Preparation

For a long time that we wanted to participate in a Design Sprint Workshop (ideally from AJ&Smart with Jake Knapp). But since it wasn’t possible until now, we thought — Why don’t we make a Design Sprint Workshop ourselves?

The thought of it was scary at first, nevertheless until you push yourself to do things that you aren’t comfortable with, you will never know the outcome!

In case of doubt, just do it! And learn from your mistakes. And oh boy, if we did! 😆

Every month, we do an event for the community in our hometown — Viana Tech Meetups. But this time, we wanted to do something unusual.

An usual event from VTM goes like this:

People arrive to the event

Network while snacking and drinking before the talk

Listen to the talk

Q&A

Dinner

We wanted to create an event with a different format than the others — since Design Sprint is a problem-solving framework with multiple exercises, we tried to create a similar experience during this workshop!

So we inserted another point during the event — an actual Design Sprint Exercise with everyone in the event! So let us tell you, the result was fantastic!

Spoiler Alert — We will consider doing more activities during our Meetups to create a stronger bond between everyone in this community.

We had several questions in mind with space, materials, and people, especially how hard it would be to facilitate several groups at once.

We have set the space with two big squared talents where we could fit 12 people per table, 4 each side. Place the Design Sprint kit in the middle, having walls dedicated to each group of four and hope for the best!