Places

Paper for the person holding the room

Places guides — run of show, workbooks, emails

Timed agendas, a workbook that is not your notes, the letter you send before anyone sits down, and the letter after house lights. Print them. Steal the tables. Bookmark the ones you run twice. Independent facilitators taking a live slot: I’ll build your next session kit. Taking 10.

  1. 90 minutes

    Workshop run of show template

    A full timed agenda for a working session that has to leave with three decisions. Clock, say, do.
  2. Printable table

    Facilitator agenda template

    Time, segment, say, do — one page you can hold without opening a laptop.
  3. Their page, not yours

    Participant workbook template

    What belongs on the chairs’ paper. What stays in the facilitator’s private notes.
  4. 120 minutes · skills room

    Training session plan template

    Outcomes as verbs, practice twice, proof you can photograph. A two-hour table you can run.
  5. Yours vs theirs

    Facilitation guide template

    Private say/do on one page. One prompt on the other. Never the same sheet.
  6. Half day · 8–14 leaders

    Leadership offsite agenda template

    Four hours: truth, three bets, owners, a stop-doing list. Not a slide review.
  7. 60 minutes · 5–9 people

    Retrospective agenda template

    Shipped, broke, change. Vote. Three owners and dates. The rest gets dropped.
  8. 8 hours · Day 1 · 8–10 people

    Design sprint agenda template

    Understand and map. A goal, tripwire questions, one board, one circle. Sketches wait until tomorrow.
  9. 90 minutes · 4–8 people

    Product discovery workshop

    One belief, a recruiting screen, five questions, names on a calendar. Not a persona workshop.
  10. 120 minutes · 12–20 first-time managers

    Cohort kickoff agenda template

    A promise, norms, a live 1:1, and the agenda they send today. Not a syllabus recitation.
  11. Amber, then red

    How to time a workshop

    The overrun problem. Where to steal minutes. What the last minute is for.
  12. Copy and send

    Workshop pre-work email

    Three letters: offsite, ninety-minute working session, cohort kickoff.
  13. After house lights

    Workshop follow-up email

    Two letters: the conversation they committed to, and the offsite bets, stops, and who tells the company.
  14. 30 minutes

    1:1 meeting agenda for new managers

    Their list first. One meaty topic. Commitments before you stand up.
  15. 120 minutes · 6–12 managers

    Difficult conversations workshop

    Name the person. Facts vs the story. One ask. Practice twice. Book it this week.