WNM 2026 Sketch Pad Session: Interactive Focus Group for Brainstorming & Idea Sharing

Nov
17
2026
Tue, Nov 17 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM
Online
Facilitated by WESST Farmington Women's Business Center
Topic: Managing a Business

Sketch Pad Session: Interactive Focus Group for Brainstorming & Idea Sharing

The Sketch Pad Session is a collaborative in person focus group designed to generate fresh ideas, uncover challenges, and foster meaningful peer-to-peer learning. Through facilitated discussion, brainstorming activities, visual idea-sharing, and peer mentorship, participants are invited to think creatively, share experiences, and learn from one another in a supportive environment.

More than a traditional focus group, the Sketch Pad Session creates a space where participants can act as both contributors and mentors. Whether they are experienced business owners, emerging entrepreneurs, professionals, or community members, each participant brings valuable insights that can help others navigate challenges, identify opportunities, and strengthen their ideas.

The "sketch pad" concept represents a place where ideas are not expected to be perfect. Instead, ideas can be drafted, discussed, refined, and built upon collaboratively. Participants are encouraged to share unfinished concepts, ask questions, offer feedback, and draw inspiration from the experiences of their peers. Through open dialogue and collective problem-solving, individuals gain new perspectives while helping others move their own ideas forward.

Session Objectives

By the end of the session, participants will:

  • Share experiences, challenges, and opportunities.
  • Generate innovative ideas in a collaborative environment.
  • Build upon the ideas of others.
  • Identify potential solutions, programs, services, or improvements.
  • Prioritize the most promising concepts for future development.

Recommended Audience

  • Entrepreneurs
  • Small business owners
  • Program participants
  • Community stakeholders
  • Potential clients or customers
  • Partners and collaborators

Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance. Please notify Janelle Henry at 505-566-3715 or jhenry@wesst.org.

Funded in part through a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. All opinions, conclusions, and/or recommendations expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the SBA.

Speaker(s): Dawn Facka, Program Director, Farmington Women's Business Center Janelle Henry, Program Coordinator, Farmington Women's Business Center

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Please Note: THIS CLASS IS BEING OFFERED ONLINE. AN INTERNET CONNECTION AND A COMPUTER (or highly capable tablet-type device) ARE NECESSARY. Video conferencing instructions will be sent to you after you have registered for the class.


Fee: No Cost

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Funded in part through a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration.
All opinions, conclusions, and/or recommendations expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the SBA.

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