Proposal
Use these prompts as a mini-outline while drafting your workshop proposal.
- Who are you imagining in the room? – Who would this workshop be most helpful for? What do they care about, struggle with, or want to get better at?
- What’s the thing you’re excited to share? – This could be a problem you’ve wrestled with, a question you keep coming back to, or a gap you wish someone had helped you with earlier.
- What journey will the workshop take people on? – Sketch the rough shape of the session — the ideas, moments, or steps you’d like to move through. It’s okay if it’s still evolving.
- What do you hope people walk away with? – Think in terms of practical value or perspective shifts: a new way of thinking, something they can try next week, or language for a problem they already have.
- How do you imagine the session unfolding? – Will it be hands-on, discussion-driven, reflective, or a mix? Describe the format that feels natural for this idea.
Pick a workshop
Sometimes it helps to think about the type of workshop you want to teach. Here are some common formats we see at VizChitra:
| Workshop Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Exemplar Driven | Teach how to replicate an great example.. |
| Zero to One | Teach how to get started an great example. |
| Tool Deep Dive | Teach how to use a data visualization tool well. |
| X to 10X workshop | Teach how to master a niche viz capability. |
Designing a great workshop
Teaching a workshop session is helping the participants gradually climb the “Ladder of Abstraction”. Be thoughtful in designing your workshop so that it has all the four key stages of ladder:
- Assimilating & Conceptualizing — What is this, and how does it fit with what I already know?
- Experimenting & Practicing — Let me try this myself and see what actually happens.
- Planning for Application — Where will I use this next, and what’s my first step?
- Learning by Reflections — What worked, what didn’t, and what will I do differently?