Fill your next group programme, decide when to run it, and hold the room well
A complete toolkit for coaches, consultants, trainers and practitioners who sell and run paid workshops, cohorts and masterminds, online or in person. Type your programme into the Settings sheet and every step from offer to alumni has a file.
- A 10-chapter e-book on the eight-step method, with one composite six-week cohort followed through every chapter
- The Group Programme Workbook: 16 sheets for economics, campaign, enrolments, roster, logistics, sessions, engagement, evaluation, refunds, follow-up and two dashboards
- A break-even and pricing tier calculator that shows whether a full group can pay your time before you announce
- 4 fillable forms, 52 messages and letters, 20 scripts for hard moments, 28 AI prompts, a 49-event calendar and a 49-task board import
The Group Programme and Workshop Kit · Bodhih Pro Kits · 215 by Bodhih Training, trainers to 2,000+ companies since 2008.
How do you fill and run a paid group programme or workshop?
Choose the format from how the change happens, state outcomes you can stand behind, know your break-even before you set a price, run a four-week enrolment campaign with a taster, decide go or no-go on a date you set in advance, then facilitate with agreements and design the weeks between sessions. The Group Programme and Workshop Kit from Bodhih Training gives you a file for each step.
Want the full free guide first? Read How to Fill and Run a Paid Group Programme or Workshop.
You already feel the problem. Here is what it is costing you.
One row in the spreadsheet
You told your list a programme is coming. A few people said it sounds great. Nobody has paid, the price is not decided, and you are not sure what happens next.
Full room, empty pocket
You priced it by looking at competitors, filled every seat, and found after the venue, the co-facilitator and the fees that you earned less per hour than your associate.
The midnight decision
Five of twelve places sold, a deposit paid, two days to go. Whether to run gets decided late at night by someone tired and hopeful, instead of on a date set in advance.
One voice fills the room
By the third question in session 2 one participant has answered everything and four cameras are off. You need the words for that moment before it arrives.
The week 4 fade
Attendance is full for two weeks, then quietly drops. Nobody complains; people just stop coming, because nothing happened between sessions.
Refunds and testimonials
A request four days out, a one-line reply quoting your terms, and a public post that evening. Meanwhile the rules on reviews and consumer cancellation keep changing.
Picture the next few weeks with the kit open beside you.
Picture the evening you decide. You open the Start Here map, then the calculator, and type your costs, your hours and three prices. The Summary line tells you whether a full group can pay your time. If it cannot, you change the design tonight, before a single person has seen a price.
Now it is week two of the campaign. As you open the Weekly Enrolments sheet you see you are one seat behind plan. The decision card says add a taster or a partner, not a discount. You send the partner letter from the library, rewritten in your own voice, and the early-bird date stays exactly where you said it would be.
Imagine the go/no-go date. Paid seats, strong maybes and cash profit are already on the Dashboard. You run the five questions and a short pre-mortem on page 3 of the offer sheet, tick a decision and send the same message to everyone that afternoon. Nobody is left wondering.
And then session 2, when one voice starts filling the room. The script is on your run sheet; you say it kindly, and the quiet people get their turn. Whether you start with the offer sheet tonight or the workbook tomorrow morning, the files are the same ones you will use on the last day, when someone asks what comes next.
19 files that do the work for you
The e-book shows you how. The tools make it happen. Here is exactly what you download.
The Group Programme and Workshop Kit (e-book, PDF)
The guide: methods, worked examples, scripts and exercises
Start here: group programme map
The whole job as eight steps with the file to open at each, your first hour, a 30/60/90 day use plan and links to measure your starting point.
Group Programme Workbook
16-sheet workbook: settings, costs, economics with break-even seats and margin, campaign plan, weekly enrolment vs plan, enrolment tracker with payments and follow-up flags, roster with attendance, logistics, session run sheet, between-session engagement, evaluation, refunds log, follow-up offers and two dashboards with charts.
