How to arrange a workshop on your own location?

Arranging a workshop in your area is fairly easy and can net you a new group of like-minded friends and practice partners. The workshop organizers will attend without charge.

Decide Time and Location

The organizor and Mirjam will set a date, at least six months in advance of the actual date for the early bird sign up, which gives them a discount of 10% per person. Then you will locate an appropriate place to hold the workshop. This can be in someone's home large enough to accommodate 10- 15 people, or at a stable or other suitable location. The location should be fairly quiet. The room should have comfortable chairs and some tables. We will want to be able to have some live animals in the workshop. Finally we will set a deadline for getting the minimum sign ups.

Promote the Event

It will be up to you to get the minimum number of people by the deadline. I will mail to the people in my database who live in your area. I will also make a flyer and send it to you to use for promotion. You can post or distribute the flyers at health food stores, pet shops, veterinarians, stables, dog grooming shops, tack and feed stores, humane societies, and any animal groups. If you are internet savvy, you can also publicize the workshop on the internet.

Registration

People will be directed by the flyer to contact me to register. You will not have to handle that. Once someone has registered and we know the workshop minimum has been met, I will send each participant a follow-up information sheet, indicating directions to the workshop and instructions. I will screen all requests to bring an animal to the workshop. Once people have received their confirmation and registration packet, you will be the contact person.

Final Planning

Once the workshop minimum has been met, we can complete the final details. You will arrange for coffee, tea, other beverages and snacks for the participants. They will be instructed to bring a bag lunch each day. You will provide a place for me to stay while I am there and arrange for transportation to and from the airport.