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CHANGE AGENT TRAINING. Welcome! We are glad you are here. Welcome to Prague! Welcome to Change!. 270. Total Change Agents. OUR GROUP. 200. Change Agents in Prague. 33. Africa. 46. Asia and Pacific. 24. Canada. 63. Europe. Latin America and the Caribbean. 52. 16. Middle East. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Welcome!We are glad you are here.
CHANGE AGENT TRAINING
Welcome to Prague!
Welcome to Change!
OUR GROUP
33 Africa
46 Asia and Pacific
24 Canada
63 Europe
52Latin America and the Caribbean
16 Middle East
36 United States
270 Total Change Agents
200 Change Agents in Prague
OUR GOALS: Change Agents will…
1. Become a cohesive and dynamic global team.
2. Enhance individual leadership skills.
3. Gain knowledge of global issues that relate to youth empowerment.
4. Advance ability to implement the YMCA Change Model.
5. Understand role in One Million Voices research and World Council 2014.
OUR PROGRAM
Monday Orientation | Youth Empowerment Where You Live
Tuesday Team Building | Connections
Wednesday Going Deeper | The Change Agent Role
Thursday Youth Empowerment in Action | Stories
Friday One Million Voices Research | World Council 2014
Each day we begin at 9 a.m. and end at 12:15 p.m. Back at Festival site tomorrow (our tent is just inside gate).
What ONE WORD best describes your feelings as we begin this training?
RESOURCE TEAM BOB TOBINWilliams Group, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
GERARD TOSSERAMSNetherlands, YMCA Europe
TRANG TRUONGYMCA of the USA
JOSE VARGHESEIndia, World Alliance of YMCAs/YMCA India
SELMA ZAIDIWorld Alliance of YMCAs
MATHEUS MEDEIROSBrazil, World Alliance of YMCAs/YMCA Brazil
RODRIGO MERINOMexico, YMCA of the USA
ROGER PEIRISSri-Lanka, Asia and Pacific Alliance of YMCAs
ALVARO RODRIGUEZ YMCA of Greater Long Beach, California, USA
IDA THOMASCanada, YMCA Canada
BOB CABEZAYMCA of Greater Long Beach, California, USA
ROMULO DANTASWorld Alliance of YMCAs
SAMUEL DIAZ-FERNANDEZ LITTAUERColombia, World Alliance of YMCAs
JOHAN VILHELM ELTVIKWorld Alliance of YMCAs
GIL HARPER South Africa, Africa Alliance of YMCAs
JEN HUTCHINSONCanada, YMCAs of Cambridge & Kitchener-Waterloo
The Big PictureJohan Vilhelm EltvikSecretary General
YOUTH EMPOWERMENT
MOVEMENT STRENGTHENING
RESOURCE MOBILISATION
IMAGE AND IMPACT
GOVERNANCE } GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP
From Hong Kong to PragueNEW WAY Strategic Plan 2011-2014
YOUTH EMPOWERMENT
Jobs
Health
Civic engagement
Environment } GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP
From Hong Kong to PragueNEW WAY Strategic Plan 2011-2014
Strong Local YMCAs
X
Sleeping Global Dimension
A travel through history...
STAKEHOLDERS’ MEETING31 March – 1 April 2012
The YMCA wants to achieve its full potentialWe therefore must be a stronger movementWe therefore must attract greater resourcesWe therefore must have more visibilityWe therefore must demonstrate greater impactWe therefore must have a shared focus
Relevant to the worldGrounded in our missionWorthy of our aspirationConnected to our current work
We therefore choose to collectively stand for youth empowerment
NAIROBI STATEMENT
THE VISION
Be the change
Communicate the vision
Inspire action
THE ROLE OF CHANGE AGENTS
Youth empowerment where you live
Small groups
Share your name, home, YMCA connection
Appoint a facilitator
Turn off technology
Give everyone space to talk
Listen fully
Global realities, YMCA implications
What is your personal story of empowerment?
What does youth disempowerment look like in your country or region? What are its causes?
