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TOOLKIT

SUSTAINABLE ATTITUDE FOR SUSTAINABLE


DEVELOPMENT
Training course for youth workers
Litija 20 28.9.2014

Prepared by: Alja Zupan, Vesna Lakovi and Alen Kraevec


Litija, March 2015

Sustainable attitude for sustainable development


TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.

INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................... 3

2.

ENERGIZERS ..................................................................................................................................... 3
2.1

Fun energizers ......................................................................................................................... 3

2.1.2
2.2

3.

4.

5.

6.

Jump in jump out ............................................................................................................. 4

Dividing participants in groups ................................................................................................ 4

2.2.1

Family names ................................................................................................................... 4

2.2.2

Sounds of animals............................................................................................................ 5

2.2.3

Where is my pair ............................................................................................................. 5

2.2.4

Smell your group ............................................................................................................. 5

2.2.5

Non verbal communication ............................................................................................. 6

TEAM BUILDING ACTIVITIES ............................................................................................................ 6


3.1

Name game ............................................................................................................................. 6

3.2

Photo orientation .................................................................................................................... 7

3.3

Hopes and fears ....................................................................................................................... 7

3.4

Marshmallows challenge ......................................................................................................... 8

3.5

Blanket ..................................................................................................................................... 9

3.6

Human knot ............................................................................................................................. 9

REFLECTION AND EVALUATION ACTIVITIES .................................................................................. 10


4.1

Check in ................................................................................................................................. 10

4.2

Blogs ...................................................................................................................................... 10

4.3

Evaluation groups .................................................................................................................. 11

EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES ............................................................................................................. 12


5.1

Open space ............................................................................................................................ 12

5.2

Walk and talk ......................................................................................................................... 13

5.3

Team roles ............................................................................................................................. 14

5.4

Who is a youth worker? ........................................................................................................ 14

5.5

Do I want to be the change? ................................................................................................. 15

5.6

Youth work case study .......................................................................................................... 15

5.7

Feedback invaluable tool of evaluation.............................................................................. 17

5.8

Entrepreneurship .................................................................................................................. 17

DRAGON DREAMING ..................................................................................................................... 18

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1. INTRODUCTION
Sustainable attitude for sustainable development was a training course for 20 youth leaders
and youth workers from Romania, Croatia, Malta and Slovenia. The project took place from
20.9.2014 to 28.9.2014. The main objective was to become aware and to start developing
quality relationships with key stakeholders in youth work. We addressed different topics
with different methods. The purpose of this document is to share some of these methods
with all the participants and other relevant stakeholders. We hope some of them will be
used again in future training courses.
For additional information, please do not hesitate to write on: [email protected].

2. ENERGIZERS
2.1

Fun energizers

2.1.1

Make the triangle

Goals
Time frame

1. Energize the group.


2. Observe roles in the group.
15 30 min

Materials

Activity

1. We make a circle with participants. They need to hold the hand


of their neighbours.
2. We give them the following instructions:
- Close your eyes.
- Now you are in a shape of a circle, make a shape of triangle
with your bodies, without opening your eyes. You also need
to hold each others hands all the time.
- You can finish at any time; when you think you made a
triangle. The finish needs to be a group decision.
3. When they decide to finish we let them open their eyes and
check how successful they were.
4. Than we continue with the next challenge:
- Close your eyes
- Now you need to make a square. The rules are the same as
before.
5. When they decide to finish we let them open their eyes again
and check how successful they were.
6. We can finish and use this just as an energizer activity or just go
one step further and implement debriefing. We can ask
questions like:
- What happened? Can somebody summarize what just
happened? We can ask if everybody agrees with the
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answer(s). We can ask who was the leader. Who were the
followers? Were the instructions inside the group clear to
everybody?
How did the participants feel? Did everybody feel included in
the decision making? Did anybody feel excluded? What were
the feelings of the leader? What were the feelings of the
others?
What are the findings? Did you find out anything? Did you
notice something? Was there anything new to you?
How can we correlate the exercise with reality? Are there
any similarities? Can we use the findings in real life? How?

