How to Lead an Online Workshop

Online workshops have several advantages over traditional workshops. Creating and launching an online workshop is a highly effective way to spread your message across to people without any limitations of geographical or cultural boundaries. You can run your course from the convenience of your home or office without having to travel physically anywhere. You can exponentially increase your earnings without increasing the effort that you would expend. Whether the course is for one person or 100 people, once the course is created and launched, it can be replicated any number of times. It is easy to follow up on your students too, all within the privacy and convenience of your home.

When you have a blog or website, conducting courses or workshops can significantly increase the traffic to your blog as well as your income from it. The best part is that there are no middle men or brokers who can take a fat percentage of your profits! You get to keep whatever you make! Also, you have full creative freedom and license on your content!

So how do you go about leading an online workshop? What are the steps you need to take to create, launch, and lead a successful online workshop? This article will give you all the answers you need!

●      Choose a subject that you have exhaustive and comprehensive knowledge in. Identify any gaps in knowledge that people may have that you can fill. Offer them this through your online workshop.

●      Choose the server where you are going to host your online workshop. There are free servers as well as paid ones. You could also get the organization you work for to host the workshop for you on their server.

●      Choose the best software that suits your needs. Again, this is available as both free and paid versions. You would have to ensure that the software can provide chat, forums, and other facilities for your users.

●      Create help pages that will answer most questions that can arise in the minds of the students, so that they get clarity even if you are not around to answer them.

●      Arrange your course content in a sequential, logical sequence. Keep it precise and concise. This includes both written as well as video content. Long text and videos make people lose interest.

●      You can show your computer screen in the online workshop. This would be useful if you are teaching people new skills or tools to use.

●      Create a personal relationship with your audience. Tell them a bit about yourself and your life journey. Establishing a personal rapport with your users will guarantee that they stay committed to the course.

●      Give your online program a touch of your unique personality. Don’t get distracted by others who offer similar workshops.  Be authentic and yourself.

●      Offer free tools and bonus products along with your online course so that people will get more value out of it. They will also appreciate it more and tell their friends and family about it. Word of mouth like this will only help you get students for your next workshop.