Final Design Workshop

Prior to the Williston Design Workshop, my only experience with this was the Denmark workshop. The turn out wasn't what I expected. In Denmark we filled 5 tables full of community members, however in Williston we could have filled 1 possibly 2. Though the small turnout, it was good to have the realization that not every workshop will go smoothly and won't always have full support. There were many other events going on in the area, so this may have had something to do with it. The community members that did show up were very informative. The new way of accessing the external and internal problems and strengths proved to be a success. In Denmark we accessed the categories with numbers but no visual connection. In Williston the used of poker chips allowed the community members to visualize how they ranked each category. The community members picked up on the strategy of the exercise and produced strong results and good conversation. It sounded as if there were talks of another attempt at this workshop, yet we won't be there to participate. Hopefully the next attempt will produce more participation with the same quality of results.