<h3>Organization of this Course</h3>This course contains the resources we use to facilitate Working Genius Team Workshops. It covers everything from building expectations with the Lead Pastor or other stakeholders at a Church to conducting the workshop and following up with the church afterward. This first page covers the steps used to prepare for the workshop itself. Optimally, these steps would begin 3-4 weeks prior to the workshop.

<h3>Workshop Preparation</h3>Step 1 - Create ExpectationsStep 2 - Provide Instructions to the Church LeaderStep 3 - Review Assessments and Create Team Map(s)Step 4 - Print Handouts

<h3>Step 1 - Create Expectations</h3><ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://res.cloudinary.com/do3xwjhta/raw/upload/v1687199416/uploads/ICN_WG_Workshop_Church_Solutions_Overview_ltqnkb.pdf">Working Genius Workshop Overview:</a> Review the attached document before speaking with the Lead Pastor about the workshop. This may give you a perspective for the type of workshop that may be possible and best suited for a particular church.</li><li>Purpose: During your initial conversations with the Lead Pastor, ask him/her about their expectations and hope for the workshop. Why did they choose this Chruch Solution? What did they hope it would accomplish for their church? Encourage them to communicate this at the beginning of the workshop. Even if he/she has shared this vision with the staff before the workshop, it's a great reminder to the team about the win for the day.</li><li>Size: Team Workshops work best for groups of around 8-10 individuals that work together often. If the individuals at the workshop do not intact and work together often, creating a team map and applying the learning to their team will become more difficult. Larger groups are possible, but once teams get closer to 20 or more, the feel can change to more of a presentation than an interactive workshop. If a Lead Pastor insists on a larger group that is made up of multiple teams, a workshop can be created, but multiple facilitators may become necessary. For non-Partner Churches or Partners with the Basic package, expenses for all facilitators should be billed separately. For Standard or Premium Partners, consider asking the Lead Pastor to cover the cost of travel for any extra facilitators.</li><li>Time Required: Team workshops for about 10 participants last anywhere from 2-4 hours. Less time will feel more like a presentation and little application may be taken away. We've also done 2-hour breakout presentations of the material at conferences. In addition, when sharing with large groups of staff, an overview may take about an hour if the content is arranged more like a presentation than a workshop.</li><li>Logistics: For best results, a screen for showing slides AND either a whiteboard or surface where large Post-it notes can be used is preferred. If you need to choose between the two mediums, a whiteboard or Post-it notes may be more important than slides. The whiteboard or Post-it notes have proved to be more engaging than simply using slides and slides can be printed for each participant as an alternative.</li><li>Follow-Up: You may also schedule a follow-up in advance to review what people have learned since the workshop and the potential changes they have made to their work.&nbsp;In addition, there are several documents listed in the Additional Resoruces section of this course that should be sent to the team after the workshop is complete.</li></ul>

<h3>Step 2 - Provide Instructions to the Church Leader</h3><ul><li>In order to prepare for the experience, it's best if the participants complete the Working Genius Assessment at least a week prior to the actual workshop. That week will allow you, as the facilitator, to prepare team maps that will be used during the workshop.</li><li>In order to prepare, log into your <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://workinggenius.com">workinggenius.com</a> account. You will want to follow the instructions to send an assessment to a group. You can specify the name of the team in the "group" field and the name of the church in the "company field." You can also select the number of assessments to assign to the group.</li><li>You can use the text below to replace the default information in the "welcome message."<ul><li>Welcome to The Six Types of Working Genius Assessment! Thank you for taking the time to complete The Six Types of Working Genius Assessment. We believe this assessment is the simplest and most practical productivity tool to discover your gifts and put your natural talents to use at work. Before you begin, take a moment to consider what type of work is most energizing for you and what gives you life. Try to avoid taking the assessment from the perspective of what you believe is expected from you at work or what your job description says. This short, 2-minute video will give you better insight into the design of the assessment questions. (<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://youtu.be/_j8lNu7u0n4">https://youtu.be/_j8lNu7u0n4</a>). Thank you! &lt;&lt;&lt;Your Name&gt;&gt;&gt;</li></ul></li></ul><ul><li>You can also upload this <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/2avgkwcjreubtkz/ICN_WhiteWords_Stacked.png?dl=0">LOGO</a> into the company logo. The ICN logo will then be present on the assessment results that are delivered to team members.</li><li>Finally, you can pass on these instructions to the Lead Pastor to share with all workshop participants.<ul><li>If you HAVE taken the Assessment: — Please do NOT re-take the assessment but follow these instructions to share your results electronically. There is a “share” feature in each assessment taker's account. You can login at <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.workinggenius.com">https://www.workinggenius.com</a>, click the share button next to your assessment, and enter &lt;&lt;&lt;your email in the WG portal&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; as the email address to share your assessment with. If you have not created a portal yet, you can go here: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.workinggenius.com/client/find">https://www.workinggenius.com/client/find</a> and click "Find My Results" which will then have you create a portal to share. Here is a video with step-by-step instructions if you prefer a visual, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://vimeo.com/744581584/a890eeb68e">https://vimeo.com/744581584/a890eeb68e</a> If you have NOT taken the Assessment: — Follow the instructions &lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;Insert the link that you created in the WG portal for this particular group&gt;&gt;&gt; to take the assessment. At the bottom of the instructions on the first page, please check the box to allow the account owner to share your assessment. That will ensure we can make all the assessments available to &lt;&lt;&lt;Church Name&gt;&gt;&gt;. Once you have completed the process the system will email your results to you.</li></ul></li></ul>

