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title: "Atlan Intro Workshop Template"
url: "https://atlan.com/resources/intro-to-atlan-workshop-template/"
description: "A workshop template designed to introduce teams to Atlan and the power of a modern active metadata catalog, with a structured agenda and ready-to-use materials for facilitators."
---

> Atlan is hosting Context Conference, bringing together the leaders and builders at the frontier of giving AI the context it needs to understand their business. It runs online on October 28, 2026, from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM ET. Atlan co-founder Prukalpa Sankar opens and closes the day. Leaders from AstraZeneca, BNY and Verizon share why they invest in context and what they get from it. Registrants get early access to The AI Context Gap, a new study from MIT Technology Review Insights. Register: https://atlan.com/context-conference/

A workshop template designed to introduce teams to Atlan and the power of a modern active metadata catalog. It provides a structured agenda and ready-to-use materials to help facilitators walk participants through Atlan's core capabilities while encouraging hands-on exploration. Suited to onboarding, enablement, or showing Atlan's value to broader stakeholders.

Page heading: Template: Atlan Intro Workshop.

## About this template

Workshop modules, in order:

| Module | Pages | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction | 5-6 | What a metadata catalog is (a collaborative workspace for data search, discovery, governance, and collaboration); common challenges such as siloed documentation, difficult root cause analysis, and lack of governance, and how Atlan addresses them |
| Assets and metadata | 9 | Atlan's broad definition of assets: tables, dashboards, processes, queries, glossaries |
| Search | 12-18 | Finding assets via business aliases, descriptions, linked terms, and verified certificates; personalization, tags, and custom metadata for tailored discovery |
| Glossary | 23-29 | Why a shared language matters; metaphors, structures, and examples for aligning on terms, categories, and compliance frameworks |
| Data products | 31-37 | Grouping assets into domains and subdomains, assigning ownership, building trusted, discoverable, and secure products |
| Chrome extension | 39-40 | Surfacing Atlan context inside everyday tools such as BI dashboards |

The template balances theory, demonstrations, and interactive discussions.

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