2.1.2 Jump in jump out


Goals
Time frame

1. To energize the group


5 10 min

Materials

Activity

1. We make a circle with participants.


2. We give them the following instructions:
- Say what I say and do what I say.
3. Than we say: Jump right, jump left, jump forward, and jump
back.
4. Than we give them slightly different instructions:
- Say the opposite of what I say and do what I say.
5. We repeat step 3.
6. Next instructions:
- Say what I say and do the opposite.
7. Repeat step 3.
8. Next instructions:
- Say the opposite of what I say and do the opposite of what I
say.
9. Repeat step 3.

2.2

Dividing participants in groups

2.2.1

Family names

Goals
Time frame

1. Split participants into groups


2. Energize participants
5 - 10 min

Materials

Pen, post it

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Activity

2.2.2

1. We write 4 (if we want 4 groups) family surnames on post its


(they should sound similar Jones, Jonson, Adams, Adamson)
with family member names: Jones Daughter, Jones Mother,
Jones Father etc. for each surname, mix it and give them to
participants.
2. When we give them a sign they should yell their family surname
and try to find all members of their family (group).
Sounds of animals

Goals
Time frame

1. Divide participants into groups


5 min

Materials

Write down different animals (cats, dogs, snakes,) on post its. If we


want to make 4 groups we need 4 different animals. If we want 4
members in each group we should have 4 posts it with the same animal.
1. We mix the papers and give them to participants. They should
read what animal theyve got quietly, close their eyes and make
the sound of animal theyve got. They must try to find the others
with the same sound/animal.

Activity

2.2.3

Where is my pair

Goals
Time frame

1. Divide participants into pairs


5 min

Materials

Post it

Activity

2.2.4

1. Write on post it names of famous pairs mix it and give to


participants.
2. They should yell their names and try to find their partner
(Mickey and Minnie, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, Fiona and
Shrek, Homer and Marge Simpson, Romeo and Juliet).
Smell your group

Goals
Time frame

1. Divide participants into groups


10 min

Materials

Different perfumes

Activity

1. We ask participants to make a circle, close their eyes and put


one of their hands in front of them.
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2. We put the first perfume on the hands of the first group, the
second perfume on the hands of the second group and so
on.
3. We ask participants to open their eyes and use their nose to
find their group members.
2.2.5

Non verbal communication

Goals
Time frame

1. Divide participants into groups


10 min

Materials

Sheets of papers, markers, papertape. Before we start with the activity,


we need to draw different shapes (e.g.: triangle, square, circle) on the
paper sheets.
1. We ask participants to make a circle. Their faces need to turn
inside the circle.
2. We step outside the circle and put the paper sheets on their
back.
3. After we finish we gave the instructions: You need to find
participants with the same shape on their back as is yours.
During searching, you cannot talk.

Activity

3. TEAM BUILDING ACTIVITIES


3.1

Name game

Goal
Time frame

1. Learn the name of all the participants


30 min (20 participants)

Materials

Activity

1. We make a circle with all the participants


2. First person (trainer) needs to find an adjective which starts with
the same letter as their name (e.g.: Magical Magda) and say it.
The next participant has to repeat the adjective and the name of
the person before them and add an adjective and their name.
The third participant repeats the name of the first and second
ones and adds an adjective and their name. The last participant
need to repeat the adjective and names of all the participants
before him/her and add an adjective and their name.
The game takes some time and it may become a bit boring with bigger
groups. However its a very effective way to quickly remember all the
names in the group.

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3.2
Goal
Time frame
Materials

Activity

Photo orientation
1. Get familiar with the microenvironment
2. Team building
Depends how far the check points are. Recommended time 60 120
min.
1. Photos of the objectives we want to put into the game.
2. Colourful printer (if we need to print those photos)
3. Laptop
4. 1 smart phone or camera per group
Preparation:
1. We take photos of all the locations important for our training
course (toilets, showers, kitchen, dining room, training room,
rooms or tents of participants). Then we also take photos of
the objects around our main place. We can take photos in a
walking distance max 15-25 min.
2. We put all the photos together. We need one set of photos for
one group of participants.
Implementation
1. We divide participants into group of 3-5 people.
2. Each group get their set of pictures.
3. They need to find objects that are on the photo. When they find
one object, they need to take a funny photo which includes this
object and the group.
4. When they finish, they come back and give the photos to the
person who is in charge to put them on the computer.
5. In the evening we can organize voting for the funniest picture.
We can adopt this activity and add different tasks, regarding the main
topic of the training course and the time of the implementation (in the
beginning or later).

