The PD Workshop on May 13-15, 2025 (Virtual)
Learn how to create adult learning spaces where participants feel seen, cared for, challenged, and excited to learn.
Engage adult learners in PD that energizes, inspires, and activates
In this 3-day workshop, you will learn what it takes to create spaces where participants feel seen, cared for, challenged, and excited to learn. Drawing from Elena Aguilar and Lori Cohen's book, The PD Book: 7 Habits that Transform Professional Development, you'll learn:
- A process to determine the purpose of your sessions, how to design agendas with clear outcomes and principles of adult learning in mind
- How to facilitate intentionally
- How to assess learning for impact
You'll also be guided in a deep exploration of how to respond to your own emotions when they come up while facilitating PD, how to respond to the emotions of others, and how to navigate complex power dynamics.
The PD Workshop was formerly known as Artful Design & Facilitation.
What You'll Learn
1. How to respond to strong emotions-in yourself and in others-and how to engage emotions to deepen learning
2. Transformative strategies to navigate power dynamics
3. How to understand and meet the needs of adult learners
4. Novel ways to refine your communication skills
5. New methods to assess the impact of professional learning
Dates and Times
Tuesday, May 13, 2025-Thursday, May 15, 2025
- Block 1: 8 am-10 am PT (10 am-12 pm CT/11 am-1 pm ET)
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Block 2: 11 am-1 pm PT (1 pm-3 pm CT/2 pm-4 pm ET)
How You'll Spend Your Time
Part One: Self-Paced Prework - 4 hours minimum
Prior to your workshop sessions, your learning begins with a self-paced exploration of foundational knowledge and tools that are essential for leading transformative PD.
Part Two: Live Learning - 6 learning blocks, 12 hours total over 3 days
This workshop is a 3-day experience, each day consisting of two 2-hour learning blocks with an hour break in between.
This workshop is highly interactive, allowing you the ability to quickly build skills and synthesize learning through practice, designing agendas, and action planning.
Activities include:
- Establishing your vision as a designer and facilitator
- Engaging in the Five Whys protocol to group your meetings with a shared purpose
- Developing scripts and role-playing how to respond to resistance
- Receiving feedback on your agendas and overall meeting design
What Else You Need to Know
Requirements
All participants must have their own copy of The PD Book: 7 Habits that Transform Professional Development (not included in the registration fee). The book is required for the prework and live session.
The virtual engagement takes place on Zoom* and requires a computer. If you have access needs or accommodation requests, please email [email protected]. We will do our best to meet accessibility needs.
*Currently Zoom does not allow for auto-captioning in breakout rooms, which we frequently use in workshops. Please let us know if you require captioning in all spaces to access learning.
Investment
Groups of 6-29 paying together: $795
Do you have a group of 30 or more? Contact us at [email protected] for custom pricing.
To register a group, pay by invoice, or pay by purchase order, please complete this form. Scroll down to the "How to Register" section for more details.
Recordings
The virtual workshop sessions will be recorded in the event you cannot make a session or if you would like to rewatch it at a later time. Participants have access to content for 30 days after the last session to help supplement learning.
Accommodating Participants with Disabilities
Bright Morning strives to provide universal access to all of our events. Please contact [email protected] as soon as possible to request disability accommodations.
Advanced notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs. A full refund will be issued, and the registration will be canceled without penalty if we are unable to provide satisfactory accommodations. You can learn more by visiting our Accessibility Services page.
Cancelation Policy
10 or more days prior to the event – Full refund
Less than 10 days prior to the event – No refund
A missed learning experience is non-refundable and non-transferable. For more details about our cancelation policy and transfers, visit our FAQ page.
In the rare event that Bright Morning does not receive enough interest in this offering to host it as scheduled, we will provide an alternative learning pathway for all registrants or honor refunds for those who cannot join the alternate experience.
How to Register
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If you're an All-Inclusive Member, use your membership coupon code (from your Thinkific course) during the online checkout. Once you apply the coupon code, the amount should become $0. The final step is clicking the "Complete Purchase" button.
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New to Bright Morning? Choose the payment method that works for you: pay online by credit card or pay by an alternative method.
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If you’re enrolling a large group, use the Enrollment Request form.
Individual Registration by Credit Card
If you want instant enrollment and course access, you must register an individual by credit card. This option requires registering one person at a time by creating an account per person.
Group Registration or Alternative Method of Payment
To register a large group or pay using an alternative method of payment, please complete this form.
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