My favorite tool is Session Lab! This tool allows facilitators and designers to quickly and easily create agendas, "Day-at-a-glance” (or Run of Show) overviews and it will map out an entire workshop from beginning to end.  It has an automatic timing calculation, so it will automatically calculate timing as you make changes to your agenda.

This has been a lifesaver for me!  

I utilize this tool for every workshop I create for my clients.  It has a visually appealing and easy drag-and-drop agenda planner that has helped me stay on time during delivery, as well as be able to plan for an extra topic or activity in the event I had extra time in a workshop. It has colored coded modalities (lecture, activity, debrief, Q&A, Video, for example) so I can quickly glance at my agenda and determine if I have too much lecture and not enough activities for example, which allows me to create content in a flow that is geared toward the learner experience.

I also love that I can revisit, adapt, drag and drop components of one workshop into another one quickly and easily which helps me to eliminate the feeling of “recreating the wheel” every time I plan out a workshop. It also has a content library where you can search ideas and templates for workshop topics.

I highly recommend Session Lab for anyone who is regularly creating content for workshops.

Tracie Cornell - President