3.3
Goals

Hopes and fears

Time frame

1. All the participants and trainers become aware of the hopes


and fears of the entire group.
2. Establish common agreements/rules
3. Creating safe environment
4. Teambuilding
40 - 60 min (20 participants)

Materials

Flipcharts, markers

Activity

1. We divide participants into groups (3-5 members)


2. Each group get a flipchart and few markers.
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3. The trainer gives the instruction to write down all their fears
(things that participants dont want to happen in the time of the
projects) from all the members in the group.
4. After 10 - 15 min the trainer gives the next instruction: write
down all your hopes for this project (all the things you wish to
happen this week).
5. After another 10 15 min the trainer finishes with the exercise
and asks participants to present what they wrote down.
6. Each group have 3-5 min long presentation.
7. After all the presentations the trainer asks participants if they
can help him/her to create common agreements. If nobody has
an idea, the trainer can start with the first suggestion. Basically
we put down the things which were expressed by all the groups.
At this time we can also address important issues like
punctuality, participation, respectfulness.
8. At the end we put all the flipcharts and common agreements
somewhere easy to see, so everybody will be able to look at
them at different points of the training.

3.4
Goals
Time frame
Materials
Activity

Marshmallows challenge
1. Team building
2. Observation of team work.
30 - 60 min
20 sticks of spaghetti, one yard of tape, one yard of string, one
marshmallow.
1. We put participants into groups.
2. They have 18 min to build the tallest free-standing structure
from the materials above. The marshmallow needs to be on the
top.
3. We check who the winner is.
4. We can just use this as a fun activity. However, it is also
recommendable to implement a debriefing after it. We can ask
questions like:
- What happened? Can you describe a whole process of
building the structure?
- How did you feel? Did you feel your capabilities are fully
used by the team? Did you feel included in decision making?
Did anybody feel excluded?
- What did you learn? What did you find out? Was there
something new for you? What are the findings, regarding the
process of creating the structure? Why where you
successful? Why werent you successful?
- Can we use the findings in reality? How? What can happen if
we implement the findings in reality?
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It is recommendable to implement the task inside the project team first


and go through all the questions. It will be easier to facilitate the debate
among the participants later.

3.5

Blanket

Goals
Time frame

1. Team building
20 min

Materials

Blanket

Activity

1. We ask all the people to put down their shoes and step on the
blanket. There should be barely enough space for everybody, so
they need to stand really close together.
2. After all the people are on the blanket, we tell them the story:
You are on the boat. There is the sea around you and there are a
lot of deadly dangerous sharks in the sea. The team needs to
take care of all the members and not let anybody fall into the
sea. Unfortunately there was a storm and your boat turned
around. So you are actually standing on the wrong side of the
boat. If you want to be safe you need to turn the boat/blanket
around without letting anybody to step in the sea.
If the group have difficulties we can provide some hints.

3.6

Human knot

Goals
Time frame

1. Team building
10 25 min

Materials

Activity

1. We ask participant to make a circle.


2. We ask them to step really close together. Then they need to
raise their hands in the air and grab the other hand from the
other side of a circle. They can grab just one hand with left hand
and one hand with right hand. There cannot be three hands
together.
3. After everybody holds two hands they need to untie the knot
and make a circle again.

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4. REFLECTION AND EVALUATION ACTIVITIES


4.1
Goals

Check in

Time frame

1. Introduction in the day,


2. Reflection of the previous day,
3. Becoming aware of my current mood and the mood of my
colleagues
15 20 min

Materials

Flipchart, marker.

Activity

Activity is appropriate for everyday usage in trainings, seminars.


