Step 4
Share Your Outputs
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Synthesize What You Heard
Synthesize What You Heard
After you finish the workshop, it’s important to make the most of your data and momentum by transcribing all of your outputs and synthesizing your data while your memory is still fresh. It's also important to re-engage your workshop participants to continue growing your relationship and prove your long-term commitment to working with this community.
After you finish the workshop, it’s important to make the most of your data and momentum by transcribing all of your outputs and synthesizing your data while your memory is still fresh. It's also important to re-engage your workshop participants to continue growing your relationship and prove your long-term commitment to working with this community.
1. Synthesize what you heard during the workshop into themes
1. Synthesize what you heard during the workshop into themes
2. Create a summary document
2. Create a summary document
3. Send synthesized outputs back to workshop participants with opportunities to re-engage. For example:
3. Send synthesized outputs back to workshop participants with opportunities to re-engage. For example:
a. Host a follow-up workshop to share outputs and gather feedback. "Does this resonate with you?"
a. Host a follow-up workshop to share outputs and gather feedback. "Does this resonate with you?"
b. Send email updates or host a Zoom call to communicate next steps.
b. Send email updates or host a Zoom call to communicate next steps.
Helpful Tip
Helpful Tip
Regardless of which method you choose to synthesize your workshop outputs, consider who your audience is and how they would benefit from your outputs. What’s the best format for them to understand your data? Do you need to prioritize further and present a condensed version of your information?
Regardless of which method you choose to synthesize your workshop outputs, consider who your audience is and how they would benefit from your outputs. What’s the best format for them to understand your data? Do you need to prioritize further and present a condensed version of your information?
Re-Engaging Participants
Re-Engaging Participants
It is often valuable to engage participants in an ongoing fashion. This can look like a follow-up email with a thank you note and feedback survey, another workshop using research readouts, or re-recruiting the best participants in further rounds of prototyping and validation!
It is often valuable to engage participants in an ongoing fashion. This can look like a follow-up email with a thank you note and feedback survey, another workshop using research readouts, or re-recruiting the best participants in further rounds of prototyping and validation!
If you provide participants with a sense of accomplishment, you will continue to build trust with your community and more easily engage them in future workshops.
If you provide participants with a sense of accomplishment, you will continue to build trust with your community and more easily engage them in future workshops.
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