Design Sprint Facilitator training

Why take our Design Sprint Facilitator course?

Most meetings are a waste of time.
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Meetings that could have been an email, Slack message or could have been spend on doing the actual work instead.

But the Design Sprint is different. In four days you and your team follow a proven recipe that helps you get from big idea, to validated prototype.

Companies like Google, Lego and Uber use Design Sprints to quickly build and test new ideas with real customers. Do you want a practical approach to help your team innovate? And learn how to lead your team to success? Than learning how to facilitate Design Sprints is your best next step. In this two-day live training, you'll learn by doing.

You'll go through a real-life Sprint scenario as a group, and will practice facilitating crucial Design Sprint exercises.

This course will teach you how to facilitate engaging (virtual) Design Sprints, that will help you team to solve problems, brainstorm ideas and make decisions. Skills and exercises that you can apply in your day-to-day work.

Arthur von Kriegenbergh
Founder of Workshop Wednesday,
Facilitated 100+ Design Sprints

You're perfect for this course if...

...you’re in a role where you need to work with others to get the best possible outcomes. Work together more productive with team members and stakeholders is an important skill for every business, across every industry.

Creatives

who want to work better with their team mates and make decisions quickly

Teams

who want less meetings and build products their customers love

CEO & Managers

who want their team focused and aligned on the right priorities

Consultants

to get on the same page with clients quickly and remove assumptions

Here's what you'll learn:

Gain confidence as a workshop facilitator

You'll learn how to deal with groups, handle unexpected situations and practice facilitation in a safe environment with real-life scenario's.

Understand when and how to use Design Sprints

Design Sprints are amazing when used the right way. But can also be very stressful if executed poorly. You'll learn how to best prepare for a Sprint, and also when other pathways are a better option.

Learn how to use Miro for productive meetings

Arthur is a Miro Hero and Miroverse Award winner. The Miro templates in this course, will help you to run a Sprint in no time. During the course, you'll learn how to use Miro's features like Timer, Voting, Private Mode, Polling, and sorting sticky notes quickly.

Help your team to rapidly combine multiple ideas into the best possible solution

Learn structured exercises that will enable groups to generate many ideas in no time. And then spot patterns, remix & improve the best one into a real looking prototype.

Learn how to test your ideas with customer interviews and define your next steps

Learning from (potential) end users is the best way to see if your ideas stick, or not. You'll learn a proven recipe for doing multiple customer interviews in a day. The interview results will help you define the next steps for after the sprint.

How the program looks like

Curriculum

What does the course look like?

During 2 days, you'll learn Design Sprints step-by-step with a practical curriculum that focuses 100% on learning-by-doing. Unlike a lot of online courses who are just a bunch of videos, our course teaches you the latest tools, workflows, and best practices.

Learn why Design Sprints work and what success looks like

Day 1

Block 1

Working together alone: How to get the best ideas of a group in 5 minutes?
What are your learning goals? Every cohort is unique so we adjust the course accordingly.
Design Sprint basics: What are Design Sprints? How to prepare them? What are the pitfalls?
Practice with three Design Sprint Monday exercises (goals, risks & customer journey).

Block 2

How to help a group generate countless ideas when the clock is ticking.
How to learn the most during the user tests on Sprint Day 4 - Test & Learn.
What personal work can you do the coming days to become a better facilitator?
What Sprint exercise will you facilitate on Day 2 of the training? What prep is needed?

Personal Work supported with video's and templates

SELF-STUDY

In week two you will focus on asynchronous communication, to create more flexibility, freedom, and better outcomes for yourself and your team. You'll be practicing to communicate asynchronously with your team, with text, audio, and video. By the end of the week, you have team agreements on what communication needs to be real-time and what can be done async.

Why facilitation is a superpower
Lean Coffee: How to facilitate meetings without agendas?
How does time-boxing help you and your team to get better results?
Explainer videos of all Design Sprint, which you can study at your own pace.

