# ARE Live: Project Planning & Design Virtual Workshop Exercise **URL:** \ **Category:** ARE Live\ **Tags:** are-live\ **Created:** [August 12, 2020, 4:21pm UTC](https://community.blackspectacles.com/t/are-live-project-planning-design-virtual-workshop-exercise/1624 "2020-08-12T16:21:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![monicafitzpatrick](https://blackspectacles.com/uploads/images/1.png) [@monicafitzpatrick](https://community.blackspectacles.com/u/monicafitzpatrick)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 4:21pm UTC](https://community.blackspectacles.com/t/are-live-project-planning-design-virtual-workshop-exercise/1624/1 "2020-08-12T16:21:21Z")
https://blackspectacles.typeform.com/to/qJcHtvh0?typeform-embed=embed-widget Join Black Spectacles and architect @coachlizschneider for our PPD Virtual Workshop exercise! Get to know what our Virtual Workshops are all about! We’ll feature one of our group exercises for the PPD exam led by our Virtual Workshop coach so you get a variety of practice and preparation for test day. Be sure to go through the exercise and accompanying questions, linked above, then follow along. **Register for ARE Live: PPD Virtual Workshop Exercise on August 13, 2020 12:00PM CDT [here](https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/1898208277564546829)** , where we’ll go through the exercise answers. Post your questions about the exercise below for a chance to win a Black Spectacles t-shirt! ---
**Author:** ![marcteer](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.blackspectacles.com/marcteer/32/130_2.png) [@marcteer](https://community.blackspectacles.com/u/marcteer)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://community.blackspectacles.com/t/are-live-project-planning-design-virtual-workshop-exercise/1624/3 "2020-08-13T17:07:03Z")
Hello everyone! ---
**Author:** ![gina.muzio](https://blackspectacles.com/uploads/images/22.png) [@gina.muzio](https://community.blackspectacles.com/u/gina.muzio)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://community.blackspectacles.com/t/are-live-project-planning-design-virtual-workshop-exercise/1624/4 "2020-08-13T17:07:11Z")
Hola! ---
**Author:** ![michelle](https://blackspectacles.com/uploads/images/26.png) [@michelle](https://community.blackspectacles.com/u/michelle)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://community.blackspectacles.com/t/are-live-project-planning-design-virtual-workshop-exercise/1624/5 "2020-08-13T17:07:29Z")
Hello! Question for all - How do you keep yourself focused during your studying, especially with all of life’s distractions (mostly children :))? ---
**Author:** ![heather](https://blackspectacles.com/uploads/images/2.png) [@heather](https://community.blackspectacles.com/u/heather)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://community.blackspectacles.com/t/are-live-project-planning-design-virtual-workshop-exercise/1624/6 "2020-08-13T17:07:30Z")
Hello! ---
**Author:** ![amalia.bamis](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.blackspectacles.com/amalia.bamis/32/655_2.png) [@amalia.bamis](https://community.blackspectacles.com/u/amalia.bamis)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://community.blackspectacles.com/t/are-live-project-planning-design-virtual-workshop-exercise/1624/7 "2020-08-13T17:07:38Z")
Yiasou! ---
**Author:** ![Natacha.Schnider](https://blackspectacles.com/uploads/images/15.png) [@Natacha.Schnider](https://community.blackspectacles.com/u/Natacha.Schnider)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://community.blackspectacles.com/t/are-live-project-planning-design-virtual-workshop-exercise/1624/8 "2020-08-13T17:07:38Z")
Hey guys! thanks for putting these together 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![marcteer](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.blackspectacles.com/marcteer/32/130_2.png) [@marcteer](https://community.blackspectacles.com/u/marcteer)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://community.blackspectacles.com/t/are-live-project-planning-design-virtual-workshop-exercise/1624/9 "2020-08-13T17:07:53Z")
You’re welcome 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![marcteer](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.blackspectacles.com/marcteer/32/130_2.png) [@marcteer](https://community.blackspectacles.com/u/marcteer)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 5:08pm UTC](https://community.blackspectacles.com/t/are-live-project-planning-design-virtual-workshop-exercise/1624/10 "2020-08-13T17:08:09Z")