<h3>Step 3 - Review Assessments and Create Team Map(s)</h3><ul><li>Prior to the workshop, you will want to review the assessments to both encourage those who have not finished completing theirs, as well as gain specific insights about the people and team you are about to work with.</li><li>In order to create team maps for your group, log into <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="workinggenius.com">workinggenius.com</a>.</li><li>If there were some people that took the assessment separately and shared their results with you, those profiles should appear in your list. You will need to "move" them manually into the team you will be working with. Click on the "Move Assessment" button highlighted in the picture below and you will have the option to move the results into a specific team. That team would have been created in a previous step when you set up a link for the church to take their assessments.</li></ul>

<ul><li>Once you have a complete team, you can create your team map(s). NOTE: Team maps are most useful for groups of people that work together on a regular basis. If you working with a leadership team, create a team map for that team. If you are working with a number of teams, it's best to create multiple maps for each group that will be part of the workshop.</li><li>Click on the team in your list. Then you will see an option to "Create Team Map" highlighted below. You can then follow the instructions to create one or more maps.</li></ul>

<h3>Step 4 - Print Handouts</h3><ul><li>There are a number of handouts that may be helpful during your workshop which can be found <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/retpj9gs89chd7vurrabi/h?rlkey=ojis3uxaf3ypgc5cfq5rj6mjp&amp;dl=0">HERE</a> and can be printed prior to the workshop. You may also ask everyone that will be participating in the workshop to remember to print and bring the results of their assessment with them to the workshop.</li></ul>

Workshop Preparation

<h3>Conducting the Workshop</h3>Step 1 - The WorkshopStep 2 - Follow Up

<h3>Step 1 - The Workshop</h3>Attached is a copy of the presentation you can use that is most helpful for learning and rehearsing the content. There may be more slides than you would need for any single presentation.In addition, there is a workshop outline that you can use as a cheat sheet or script. Optimally, you would not use this to refer to continuously in a workshop as it distracts from interaction.<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/rk86myvblkwkdeoddi5gj/Workshop-Outline.pdf?rlkey=lyatxg36gs0ma5vsftzl2x2k4&amp;dl=0">Workshop Outline</a>In an ideal situation, you would re-create these ideas on a white board or large post-it notes on a wall during a workshop and not actually use the slides on a TV. We've learned from The Table Group over time that this style of building the content with the participants feels much more engaging with the audience. The only time we've encountered where this may not be reasonable is when you are presenting to a large group that may require side screens.<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/4xi2352kc1l7piw2mnkfk/WG-Slides-for-xChurch.key?rlkey=w1y29q5ge7bsffcby78zyxihk&amp;dl=0">Working Genius Workshop Keynote Template</a>The following video walks through the process of conducting a workshop.

Working Genius Workshop

Here is a link to the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/956tqnulz2vitbt/WG%20Sample%20White%20Board%20Drawings.pdf?dl=0">WHITE BOARD</a> drawings that were completed during this workshop as an example.As an additional resource, this video below shows Pat walking through each Genius.

<h3>Step 2 - Resources</h3><ul><li>Resources can be leveraged both during the workshop as well as sent to the participants after the workshop is over for reference.</li><li>Printing minimal resources for the actual workshop can be helpful to maintaining the attention of the group. In addition, handing resources out only as they are needed can help maximize engagement.</li></ul><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/retpj9gs89chd7vurrabi/AEadQTDYrHdJUjRovsU3RXg?rlkey=rbxakulyoj4v9dwi4qjwyeme6&amp;dl=0">Working Genius Resources</a>The video below walks through the "WG Primary Resources.pdf" resource In more detail.

Working Genius Primary Resources

Conducting the Workshop

Here are some additional resources you can use with your teams to help increase your understanding of the Working Genius model and apply it in even more ways within your church.

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