Break-even and pricing tier calculator
Six-sheet calculator: price tiers and seat mix, contribution per seat, cash break-even and break-even paying yourself, profit at every seat count from 1 to 20, and four alternative plans compared side by side.
Offer, outcomes and go/no-go sheet
Three-page fillable sheet: choose the format and size, write the offer and outcomes honestly, set prices and minimum numbers, then make the go/no-go decision on the date you set.
Logistics checklist
Three-page fillable checklist for online, in-person and hybrid delivery: platform or venue, payments and terms, materials, access and adjustments, recording consent and the final 48 hours.
Session run sheet and group agreements poster
Three-page fillable form: a timed run sheet for any session, a facilitator's pre-session and post-session check, and a group agreements poster to fill in with the group.
Participant feedback form and programme retrospective
Three-page fillable form: a short participant feedback form with testimonial permission, then the facilitator's programme retrospective with the numbers, evaluation by level and what changes next time.
Enrolment email sequence and message library
52 ready-to-edit emails, messages and letters in 11 groups: announcement, early bird, taster sessions, fit calls, hesitations, go/no-go, welcome and reminders, between sessions, follow-up and alumni, refunds, and partner and venue letters.
Enrolment page and booking terms template
Part 1: an enrolment page in ten blocks with a completed example and an honesty check. Part 2: a one-page booking, refund and cancellation terms discussion sheet in plain words for your lawyer to formalise.
Facilitator run-of-show and group scripts
A run-of-show template with timings and cut options, a group agreements guide, 20 scripts for hard moments (dominant talkers, silence, cynics, upset participants, conflict, tech failures, time) and a day-of checklist.
Participant welcome pack template
A ready-to-send welcome pack for participants: welcome letter, dates and times in each time zone, how sessions work, pre-work, access and adjustments, recording and privacy, how to reach you, booking terms summary and a first-week checklist.
Worked example pack: a six-week online cohort
One composite programme shown from offer to alumni follow-up: format choice, honest outcomes, price tiers and break-even, campaign results by week, go/no-go, logistics, a session run sheet, a hard moment, refunds, evaluation and the retrospective, with the numbers.
AI prompt pack for group programmes
28 tool-agnostic prompts grouped by step of the job, from offer design to the retrospective, each with what to paste in and what to check before you use the output.
Format and decision card
Which format to choose (workshop, series, cohort, mastermind, retreat) and twenty if-this-then-that decisions from pricing to refunds.
Facilitation moves and mistakes to avoid
A facilitation moves card for every moment in a session, and fifteen mistakes in selling and running group programmes with the file that prevents each.
Refund, recording and review rules (October 2026)
Dated quick reference: consumer cancellation rules to check, rules on reviews and testimonials, recording consent and data, accessibility, by country.
10-week enrolment and delivery calendar
49 calendar events for one programme over ten weeks: a four-week enrolment campaign, the go/no-go decision, preparation, six weekly sessions with check-ins, and the follow-up, each naming the file to open. Import into a new calendar and move to your dates.
Group programme task board import
49 tasks from offer design to the 90-day check-in as a CSV ready to import into Trello, Asana, Notion, Planner or Jira, with stage, week, owner, file to open and due date.
Chapter by chapter
Each chapter opens with a real situation, gives you a method and ends with something to do today, using the tools in your kit.
- Format
- PDF e-book + XLSX + fillable PDF + DOCX + printable PDF + ICS + CSV
- Files
- 19 files plus a one-click ZIP
- E-book
- 63 pages
- Workbook
- 16 sheets with sample data, formulas and two dashboards
- Works with
- Excel, Google Sheets, LibreOffice, Word, Google Docs, Acrobat Reader, GoodNotes, Google Calendar, Outlook, Apple Calendar, Trello, Asana, Notion, Planner, Jira
- Best for
- Coaches, consultants, trainers and practitioners running workshops, cohorts and masterminds of roughly 6 to 20 people
Selling Seats and Holding the Room
Why group work is a separate job, and the eight-step method with its loop.
