INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Your objective may be to teach a concrete skill, such as how to create and save documents in a word processing application. Or your aim may be to deliver general information or guidance about a specific topic, such as painting or creative writing. Regardless of the focus, it's important to define the objective first. When teaching a particular skill, for example, understanding the participants' needs concerning skill level and learning pace will assist you in delivering appropriate content. The more you tailor the workshop to your audience, the more effective the workshop will be. Create an introduction. Decide how you will introduce yourself, the topic and the participant members. List the skills and/or topics you will cover. Create a comprehensive bulleted list. Include subtopics, as needed. Decide on the order of the topics. Move the most important skills or information to the early part of the workshop. Depending on the subject of the workshop, it may also be useful to introduce and build on each topic, beginning with the simplest or most straight forward topic and concluding with the more difficult or complex topic. Determine ground rules for the workshop. Rules or guidelines such as only one person speaks at a time or raising a hand to speak, as well as shutting off any cellphones or distracting devices are good to establish at the onset of the workshop. Decide how you will wrap up the workshop. You might include a short review of learned skills, announce the next level in a series of workshops and/or implement a participant feedback form. For particularly complicated topics or skills, allot a sufficient amount of time in case participants get stuck or have questions. It is also important to factor in scheduled breaks during the workshop to give the participants a chance to go to the bathroom or stretch their legs. Rehearsal is an important part of the workshop preparation process. Present your information to colleagues, friends or relatives ahead of time, and ask them to give you feedback on the clarity and effectiveness of your presentation.

SUMMARY: Define the objective of the workshop. Determine the needs of workshop participants. Create an outline for your workshop presentation. Assign an estimated length of time to each item on the outline. Once you complete your outline, practice giving your workshop presentation.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: There are a variety of services that allow you to send texts from your web browser to a phone. Popular sites include: SendSMSNow AFreeSMS TXT2Day Using these sites may attract spam to the device you send the message to. Check the site's privacy policies to be sure that your information isn't being sold. Use the drop-down menu to select the country of the recipient. Enter in the phone number and area code, without any punctuation. You usually have between 130-160 characters, depending on the service. Your recipient will receive the message within a few moments.

SUMMARY: Find a free texting website. Be wary of spam. Select the country. Type in the phone number. Enter your message. Send the message.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: One of the telltale signs of laryngitis is hoarseness, which refers to the raspy, strained quality your voice gets when you've used it too much. To make your voice sound raspy and gravelly, practice vibrating your vocal chords like you're croaking like a frog. Also practice making bah noises like you're a sheep, because this will also vibrate your vocal chords. After practicing making sounds, start incorporating that same raspy quality into your speaking voice. Another common thing that happens when you have laryngitis is that you'll experience unintentional changes in the volume and pitch of your voice as you speak. When you're speaking, try to make your voice crack as you say certain words, and then make your voice fade out briefly so it's quieter than usual. Alternate between doing this and speaking in your regular (but hoarse) voice. In addition to the voice cracking and fading, you should also whisper more when you speak if you want to fake losing your voice. When you have laryngitis, your vocal chords will often have trouble producing sound, and you can replicate this by dropping your voice to a strained whisper intermittently as you speak. Make sure you continue alternating between your voice cracking, fading, whispering, and speaking hoarsely at a normal volume. When you transition between these different voice effects, try to make the transition as natural as possible so people don't know you're forcing it. Laryngitis often causes a rawness in the throat and a dry throat, so it's common for people who've lost their voice to cough sometimes when they speak. Don't cough too much, but throw in a few dry coughs if you've been talking for a while. A cough is created when your body forcefully expels air from the lungs, which is different from vibrating your vocal chords to create speech, meaning you can still cough if you've lost your voice.

SUMMARY:
Sound hoarse. Make your voice crack and fade. Throw in some strained whispering when you speak. Cough when you talk.