1. First day we divide participants into groups (3-5 persons per
group). Those groups stay the same for the duration of the
training.
2. Each group pick their name. We put the name and the members
on the flipchart, so participants are able to check in which group
they are.
3. In the beginning of each day, after the breakfast we announce
Check in time. Each group sit together and discuss next
questions:
- What is the most important thing I learned yesterday (each
participant share just one thing)
- What is my inside weather today? (What mood am I in.
Participants can express their mood with the weather
conditions, e.g.: sunny, foggy, cloudy)
- After the discussion each member sits down with their legs
crossed. Then the whole group is quiet and everybody just
inhales 10 times and exhales 10 times. Whoever wants to
can close his/her eyes.
Its recommended to put those instructions on the flipchart, so
participants can check them every morning if needed.
4. After finishing with breathing all the participants come to the
meeting point and we can start with the workshops/other
activities. It is also good to give the participants the exact time
to come to the meeting point, because usually different groups
dont finish exactly at the same time.

4.2
Goals
Time frame

Blogs
1. To stimulate participants to prepare written reflection
2. To ensure objective reporting about the project
30 min; Depend how long blogs do we want.
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Materials
Activity

4.3
Goals

Laptop
1. We inform participants about the task at the very beginning
of the training.
2. We can ask each participant to write a blog on their own. We
can also make groups and they prepare blogs together. It is
important to write down who is responsible for making a
blog and until when. Usually we can have one group to make
a blog one day, and the next day its the time for the next
group.
3. We ask participants to write whatever they want about this
particular day, when they need to write a blog. It is also
important to provide some time after the dinner where one
group will be able to work and others will probably be free.
We told the participants that we will publish the blog on the
Facebook or webpage and ask if they are OK with it.
4. If they have any problems we can provide additional
questions like: what did you enjoy doing today, what would
you like to change about today, did you get to know
anything new today?

Evaluation groups

Time frame

1. To get the feedback about the training day (e.g.: learning process,
food, logistics).
2. To actively include participants into the learning process.
30-40 min every day

Materials

Small notebooks, pens, flipchart, markers.

Activity

1. We divide participants into groups on the first day of a training


course. There should be 3-5 members in each group. Each group
picks a name. We put a name of the each group and its
members on a flipchart and put it somewhere that everybody
can see it.
2. At the end of each day (ideally before the dinner) we announce
evaluation time and ask participants if they can go in their
groups and discuss:
- What did they like about the day?
- What didnt they like about the day?
- What suggestions do they have?
3. After 15-20 min we ask each group to send a messenger to the
previously agreed evaluation place.
4. When all the messengers come, the trainer sits with them in a
circle and asks them what news they are bringing. Each
messenger shares with the others the likes, dislikes and
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suggestions of his/her group. The group messenger should be a


different person every day.
5. The trainer provides additional explanations where needed and
writes down all the feedback that he/she will be able to share it
later with the project team.
6. After sharing all the feedback of the day, the evaluation session
is finished. However the messengers can share with the rest of
group members immediately or the next day what happened
during the session.
7. It is extremely important that findings are shared with the rest
of the project team. It is also extremely important to take care
of the suggestions and announce what we will do about them
(ideally in the beginning of the next training day).
If participants get a feeling that project team is trying hard to take care
of them, they will also start taking care of the project team. This can be
a basis for a safe and proactive learning environment.

5. EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
5.1
Goals

Open space

Time frame

1. Involve participants into the learning process


2. Provide sharing of competences between participants
3. Strengthening the interpersonal connections between the
participants.
or up to 1 day.

Materials

Depends on the needs of participants

Activity

1. We need to announce the activity and give the instructions at least


one day before we intend to start.
2. Instructions: During the open space anybody can present whatever
he/she wants. It can be a workshop, debate, sport activity, trip into
nature, making arts
3. We provide a flipchart where we put available hours in a left
column. On the top row we write activities or workshops (check the
picture below). We make 2-4 columns, depending on how many
activities we want to offer at the same time. A duration of one hour
per one row.
4. Participants can put their activities wherever they want. They need
to mark how many squares they want to take (one square is one
hour). They also need to write:
- The name of the activity.
- Short content (one or few sentences).
- The name of the person who is in charge.
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5.
6.

7.

8.

9.