Noise cancelling headphones & basement office 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![a.ramos](https://blackspectacles.com/uploads/images/14.png) [@a.ramos](https://community.blackspectacles.com/u/a.ramos)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.blackspectacles.com/t/are-live-project-planning-design-virtual-workshop-exercise/1624/11 "2020-08-13T17:09:02Z")
Hi Marc and Liz!! ---
**Author:** ![marcteer](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.blackspectacles.com/marcteer/32/130_2.png) [@marcteer](https://community.blackspectacles.com/u/marcteer)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.blackspectacles.com/t/are-live-project-planning-design-virtual-workshop-exercise/1624/12 "2020-08-13T17:09:25Z")
Hellow @a.ramos! ---
**Author:** ![Gfeldman](https://blackspectacles.com/uploads/images/5.png) [@Gfeldman](https://community.blackspectacles.com/u/Gfeldman)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.blackspectacles.com/t/are-live-project-planning-design-virtual-workshop-exercise/1624/13 "2020-08-13T17:09:39Z")
Helloooo Sir! ---
**Author:** ![marcteer](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.blackspectacles.com/marcteer/32/130_2.png) [@marcteer](https://community.blackspectacles.com/u/marcteer)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 5:10pm UTC](https://community.blackspectacles.com/t/are-live-project-planning-design-virtual-workshop-exercise/1624/14 "2020-08-13T17:10:02Z")
Hello @Gfeldman! ---
**Author:** ![monicafitzpatrick](https://blackspectacles.com/uploads/images/1.png) [@monicafitzpatrick](https://community.blackspectacles.com/u/monicafitzpatrick)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 5:10pm UTC](https://community.blackspectacles.com/t/are-live-project-planning-design-virtual-workshop-exercise/1624/15 "2020-08-13T17:10:08Z")
Hi @gina.muzio and welcome to the ARE Community! ---
**Author:** ![bjoyce](https://blackspectacles.com/uploads/images/1.png) [@bjoyce](https://community.blackspectacles.com/u/bjoyce)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 5:10pm UTC](https://community.blackspectacles.com/t/are-live-project-planning-design-virtual-workshop-exercise/1624/16 "2020-08-13T17:10:34Z")
Hello All… ---
**Author:** ![kbruce](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.blackspectacles.com/kbruce/32/585_2.png) [@kbruce](https://community.blackspectacles.com/u/kbruce)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 5:10pm UTC](https://community.blackspectacles.com/t/are-live-project-planning-design-virtual-workshop-exercise/1624/17 "2020-08-13T17:10:42Z")
Hi everyone! Looking forward to this workshop review! ---
**Author:** ![marcteer](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.blackspectacles.com/marcteer/32/130_2.png) [@marcteer](https://community.blackspectacles.com/u/marcteer)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.blackspectacles.com/t/are-live-project-planning-design-virtual-workshop-exercise/1624/18 "2020-08-13T17:11:11Z")
Welcome @bjoyce! ---
**Author:** ![WING](https://blackspectacles.com/uploads/images/6.png) [@WING](https://community.blackspectacles.com/u/WING)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.blackspectacles.com/t/are-live-project-planning-design-virtual-workshop-exercise/1624/19 "2020-08-13T17:11:38Z")
In working on long questions such as these, are there any advice on isolating the pertinent information quickly? I think a lot of test takers, me included, that get lost in the weeds in answering these “word problems”. ---
**Author:** ![hilary.meehan](https://blackspectacles.com/uploads/images/4.png) [@hilary.meehan](https://community.blackspectacles.com/u/hilary.meehan)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 5:12pm UTC](https://community.blackspectacles.com/t/are-live-project-planning-design-virtual-workshop-exercise/1624/20 "2020-08-13T17:12:38Z")
Hello! ---
**Author:** ![marcteer](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.blackspectacles.com/marcteer/32/130_2.png) [@marcteer](https://community.blackspectacles.com/u/marcteer)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 5:12pm UTC](https://community.blackspectacles.com/t/are-live-project-planning-design-virtual-workshop-exercise/1624/21 "2020-08-13T17:12:43Z")
Agreed! One approach that helped me was to take quick notes as I’m reading these complicated situations… [Next page](https://community.blackspectacles.com/t/are-live-project-planning-design-virtual-workshop-exercise/1624.md?page=2)