Expert workshops, otherwise called ‘focus groups’, ‘multi-stakeholder’ or ‘horizon-scanning workshops’, ‘round tables’, ‘sand pits’ or whatever, are being organised in many places and for many reasons. Their aim may be to help establish answers to a complicated question, or to define long-term policy in a new area, or to find consensus among multiple groups of stakeholders. But finding that answer, defining that policy or establishing that consensus often proves notoriously difficult.
If you are planning on organising such a meeting in the near future, the following ten golden rules will help you to make the most of your meeting.
