Workshop

What Is a Remote Workshop?

Workshops are usually longer meetings of 1-3 hours where a certain topic is defined and all the participants get to really focus on that topic for the duration of the workshop. Some of the workshops have the objective to more clearly understand a problem, brainstorm ideas or ensure that everyone spends enough mental energy going deep on a certain topic. 

A workshop may help team leaders accelerate a project, get buy-in from all the relevant stakeholders to a certain project, promote a new team practice, and teach hands-on skills.

No two workshop is the same but what is critical for it to be successful is clear definition of the objective and planning.

Here’s how they usually work (pun intended):

1. Define the topic - determine a clear focus for the workshop at hand. 
2. Define the agenda - set out the points to be worked on during the meeting.
3. Define the execution - decide if it should be a presentation, interactive or a mix.
4. Create a plan - Put the plan for the workshop together and share with the attendees.
5. Define the platform - decide where and when it’ll take place, such as in a virtual office.

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Why Are Remote Workshops Important?

Whether you’re a team of designers, a startup, a product team or software engineers, a remote workshop can help address a topic in the most efficient and complete, involving deeply all the relevant members. 

Remote workshops have been shown to increase team performance and reduce planned activities by 20% compared to in-person meetings for teams.

Apart from solving a problem or getting a team's alignment on a certain topic, they can establish connections with like-minded people and build new relationships.

Workshops offer many benefits for your team, such as:

• Focus - Workshops push everyone to spend a certain amount of time on the project.
• Interactivity - It allows the team to provide their input to create a better output.
• Connection - it brings together different teams that otherwise won’t interact much.

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How Kosy Improves Your Remote Workshops

Creating an online environment suitable for running a workshop can be quite challenging. 

Everyone attending the workshop needs to feel comfortable using the platform to share knowledge efficiently. If they spend most of their time fiddling with the software, they’re not going to get very far.

Kosy provides an excellent digital platform where your team can hang out and have virtual meetings in a laid-back environment. The platform comes with an array of tools for creating real-time workshops. 

In other words, you get a creative virtual space where you can make sure your remote team members are giving their best – anytime, anywhere. 

You can set it up so a presenter can address the whole team as a unit but also break up into groups to do individual tasks if need be.

So to summarize, Kosy allows you to:

1. Create a space adapted to hosting workshops.
2. Prepare different rooms for separate conversations or themes.
3. Change where the workshop is hosted to boost creativity.
4. Make it easy for people to access the right documents at the right time.
5. Host the best possible workshops for your remote team. 

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A Remote Workshop is Much Easier With Kosys 

If you’re looking for a team communication platform flexible enough to handle a remote workshop session, you should really try Kosy.

Create a free account in minutes by clicking the link below to set up a workshop in no time!