Choosing the Format and the Size
Five formats, four questions in order, and how to set capacity and a minimum from your core activity.
The Offer, Stated Honestly
Five parts of an honest offer, outcomes rewritten as things participants do, and accurate credentials.
The Numbers: Price Tiers, Break-even and Margin
Cash break-even, break-even paying yourself and the minimum, plus price tiers without fake scarcity.
The Enrolment Campaign
A four-week campaign with real channels, an enrolment page, a taster session, fit calls and a tracker.
Minimum Numbers and the Go/No-Go Decision
A go/no-go date set in advance, five questions, a pre-mortem and four clear decisions.
Logistics: Platform, Venue, Payments and Access
Platform or venue, payments, materials, access, recording consent and the welcome pack, with owners and dates.
Facilitating the Group
Six habits for every session, participation structures and words for hard moments.
Online Groups and the Weeks Between Sessions
Online specifics and four structures that make the weeks between sessions work.
Refunds, Evaluation and Testimonials Within the Rules
Booking terms and consumer rights, evaluation by Kirkpatrick level and testimonials within the rules.
Follow-up Offers, Alumni and AI in the Work
Closing warmly, alumni circles, follow-up offers to those who ask, and AI with human review.
Your Next Run
What changes when the business side becomes decisions made in advance.
The Numbers in Plain Words
Every number in the workbook defined in plain words.
Using AI Safely in Group Programme Work
Six rules for using AI safely with participant information.
Not just reading. Tools you will actually open again.
E-book
- The Group Programme and Workshop Kit: 10 chapters, 2 appendices and 6 hand-drawn figures (PDF)
Start here
- 00-Start-Here-Group-Programme-Map: the job as eight steps with the file to open at each, your first hour and a 30/60/90 day use plan
Spreadsheets
- Group Programme Workbook (16 sheets): Start here, Settings, Costs, Economics with break-even seats and margin, Campaign, Weekly Enrolments, Enrolments with payment and follow-up flags, Roster with attendance, Logistics, Run Sheet, Between Sessions, Evaluation, Refunds, Follow-up Offers, an enrolment Dashboard and a Delivery Dashboard with charts
- Break-even and Pricing Tier Calculator (6 sheets): inputs, tier mix and contribution per seat, profit at every seat count from 1 to 20, four scenarios side by side and a summary
Fillable PDF forms
- Offer, outcomes and go/no-go sheet: format and size, honest outcomes, prices and minimum, the go/no-go decision
- Logistics checklist: platform or venue, payments and terms, materials, access, recording consent and the final 48 hours
- Session run sheet and group agreements poster, with pre-session and post-session checks
- Participant feedback form with testimonial permission, and the programme retrospective
Word templates
- Enrolment email sequence and message library: 52 messages and letters in 11 groups, including partner and venue letters
- Enrolment page and booking terms template: a ten-block enrolment page and a refund and cancellation terms discussion sheet for your lawyer
- Facilitator run-of-show and group scripts: 20 scripts for hard moments and a day-of checklist
- Participant welcome pack template
- Worked example pack: one composite six-week online cohort from offer to alumni follow-up, with the numbers
- AI prompt pack for group programmes: 28 prompts, each with what to paste in and what to check
Cheat sheets
- Format and decision card: five formats and twenty if-this-then-that decisions
- Facilitation moves and fifteen mistakes to avoid
- Refund, recording and review rules, correct at October 2026
Calendar and import
- 10-week enrolment and delivery calendar (ICS): 49 events for Google Calendar, Outlook or Apple Calendar
- Group programme task board (CSV): 49 tasks for Trello, Asana, Notion, Planner or Jira
When you have worked through it, you will be able to…
Every outcome is practised with a worked example and a tool, not just described.
