Seminar Time Frames

Often times when I’ve attended events I’ve seen a seminar leader put very precise time frames in their seminar workbook or schedule of events.

DON’T DO IT!

There is nothing good that come out of this. It’s great to provide people an outline of what you’ll cover and in what order, but to put the exact times you will do the various things is deadly.

All you need is for one segment to go TOO LONG and you’ll have Mr. Anal asking why the event is no longer “on schedule”?

I do the following.

I divide my event up into mornings and afternoons.

I KNOW what I want to get covered in each morning and each afternoon. I may have to cut short certain segments of the AM or PM event schedule, but that never seems to be a problem.

The one time I did put specific time frames next to certain sections to be covered, I got hammered.

Things always seem to come up or change when you’re doing an event, so don’t EVERY put specific times next to topics you’ll cover.

It will only get you in trouble!