You have left the participants some assignments at the end of the Workshop. There is a good chance they will need to be reminded of these, and they will need support on this.
First step is to send out a note to the participants, with a copy to other leaders who were invited but were not able to attend. The note will show your appreciation, codify the decisions they made about the focus area and the mentors, and clarify the next steps, including the assignments agreed on at the end of the session:
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Download is available in the Ambassador toolkit.
While the workshop is fresh in your mind, make a few notes to yourself on the things that surprised you or stood out for you during the event. We will ask you to share these with us and with other Ambassadors a week or so after the event. This will help us improve the Design Course for future Ambassadors.
The Second Step is to set up a follow-up call with the mentors to help them with their assignments. This should happen within a few days of the Leadership Design Workshop. The agenda might include:
In effect, you and the mentors have now become a small team whose mission is to prepare for a successful Lift-Off Workshop.
Jot down thoughts on these questions – to the extent they are relevant to your experience at the session:
They did some work before you received the Challenge Note. This included:
Mentors will participate in all or part of the Lift-Off Workshop, mostly at the start to provide context and answer questions, and at the end to give you and your teammates feedback about the goal and plan you develop.
During the 100 days following the Lift-Off Workshop, here’s what the Mentors will do: