What types of workshops should be set up to stimulate collective intelligence and transform it into business performance? What facilitation techniques and posture should you adopt to encourage the creation of ideas? This course will introduce you to several collaborative workshop facilitation methods.
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What types of workshops should be set up to stimulate collective intelligence and transform it into business performance? What facilitation techniques and posture should you adopt to encourage the creation of ideas? This course will introduce you to several collaborative workshop facilitation methods.
At the end of the training, the participant will be able to:
Determine the conditions for a successful workshop
Know the techniques and methods for running a workshop
Prepare and lead a workshop for a large or small group
Intended audience
Anyone wishing to organize and run workshops.
Prerequisites
No special knowledge required.
Practical details
Hands-on work
This highly interactive course is supported by numerous practical exercises and role-playing exercises.
Course schedule
1
The objectives and challenges of an effective workshop
Meeting tomorrow's challenges with collective intelligence.
Generate innovative ideas.
Set a group in motion to support change.
Co-constructing and engaging teams.
Exercise
Mindmapping: identifying creativity and innovation processes.
2
Preparing a workshop
Define and understand the workshop challenge.
Specify the real need and the place of the workshop in a given context.
Assemble the right working group for the job.
Create group cohesion around an innovative approach.
Communicate before the workshop to encourage participation.
Hands-on work
Prepare your workshop organizer's checklist.
3
Running a workshop
Introduce and frame the workshop, have the group validate the workshop principle.
Establishing a caring climate.
Create a rhythmic cut.
Learn to manage your turn to speak.
Generate ideas and practical solutions.
Select and enrich the solutions chosen.
Communicate after a workshop, to make the results accessible to as many people as possible.
Hands-on work
Identify your profile as a facilitator. Co-development session dedicated to creating a workshop.
4
The collaborative toolbox for workshop facilitation
Design Thinking to be as close as possible to users' needs.
Icebreakers to start a workshop and create a friendly atmosphere among participants.
The "Café-Projets" for collective reflection.
Scribing to collect ideas and illustrate them in the form of pictorial mindmapping.
Creative Problem Solving for problem-solving using a thinking methodology.
Appreciative Inquiry to define directions based on past and present strengths and successes.
Failed Camp is a fun, relaxed way to learn in a group.
Hands-on work
Based on Appreciative Inquiry, reflection and production on a topic provided by participants.
Customer reviews
4,6 / 5
Customer reviews are based on end-of-course evaluations. The score is calculated from all evaluations within the past year. Only reviews with a textual comment are displayed.
LYDIA R.
04/06/26
4 / 5
I discovered lots of games and methods. The discussions with the other participants about best practice were very interesting. There wasn’t much theory, but that suited me as I was looking for new tools.
ANNE DOMINIQUE G.
04/06/26
4 / 5
The course did not fully meet my expectations
MEZRAOUI RASHA E.
04/06/26
5 / 5
very interactive
ROCH PAUL L.
04/06/26
4 / 5
I enjoyed this course. I learnt about the mindset required in a professional workshop and the challenges involved. I might have liked a bit more theory on the key principles of facilitation.
JULIEN B.
04/06/26
4 / 5
A dynamic and inspiring trainer. The training content was interesting, although there was a lack of practical application of certain tools
KELLY A.
04/06/26
5 / 5
Very interesting and relevant to the training session. The information shared will be very useful in practice.
LAURA L.
04/06/26
4 / 5
Putting facilitation techniques into practice
CHRISTELLE D.
04/06/26
5 / 5
Thank you very much! It was fascinating and enlightening!
EMILIE I.
04/06/26
5 / 5
A trainer with excellent teaching skills. Too much time was spent on co-development at the expense of other facilitation tools.
VIOLAINE D.
02/04/26
5 / 5
Bénédicte is a very effective teacher and helped everyone to fully grasp the subject matter. The quality of the discussions and the topics covered
ELIANA R.
02/04/26
5 / 5
A very good training course, with a top-class trainer
JOCELYN D.
02/04/26
4 / 5
I appreciated the variety of templates and tools on offer, and the fact that we were able to practise in small groups
MOHAMED REDA B.
02/04/26
5 / 5
A very interesting and well-balanced session. Practical exercises.
PATRICE R.
05/03/26
5 / 5
A very interesting and rewarding training course – thank you to Julien for his teaching skills and approachability
STEPHANIE T.
05/03/26
5 / 5
Comprehensive content that can be applied to a wide range of professional situations; clear teaching methods
MAURAD D.