5.2

We also need to tell them that the promotion of their activity is


their own responsibility. Participants will be able to choose
between different options so we can suggest that investing some
time into marketing wouldnt be a bad idea.
There can be more activities at the same time, or it can also happen
that there is no activity at a certain time.
The people who are in charge of the activities need to communicate
with the project team and check if all the materials they will need
are available (e.g.: computers, projectors, internet, flipcharts, and
markers).
During the process of making the schedule for the open space, a
trainer in charge needs to check the schedule several times and be
available to provide information to those who are willing to
implement different activities. If there is not enough time it might
be good to reschedule activities and try to give an opportunity to
organize an activity to everybody who is willing to do it.
Before the beginning of the open space we gather all the
participants and tell them that they can start. We also tell them
that participation is their choice. So they can choose if they will
participate and where they will participate.
During the activity also a project team can participate. However we
cannot forget we might will be needed for some technical or
organisational support.

Walk and talk

Goals

1. Energize the participants


2. Introduction into deeper discussions.

Time frame

15 min

Materials

Computer, speakers

Activity

1. We play a song and give people instructions just to walk around


in the space, and look at each other in the eyes.
2. When we say Stop they should start asking the question which
we would ask, with the person with whom they made eye
contact with at that moment; We give them some time to talk
about it, then we give instructions to continue walking
faster/slower/jump and then again when we say stop they ask a
second question, again with the person they made eye contact
with and so on.
3. Questions: What is a youth worker in your opinion? What should
a youth worker not be? Do young people really need youth
workers? Do you think you are a youth worker or you could
become a youth worker?
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5.3
Goals

Team roles
1. Identification of own strengths and weaknesses regarding the
project management in youth work

Time frame

30 min

Materials

Cards with different pictures/roles a person can have in a team

Activity

5.4

1. Put cards with pictures of different roles/qualities a person can


have in a team (e.g.: problem solver, vision mission principles,
fund raising, coordinator, partners finder, motivator, project
design, PR skills) on the ground.
2. We ask participants to look at the pictures carefully. Then each
person has time to think for themselves (10minutes) about what
are their strengths and weaknesses, (if they want they can write
them down, pick from the cards or add a quality if it is missing in
the cards).
3. After we divide participants into groups. Each group then
discusses their strong and weak points that they would like to
improve; they try to give advice to each other about how to
improve their skills in different fields. For example, if someone is
good at something and the other person wants to be good at
the same thing etc.-20 minutes.
4. We can implement debriefing at the end.

Who is a youth worker?

Goals
Time frame

1. Youth worker characteristics identification


30 min

Materials

Post it, flipcharts, markers, watercolours,

Activity

1. We put participants into groups.


2. Each group should write down what 10
qualities/abilities/characteristics a youth worker should possess;
3. Each group presents their results
4. They stay in the same groups; We give them two big flipcharts
where we write down the characteristics of a youth worker:
(communicative, tolerant, patient, to have sense of humour,
creative, responsible, to take initiative, to understand our problems,
to be willing to work, young, to know when to be serious and when
to joke, to be positive, to be confidential and honest, to be
educated about non-formal education/NGO, to keep promises and
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agreements, to have experience in working with young people, not


to be conservative, to love his/her work, to treat everyone equally,
to be a good listener, to love himself/herself, not to give up easily,
to be charismatic, to knows how to inspire and motivate)
5. Each person must pick from this list again 10 characteristics
which they think are the most important; Put watercolours and
flipcharts on the ground, and each person should leave a
fingerprint next to the each characteristic he/she thinks it is
important. So in the end you get a colourful list.
If you want you can discuss/compare the qualities that the participants
wrote and the qualities that the youth wrote.

5.5

Do I want to be the change?

Goals
Time frame

4h

Materials

Computer, projector, speakers, internet, white wall or projector screen

Activity

1. Inspiring youth for participation in youth work

1. We watch the movie Freedom writers:


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0463998/?ref_=nv_sr_1
2. After the movie we can present the Foundation of Freedom
writers: http://www.freedomwritersfoundation.org/ and Erin
Gruwells Ted
talk:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Thd8xw_poNo
3. After we can have a debriefing and facilitate the discussion
about youth work, why is it important, what we want to reach,
how to inspire the youth to participate.
The activity can take quite some time, so it is recommendable to do
some longer breaks in between. We can prepare questions for the
discussion but it is also recommendable to let participants share their
own thoughts that the film might provoke.

5.6
Goals

Time frame

Youth work case study


1. Discuss a real life situation in youth work. Exchange of
different practises and approaches.
2. Developing project planning and marketing skills
60 90 min

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Materials
Activity

Flipcharts, pens, markers.


