workshop-program-design

Designs facilitator coverage, prerequisites, capacity, and network posture for hands-on technical workshops.

1|Updated Sep 6, 2026
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Skill: workshop-program-design
Source: https://github.com/samber/dev-event-organizer-skills/tree/main/skills/workshop-program-design
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/samber/dev-event-organizer-skills --skill workshop-program-design-samber

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

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What problem does it solve? Hands-on workshops fail in predictable ways: rooms where nobody can install the toolchain, one instructor facing thirty stuck participants, seat caps that ignore limited hardware, and venue WiFi that blocks the protocol the exercise needs. This Skill turns those risks into a per-session delivery plan before the day arrives. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Facilitator coverage design: Chooses between solo instructor, roaming troubleshooter, stationed helpers, and structured peer pairing, sized from the exercise structure rather than an invented ratio. - Prerequisites and environment planning: Writes prerequisite blocks split into prior knowledge, machine state, and accounts, and decides between bring-your-own-laptop, a provisioned cloud environment, or both. - Capacity and network posture: Computes capacity as the lowest of room, coverage, and exercise-throughput ceilings, and sets a network plan based on written venue answers about bandwidth, blocked protocols, and device classes. - Use Case: You are running a three-hour Kubernetes workshop for 40 people and need to know how many helpers to recruit, what attendees must install beforehand, and what to do when the venue will not answer questions about its WiFi. ## Quick Start Ask the assistant to design the delivery plan for your hands-on workshop session, including helpers, prerequisites, seat cap, and network fallback.

Frequently Asked Questions about workshop-program-design

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How many helpers do I need for a hands-on workshop?

There is no facilitator-to-participant ratio to apply. Size coverage from the exercise structure: how many distinct steps it has and how many people available can actually debug the material. The default is one instructor plus one roaming troubleshooter who could deliver the session themselves.

What should go in a workshop prerequisites section?

Write three classes in order: prior knowledge stated as capability, machine state including install permission and named install routes, and accounts such as GitHub or vendor signups. Accounts are the highest-risk class because signups and email confirmations all land at minute zero on the room's network.

Should workshop attendees bring their own laptops or use a provisioned cloud environment?

Published prerequisites are the default; a provisioned environment is promoted when participants cannot install software on their machines or requiring a capable laptop would exclude part of the cohort. A provisioned environment trades local-install failures for total dependence on the room's network plus a compliance review for accepting platform terms and holding participant credentials.

How do I set the seat cap for a hands-on workshop?

Compute three ceilings separately and take the lowest: the room ceiling from usable seats and furniture, the coverage ceiling from who can help stuck participants, and the exercise-throughput ceiling from finite resources like dev boards or licence seats. State which ceiling bound the number.

What do I do when the venue will not answer questions about its WiFi?

Treat the missing written answer as the evidence itself. Ask in writing about simultaneous device limits, blocked protocols and ports, and blocked device classes; if the venue will not answer and the exercise needs a live network service, strike the full hands-on option and run a demonstration with published material instead.

How long should a hands-on workshop session be?

Do not average lengths across other events, since each reflects its own rooms, cohort, and exercise. Published hands-on sessions cluster on 45-minute granularity at 150-180 minutes; derive your length from your exercise's own segments plus scheduled troubleshooting and question time.