15/12/25
5 / 5
Super fluid exchange and a lot of kindness
GAMAH NAJOUA E.
15/12/25
4 / 5
Very friendly and pleasant hostess.
BÉATRICE C.
08/12/25
5 / 5
Good balance over 2 days, good pace.
NADIR B.
08/12/25
5 / 5
The trainer was able to create a collective dynamic between us and give us a number of tools to help us prepare and run the workshops.
KARINE R.
08/12/25
5 / 5
A lot of practical application, with concrete situations adapted to the needs of the group. A very enjoyable group. Thank you
SOPHIE G.
13/10/25
5 / 5
Very interesting, clear informationAurelia is dynamic, caring, top-notch.very pleasant group: top-notch participants
MYLÈNE E.
13/10/25
4 / 5
Learn the basics of running a successful workgroup.
PATRICIA M.
13/10/25
5 / 5
Very interesting and useful training, in line with expectations
CECILE T.
13/10/25
5 / 5
Patricia is a very pleasant and educational trainer, who takes us in the right direction and listens carefully to what we have to say.
EMILIE V.
13/10/25
5 / 5
I have acquired tools and methods, but above all the motivation to move forward in proposing workshops.
ELISA D.
13/10/25
5 / 5
The content was very well worked out and enabled us to answer the questions that each of us had raised. The time was a little short: it would have deserved 3 days?
CLARA G.
13/10/25
4 / 5
Very good, seen a bit quickly at the end of the second day of subjects. The training is interesting but is rarely applied in my day-to-day work. It's difficult for me to apply this advice to my customers.
CAMILLE T.
13/10/25
5 / 5
Good balance between practice and theory Lots of interesting presentations I'm leaving with the tools I need to run a workshop, thank you.
ANNE G.
13/10/25
4 / 5
The course focuses mainly on leading creative/innovative work groups. This should be included in the title.
DELPHINE C.
13/10/25
5 / 5
Very interactive, auditory, visual. Time for balanced exchanges.
ANAIS D.
13/10/25
5 / 5
Very dynamic Lots of practical exercises, which makes the course very concrete and helps you to assimilate the different concepts covered.
ERIC B.
13/10/25
5 / 5
Adapted and easy
ULYSSE L.
13/10/25
5 / 5
Very interesting and comprehensive content. The course was too short to go into everything in depth, but the trainer provided a good overview by going into specific subjects in greater depth. The participative workshops were very instructive and fun.
JÉRÔME G.
13/10/25
5 / 5
Good balance between theory and practice Very dynamic trainer
HÉLÈNE R.
13/10/25
5 / 5
An excellent event, both practical and conceptual. I appreciated the human sciences approach but also the practical approach with the series of tools.
PARTICIPANTS
Anyone wishing to organize and run workshops.
PREREQUISITES
No special knowledge required.
TRAINER QUALIFICATIONS
The experts leading the training are specialists in the covered subjects. They have been approved by our instructional teams for both their professional knowledge and their teaching ability, for each course they teach. They have at least five to ten years of experience in their field and hold (or have held) decision-making positions in companies.
ASSESSMENT TERMS
The trainer evaluates each participant’s academic progress throughout the training using multiple choice, scenarios, hands-on work and more.
Participants also complete a placement test before and after the course to measure the skills they’ve developed.
TEACHING AIDS AND TECHNICAL RESOURCES • The main teaching aids and instructional methods used in the training are audiovisual aids, documentation and course material, hands-on application exercises and corrected exercises for practical training courses, case studies and coverage of real cases for training seminars.
• At the end of each course or seminar, ORSYS provides participants with a course evaluation questionnaire that is analysed by our instructional teams.
• A check-in sheet for each half-day of attendance is provided at the end of the training, along with a course completion certificate if the trainee attended the entire session.
TERMS AND DEADLINES
Registration must be completed 24 hours before the start of the training.
ACCESSIBILITY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
Do you need special accessibility accommodations? Contact Mrs. Fosse, Disability Manager, at psh-accueil@orsys.fr to review your request and its feasibility.
This programme is an original creation, developed by the teaching teams at ORSYS Formation. Any reproduction, representation, adaptation or use, in whole or in part, without the prior written authorisation of ORSYS, is strictly prohibited. ORSYS reserves the right to take any action necessary to protect its intellectual property rights.
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This programme is an original creation, developed by the teaching teams at ORSYS Formation. Any reproduction, representation, adaptation or use, in whole or in part, without the prior written authorisation of ORSYS, is strictly prohibited. ORSYS reserves the right to take any action necessary to protect its intellectual property rights.