Crafting impactful and sustainable workshops

Crafting impactful and sustainable workshops

UNC wilmington

Jason Fleming Alyssa Wharton Cole Morgan

MakerStudio Technician At UNCW since 2022. Student worker supervision, maintenance.

MakerStudio Coordinator At UNCW since 2019. Focus on events, instruction, and special projects.

Lead, Creative Technologies & Innovation Spaces at UNCW since 2013 Big picture planning, backup everything

Jason Fleming

Cole Morgan

Alyssa Wharton

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topics

• Who we are
• What do your workshops look like?
• Workshops at UNCW
• Activity time

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What do your workshops look like?

let's hear it

10:00

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Types of

Workshops

TO-GO

COLLAB

General

• Drop in style (prepped materials, make quickly, instructions as you go)
• Take and Make Kits

• Weekly
• Afternoons, around class schedule
• Commuters
• Low-tech, walk-in

• Sewing Repair Sustainability
• Departmental
• One-off student-led

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Planning

• Plan workshops before the semester
• Secure budget for materials
• Launch marketing at the beginning of the semester

• Introduce MakerStudio to workshop attendees
• Donated or thrifted craft materials
• Workshops have a souvenir element

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Structure

• 2 workshops weekly:Tuesdays 3:30-4:30Wednesdays 4:00-5:00

• Community members welcome
• Based on supplies available
• Supplies are often recycled or saved

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Attendee Feedback

What attendees said during and after workshops

Connecting with others

Heard about it from Wavelink or Bathroom Flyers

Make things to take home

Like to try new things and create

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Activity Template

Share with us after Group discussions

Structure

Resources

Category

Title

45:00

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Open Discussionand sharing

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Alyssa Wharton whartona@uncw.edu

Jason Fleming flemingj@uncw.edu

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