- Choose a format and size from how the change happens, with a capacity and a minimum set before any marketing
- Write an offer with outcomes you can stand behind and a not-fit list that really turns people away
- Know cash break-even, break-even paying yourself and your minimum before you publish a price
- Plan and track a four-week enrolment campaign with a taster session, fit calls and real deadlines
- Make the go/no-go decision on a set date with the numbers, a pre-mortem and four clear options
- Run sessions with agreements in the group's words, half the time on practice and prepared words for hard moments
- Design the weeks between sessions with commitments, peer partners and gentle nudges
- Handle refunds, evaluation and testimonials within the rules, and offer follow-up only to those who ask
Know your starting point. Prove your progress.
People who measure before and after improve faster and can show it. AssessAll, our sister assessment platform, has AI-graded assessments that pair with this kit. Take one now, work through the kit, then re-take it.
Training Facilitation and Group Handling Assessment for Trainers and Facilitators
Take the assessment →AssessAll assessmentPresentation Delivery Assessment with a Spoken Round for Managers, Sales and Client-Facing Teams
Take the assessment →AssessAll assessmentEmployee Engagement Driver and Priority Assessment for Employees and Human Resources Teams
Take the assessment →JobularySet goals you actually reach with the WOOP method (Jobulary)
Make it a growth plan →A taste of Chapter 1
People tend to choose a format by habit or by what other people in their field are selling. Cohorts are fashionable this year; masterminds were fashionable a few years ago. A better question is: how does the change you are promising actually happen? If it happens through a single insight and a tool, a workshop is right. If it happens through practice, reflection and other people noticing your progress, it needs weeks. If it happens through peers solving each other's real problems, it needs a small group meeting over months. Cohort-based learning, the idea of a group starting and finishing together and learning with and from each other, is what turns a set of sessions into a group. The cohort is part of the product. That has consequences: a cohort that is too small cannot do the peer work, and one that is too large stops being a group and becomes an audience.
The honest comparison
| Free templates and typical advice | This kit | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Copy what two competitors charge | A calculator that shows cash break-even, break-even paying yourself and profit at every seat count |
| Enrolment | Post and hope, then 'last chance' | A four-week campaign plan, a taster, fit calls, a tracker with follow-up flags and 52 messages |
| Deciding to run | Decided two days before, under pressure | A published minimum, a go/no-go date and a one-page decision with four options |
| Hard moments in the room | General advice to stay calm | 20 scripts with exact words, plus a facilitation moves card |
| Between sessions | Rarely mentioned | Commitments, peer partners and nudges tracked on their own sheet |
| Refunds and testimonials | A no-refunds line and copied quotes | A terms discussion sheet, a refunds log and a dated rules sheet at October 2026 |
| Where it works | Assumes one country | Online or in person, across time zones, with country notes to check |
Made for you if…
- Professional, executive, career and life coaches adding paid group work to one-to-one practice
- Independent consultants and small consulting firms turning a method into a public workshop
- Trainers who want to run open courses instead of waiting for in-house contracts
- Counsellors and therapists in private practice planning a group, for the business and admin side only
- Facilitators running masterminds, cohorts or short series online across time zones
- Practitioners in India, the UK, the US, Europe, Australia, Singapore, the Gulf and Africa
Probably not for you if…
- Anyone looking to design the learning activities inside a workshop: The Workshop Design Studio covers that
- Self-paced online course creators: The Online Course Creator Kit is the better fit
- Anyone wanting clinical, legal or tax guidance: the kit teaches good practice and points you to your adviser, regulator and professional body
Built by trainers, tested in real rooms.
Bodhih Training has designed and delivered corporate programmes since 2008. Bodhih Pro Kits package what works in those workshops into a guide plus the exact tools we use, so you can apply it the same day without a facilitator in the room.
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Start with the quick-start chapter, then the main spreadsheet or planner. Most buyers use something from the kit the same day.
Your next group is a set of decisions. Make them before you announce.
Open the Start Here map, type your costs into the calculator, and put your go/no-go date in your calendar. Whether you begin with the offer sheet tonight or the workbook tomorrow morning, the first hour is already planned.
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The Group Programme and Workshop Kit: FAQs
Read the free guideAlready bought? Resend my linkHow many people should a group coaching programme have?
