Do you regularly run workshop sessions with people who have not met each other before? Are many of these sessions one-offs?

We have found it very useful to produce simple name plates for workshop participants, facilitators and stakeholders. They help everyone know who’s who and make discussion easier.

Here’s how to create your very own double-sided workshop name plates:

1. Download and open the attached Workshop name plate template
2. Fill in the person’s first name, full name and organisation in the second table cell
3. Select the contents of the second cell (not the whole cell) and copy, then select contents of the third cell and paste to replace. This retains correct cell orientation.
4. Print the page
5. Fold printed sheet in half twice, then fold the fourth quarter back to form a triangle.

Repeat steps 2 to 5 for each attendee. Too easy!

Name plate template

Download workshop name plate template as an RTF document (24 KB, paper size A4). You can open and edit it in your favourite word processing application such as Microsoft Word.

The template looks like this:

Folding instructions

Once printed, fold the sheet in half twice, then fold the fourth quarter back to form a triangle:

Finished product

If you find this template useful and use it in your workshops, please leave a comment below. Thanks!