Session 3 - Feb 17th, 2008

Leadership Institute
Agenda

2:00pm - 2:15pm: Welcome, Agenda Overview, Review of last session

2:15pm - 2:45pm: Back to Back Communication

Procedure (15 minutes)

1. Pair students up and ask them to sit with their chairs back-to-back.
2. Pass out a picture to person A in the pair and a pen with a blank paper to person B of the pair.
3. Tell person A to effectively communicate the design of the picture to person B so that person B can draw the exact design.
4. Once they are finished a new picture will be distributed and the roles are reversed.
5. Have each student share the drawing with his/her partner.

Processing

• Was it difficult to draw the picture? Why?
• Was it difficult to explain the picture? Why?
• Was it challenging to not be able to look at the person? Why?

Segue: Tell participants that a big part of facilitating is being clear in your directions and making sure that people understand what is happening. One of the primary roles of the facilitator is to make sure that everyone is comfortable and can get through the activity. We are going to practice these skills again and everyone will get a chance to facilitate today.

2:45pm - 3:30pm: So You Think You Can Facilitate?

1. Pair up students who will be facilitating together.
2. Give each pair a different activity and give them 5 minutes to prepare to facilitate this activity for the rest of the group.
3. Allow each pair 10 minutes to facilitate the activity and debrief the experience with the entire group once they have finished.

• For the people who had facilitated before, how did it feel to do that activity?
• For the people who had not facilitated before, what was it like for you?
• Do you think that you would have done better if you had had more time to prepare?
• What would you have needed to do a better job?
• What other skills do you need to effectively facilitate a workshop?

3:30pm -4:00pm: Solving Common Problems
1. Explain to participants that as a facilitator, things can often go wrong and you have to figure out what to do very quickly. Tell them that in the 'hat' there are different things that can go wrong in a workshop. Everyone will go around and pick one problem, and then the group will discuss ways that they can address this issue in the workshop.
2. Have all participants choose a problem and read it to the group.

Processing:

1. Do you think these are common problems in a workshop?
2. What are some of the strategies that you can use to prevent some of these issues from even coming up?


4:00pm - 5:00pm: Meeting with Marymount Manhattan Student

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