Turn meetings into (remote) workshops

Day 2

All participants, from beginner to intermediate, get an opportunity to practice facilitation in a safe space. Practice with real-life scenarios like a decider who doesn't make decisions, and troublemakers in the group.

Block 1

Sprint Day 2: Best practices to lead by example as a facilitator
How to help teams decide when the options are countless
Why Pixar has the perfect approach to build prototypes?
A simple Sprint exercise that's not in the book, but saves you 4 hours of work

Block 2

How to make a prototype in 15 minutes?
1-2-4-All: Rapidly improve your prototype in four steps
What are your key learnings of this course? How can you apply this in your daily work?
30 Seconds - Sprint Edition!

Master your remote tools and workflows

Our courses are designed to make the best use of your current tool stack. On top of that you learn the latest remote work tools.

Google Workspace

Microsoft Teams

Startup Tool Stack

Google Meet

Real-time video conferencing used by hybrid teams to conduct meetings and workshops.

Miro

Real-time whiteboard used by hybrid teams to brainstorm and collaborate in workshops.

Loom

Async video messaging for hybrid teams, used to get feedback and collaborate.

Google Drive

All-in-one workspace for hybrid teams to organise their work in a Playbook.

Google Chat

Real-time video conferencing used by hybrid teams to conduct meetings and workshops.

Microsoft Teams

Real-time video conferencing and text messaging used by hybrid teams to collaborate.

Miro

Real-time whiteboard used by hybrid teams to brainstorm and collaborate in workshops.

Loom

Async video messaging for hybrid teams, used to get feedback and collaborate.

Confluence

All-in-one workspace for hybrid teams to organise their work in a Playbook.

Zoom

Real-time video conferencing used by hybrid teams to conduct meetings and workshops.

MURAL

Real-time whiteboard used by hybrid teams to brainstorm and collaborate in workshops.

Yac

Async audio and video messaging for hybrid teams, used to get feedback and collaborate.

Notion

All-in-one workspace for hybrid teams to organise their work in a Playbook.

Slack

Real-time text messaging for hybrid teams to share quick updates.

DESIGN SPRINT FACILITATOR TRAINING

Ready to master facilitation?

Cohort

€1325

excl. VAT

Two 4-hour workshops guided by an experienced Design Sprint facilitator

25 Video Lessons (Learn, Practice, Apply)

Miro Design Sprint templates (ready-to-copy)

Design Sprint checklist with instructions and schedule

Interview Script Template

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Team

€5759

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Everything in Cohort, plus …

Access for up to 5 team members

Two 1:1 coaching calls for every team member

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Select the path that works best for you. Join by yourself and share the learnings with your team, or join with your whole team for our tailored program.

For Individuals For Teams

Every Individual course includes

Personal coaching

Peer learning

MURAL and Miro Templates

Lifetime access to all resources

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Upskill your team with customer focus

1:1 coaching

Access to a dedicated Design Sprint Trainer

MURAL or Miro Templates

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Frequently Asked Questions

Chances are at this stage you have a couple questions. We encourage our students to ask questions directly and you can arrange a quick call with us anytime.

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How many people are in a course?
Each course has maximum 10 professionals - both the Cohort and Team course. For us, it's important to keep these courses super personal. This personal model ensures we can support and motivate 100% of students to graduate and have an awesome experience.
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What's the difference between Design Sprints and Design Thinking?
Think of Design Thinking like a type of kitchen, like Asian or French. A Design Sprint is a proven framework in that kitchen, kinda like a cookbook.
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Who is on the course with me?
You will learn with peers so that you can share experiences and hold each-other accountable.

What if my team is really busy?
This course will help your team save time in their day-to-day work, by directly applying what they learned. It's like sharpening your ax, so you can cut down the trees faster. The course design fits your current priorities as much as possible.
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Do I get a qualification?
Yes, you get a certificate from Workshop Wednesday that you’ve completed the course and you can display this on your LinkedIn profile and CV.