# How to Run a Workshop Workshop

[![Workshop](https://halans.com/orig-content/uploads/2013/02/workshop.jpg)](http://www.flickr.com/photos/halans/8482452821/ "Workshop by Halans, on Flickr")  ‘

Saturday was a free, 3-hour “How to Run a Workshop Workshop” run by Jay Rogers, Design Manager at Atlassian. It was pretty intense and very hands on.

Some take-aways:  
– Time-box all the things:  
– Each activity wil take about 30-45 minutes.  
– In advance allot reasonable times to the different actions in your activity

– But you will lose control:  
– Decisions may not be reached, outcomes from activity may not be attained,  
but that's ok  
– Just roll with it, maybe cancel a follow-up activity  
– Decide how important it is for an outcome to be reached in this activity and react accordingly

– Always have a partner:  
– To help plan and run the workshop  
– A lot happens during breaks  
– Use a third person to take notes, or use a camera to revisit the session afterwards

Check out more photos on [Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/halans/sets/72157632791853788/ "Workshop photos")