1. We make 4 groups; 3 groups of participants represent 3 groups
of youth, one group of participants represent youth
organisation.
2. We present the story to the participants: Each year in your small
town there is a big event like a town festival, there are different
activities organized, and a lot of people from other places from
your country also come. There are always a lot of sport/cultural
activities, workshops for kids, concerts, actions etc. The youth
organisation from this place is responsible for activities which
are organized for youth. Municipality gives you a really small
amount of money so you have to be really skillful and creative to
prepare something worthwhile. This year three groups of youth
come to you with different proposals for what can be organized.
One of them suggests you should bring a famous pop singer
(who is really popular among young people) and all of the
money from the concert would go towards the renovation of a
children orphanage which is in a really bad condition. The other
group wants to organize a concert of local bands with different
kinds of music and all the money would go towards the
renovation of the cultural centre. And the third group is
international, it consists of one local teenager and his friends
from many countries all around the world, and they want to
organize international fair with music, food, dances, from
various cultures, workshops etc. You don't have enough money
for everyone to organize their event, and you have to choose
whose idea you will support.
3. Each group of youth should make a presentation of their project:
mission, vision, what they want to achieve which are their goals
and aims, they would have 5 minutes to present their idea to
youth organisation. They have 20 min to prepare this
presentation.
4. After the presentations members of the youth organisation have
time to discuss the proposals amongst each other.
5. In the meantime the 3 youth groups should also try to find
solution together. Then afterwards we can compare the
decisions of the youth workers and the 3 groups of youth.
6. After making the selection we can discuss if those examples
happen in real life. We can ask if anybody want to share his/her
experiences. We can ask what participants do when dealing with
such issues. We invite participants to share good practises.

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5.7
Goals

Feedback invaluable tool of evaluation

Time frame

1. Get to know different methods and reasons for providing


feedback and implementing evaluation
60 min

Materials

Papers, pens, flipcharts, hat

Activity

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Goals

Time frame
Materials

Activity

1. Write questions on paper and put them in the hat-each pair


takes out 1 or 2 questions, walks in the nature and discusses it.
Questions: 1) What is evaluation 2) What is supervision 3) What
is feedback 4) What is a role of a mentor 5) What is mentorship
6) How would you organize evaluation of a youth exchange 7)
How would you organize evaluation of work of a new person in
the organisation? 8) What is an evaluation meeting and why do
we need it? 9) Why is evaluation important? 10) How would
you give a feedback to someone who is not doing his/her job in
a good way? 11) Is it better to give feedback in a written or
spoken way, explain why?
2. After the disscusion, we sit in the circle and each pair presents
their question and conclusions.
3. We can provide additional information if a certain pair miss
some something. We can also put the most important facts on a
flipchart so that participants will be able to check them later.

Entrepreneurship
1. Brainstorm different sustainable entrepreneurship ideas.
2. Evaluate the ideas.
3. Practise the effective and relevant presentations.
Recommended time 240 min. short version can be done in 120 min.
1. Sheets of paper.
2. Flipchart.
3. Colour markers.
Preparation:
1. We need a big workplace, big enough for at least 4 groups of
people. Each group has a flipchart and markers.
Implementation
1. We divide participants into groups (for example 4 groups of 5
people, depending on the total number of participants).
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Sustainable attitude for sustainable development

2. Each group gets its own flipchart.


3. They begin with brainstorming as many sustainable
entrepreneurship ideas as possible.
4. Each group rates each others ideas on the scale from 1 10
(mini De Bono method).
5. When rating the ideas is done, each group gets a best rated
idea.
6. The best idea gets presented to other groups using WhatWhere-How-To whom.
We can adopt this activity and add different tasks, regarding the
main topic of the training course and the time of the
implementation (in the beginning or later).

6. DRAGON DREAMING
Dragon dreaming is a concept for designing projects. It is composed from many methods and
wisdoms. Although we spent two entire days learning about it, we will not be presenting any
methods. For more information please visit the official webpage:
http://www.dragondreaming.org/. Methods and the whole concept are totally transferable
and highly useful in youth work. Examples of Dragon Dreaming workshops are listed below.

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