Work backwards from your core activity. Triads need multiples of three, a mastermind hot seat needs time for every member, and peer work fails if the group is too small. Set a capacity (the most you can serve well) and a minimum (the fewest for the activities and the numbers to work) before you market anything. Chapter 1 and the format card walk you through it.
How do I price a workshop or group programme?
Start from your costs and your time, not from a competitor's page. The calculator works out contribution per seat, cash break-even and break-even paying yourself, and shows profit at every seat count. Then set honest tiers such as early bird, standard, team and assisted place, with real deadlines.
What if not enough people sign up?
Set a minimum and a go/no-go date before you announce, and publish them. On that date, decide with the numbers in front of you: go, go with a redesign, move to a new date or cancel with full refunds, and tell everyone the same day. The kit includes the decision page and both messages.
Does the kit work for online and in-person groups?
Yes. The logistics checklist, run sheets and scripts cover online, in-person and hybrid delivery, including co-hosts, breakouts of three, time zones, venue contracts and access. The worked example is a six-week online cohort across several countries.
Does the kit give legal advice on refunds, recording or testimonials?
No. It teaches good practice and keeps country specifics in one dated sheet, correct at October 2026, with the official sources to check. The booking terms are a discussion sheet in plain words for your lawyer to formalise. Check your lawyer, accountant and local rules.
I am a therapist or counsellor. Is this kit for me?
Only for the business and administration side of running a group: the offer, numbers, enrolment, logistics and follow-up. Clinical practice, confidentiality, records and supervision follow your regulator and professional body, and the kit gives no clinical guidance.
How do I measure my starting point as a facilitator?
AssessAll offers three assessments that fit this kit: the Training Facilitation and Group Handling Assessment for Trainers and Facilitators, the Presentation Delivery Assessment with a Spoken Round, and the Employee Engagement Driver and Priority Assessment. Take one before your next run and again after the retrospective. They are separate products, linked on the Start Here map.
How can participants set goals that survive a busy week?
Chapter 8 teaches WOOP (wish, outcome, obstacle, plan), developed by Gabriele Oettingen, as a structure for between-session commitments. The Jobulary article on the WOOP method for professional goals, linked on the Start Here map, is a useful read for you and your participants when you turn it into a development plan.
How does the kit use AI?
As a drafting and sorting aid with human review: 28 prompts for marketing drafts, question triage, run sheets, session summaries and feedback themes, each with what to check. You remove names and confidences first, a human decides everything about a person, and no testimonial or result is ever written by AI.
Which software do I need?
The workbooks open in Excel, Google Sheets or LibreOffice with no macros. The forms fill in Acrobat Reader and most PDF apps, the Word files open in Word or Google Docs, the calendar imports into Google Calendar, Outlook or Apple Calendar, and the CSV imports into Trello, Asana, Notion, Planner or Jira.
What is the refund policy?
Digital kits are non-refundable once downloaded. The exceptions are corrupted files that are not fixed within 3 working days, duplicate charges, or failed delivery.
How much does The Group Programme and Workshop Kit cost?
₹999 including 18% GST for buyers in India, or $29 for buyers outside India. One-time payment, no subscription, with an automatic invoice.
How do I get the files after paying?
Instantly. Your download page opens the moment payment succeeds, and a permanent download link is emailed to you. Download each file separately or everything in one ZIP.
What software do I need?
Any of the usual tools: Excel or Google Sheets for spreadsheets, Word or Google Docs for templates, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Preview, Xodo or GoodNotes for the fillable PDFs, and Google, Outlook or Apple Calendar for the calendar plan.
Can I get a refund?
Because it is a digital download, kits are not refundable once downloaded. We always refund a duplicate charge or a failed delivery, and if a file is corrupted and we cannot fix it within 3 working days. Full terms: bodhih.org/refunds.
Can my company buy this for a team?
Yes. Team and company licences, and workshops on this topic run by Bodhih Training, are available. Write to solutions@bodhih.com or call +91 99000 11601.
