feel free to check it out.
Beginner's Guide for Creating a Serverless REST API using NodeJS over Google Cloud Functions

Comments 8 total

  • Shannon Crabill
    Shannon CrabillApr 7, 2019

    Be clear about what you will be providing or what attendees should have ahead of time. Software, hardware, etc, try not to assume someone will know what they may need for a workshop.

    • Levi Velázquez
      Levi VelázquezApr 7, 2019

      Yes, thanks, that is an important point, my idea is to send by email all requirements and a remainder about workshop content.

  • Andrew Brown 🇨🇦
    Andrew Brown 🇨🇦Apr 7, 2019

    I run paid workshops in Toronto on AWS. This is what I do.

    • I print out all instructions for the workshop and put it in a dua-tang and give it each attendee.
    • I provide prerequisite/onboarding videos to make sure people are prepared to reduce the time at the start of the workshop.
    • I have all attendees register into Slack beforehand, so during the workshop they can converse or ask questions or get help without interrupting instructor.
    • At the end of the workshop I provide them everything they learned a video-tutorialized format
    • At the start of the workshop I get each person to introduce themselves and tell me what outcome they are hoping to get from the workshop
    • I always have a second domain-expert there because some attendees have deep technical questions which is there reason for attending
    • Levi Velázquez
      Levi VelázquezApr 7, 2019

      Thank you so much for your answer.

      Regarding:
      I print out all instructions for the workshop and put it in a dua-tang and give it each attendee
      You print as well the whole workshop step by step ? or just general instruction. I was thinking about printing the whole workshop, so they will be force to type it, it could take longer but maybe they dont just copy/paste.

      I have all attendees register into Slack beforehand, so during the workshop they can converse or ask questions or get help without interrupting instructor.
      This is a very nice idea, you have 1 slack and create a channel per workshop?

      Again, thanks for your tips.

      • Andrew Brown 🇨🇦
        Andrew Brown 🇨🇦Apr 7, 2019

        When it comes to code I just let them copy it from Slack, but the reason I print out the workshop including screenshots so if they get stuck they can keep pace.

        yep 1 channel per workshop

Add comment