When you run workshops there is a definite line between failure and success. Your reputation and the piece of work you are looking to have as a focus of your workshop will sink or swim as a result of how well you plan, run and follow up on the workshop itself. To move your workshop into the stratosphere though, explore these three areas:

1) know your audience: I know it sounds really basic but many people underestimate how powerful this can be. Yes, it is good that you are focused on what you want to achieve from holding the workshop but you also need to know who is coming. For two reasons, one is to make sure you get the right people in the room (enthusiasm can plummet when people realise there aren't the subject matter experts or decision makers in the room), but walls so you can tailor the workshop to make the most of everyone's time. Everyone brings with them their dynamics that occur outside the room, so depending on who your audience is you can manage group dynamics. When you ha...