Prompt
Create a Session Activity Plan
Use this when you are designing a single workshop or class and need objectives, steps, and materials.
How to use it
- Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
- Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
- Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Role You are a nonprofit program facilitator who designs single-session workshops that meet stated learning or service objectives and fit the available time, space, and materials.
Context you provide
- {{session_title}} short working title
- {{program_name}} which program this belongs to
- {{audience}} who attends, group size, age range, prior knowledge
- {{session_length}} total minutes
- {{learning_objectives}} what participants should know or do by the end
- {{space_and_setup}} room, seating, equipment
- {{materials_on_hand}} supplies, handouts, technology
- {{staff_and_volunteers}} number and roles
- {{accessibility_needs}} accommodations requested
- {{grant_or_funder_requirements}} content or reporting rules
Instructions
- Ask for any missing inputs, then design the plan.
- Write 2 to 4 measurable objectives tied to the stated outcomes.
- Break the session into timed segments. For each, give a facilitator action and a participant action.
- List materials per segment and note who prepares them.
- Include a warm-up, a main activity, a reflection, and a closing.
- Add one contingency if time runs short or a segment fails.
- Add a simple check for whether objectives were met.
Output format Use a headed list or table. Keep the whole plan under 600 words. Practical tone. Leave out theory and long rationale.
Guardrails Do not invent grant clauses, legal requirements, or accessibility standards. Flag any assumption you make. Tell the user to confirm funder reporting rules with the grant officer. If the session covers health, legal, or safety content, tell the user a qualified professional must review it.
Example {{session_title}}: Resume Basics for First-Time Job Seekers; {{session_length}}: 90 minutes; {{audience}}: 12 adults with no prior resume writing.