What is the YMCA response and opportunity?
What is the opportunity for you, as a Change Agent, to help the YMCA improve its response?
SHARE AND DISCUSS
Romulo DantasWorld Alliance of YMCAs
What to expect: Participants and program
What to do: Change Agent role
FESTIVAL ORIENTATION
SelmaZaidiWorld Alliance of YMCAs
One Million Voices
THE YMCA CAN CHANGE LIVES
Change Agents collect youth empowerment stories at Festival
Focus on stories that illustrate the YMCA Change Model:
Useful questions:
How did you first come in contact with the YMCA?
How has the YMCA helped you or someone you know?
You already have a powerful, personal story: Yours!
START NOW! BE CREATIVE!
On Thursday, we will share stories with each other.
All week: Post stories of life-changing YMCA experiences
Photos and videos can be uploaded, with permission of the person/s featured.
facebook.com/groups/YMCAChangeAgents/
#YMCAchanges
NETWORKING
You can be the one who makes everyone else’s world bigger and better.
Prague is your opportunity to connect with others, and to help others form new relationships that enrich their lives!
The key to strong networking is to bring value to others.
NETWORKING
Sharing your personal assets
1.Write down 3 to 5 things you have to offer others.
2.Form groups of two. Exchange and explain lists.
3.Write a message to the person whose assets you are learning about.
4.Return the sheet to its owner.
MY PERSONAL ASSETS
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Name: __________________
Message: _______________________________________________________________________________________
SHARE WHAT YOU HAVE TO OFFER…
As you collect youth empowerment stories at the Festival
Get contact information for any personal story you want to tell.
Have a great Festival Day!See you tomorrow.
facebook.com/groups/YMCAChangeAgents/
#YMCAchanges
Welcome!Please sit with people you do not know.
CHANGE AGENT TRAININGTuesday
Turn to the people on either side.
Introduce yourself, and your home.
Share one sentence about someone (not a Change Agent) whom you met at Festival.
MISSION: Change Agents will unite and lead the YMCA global movement into the future through a focus on empowering young people.
CHANGE AGENTS
Connections | Doing the Work
To form bonds, to address challenges…
TODAY IS ABOUT
Ida ThomasYMCA CANADA
LEADER TO LEADER
Team Building
Bob CabezaYMCA of Greater Long Beach
Change Agent RoleBROADENING OUR UNDERSTANDING
Johan Vilhelm EltvikSecretary General
Be the change
Communicate the vision
Inspire action
THE ROLE OF CHANGE AGENTS
Change Agent Concrete ProjectsOne Million VoicesWorld CouncilYMCA World ChallengeResource group on environmentYMCA global digital accelerator
1. Risk that our “youth empowerment” focus is only internal—only about youth involvement in the governance processes of local and national YMCAs
2. Balancing investment of time and resources between actions at local/national/international levels
3. Cooperation with other Change Agents, especially from outside your country or area
Challenges you are facing
Have a great Festival Day!See you tomorrow.
facebook.com/groups/YMCAChangeAgents/
#YMCAchanges
Welcome!Please sit with people you do not know.
CHANGE AGENT TRAINING Wednesday
Turn to the people next to you.
Introduce yourself.
Share one sentence about your most amazing moment in Prague so far.
MISSION: Change Agents will unite and lead the YMCA global movement into the future through a focus on empowering young people.
CHANGE AGENTS
Working on the Work
Describing a concrete, and game-changing, project.Addressing Change Agent questions and challenges.
TODAY IS ABOUT
JOSEVARGHESEINDIA AND WORLD ALLIANCE OF YMCAs
LEADER TO LEADER
Selma ZaidiWorld Alliance of YMCAs
One Million Voices
What it is Comprehensive research for and with people ages 15 to 24.
Project goal Bring young peoples’ voice together (individual and collective opinion).
Outcomes we expect Contribute youth perspective on social justice issues, barriers and opportunities relating to employment, health, civic engagement, and environment.
Participants Young people 15 to 24 years from diverse backgrounds in at least 60 countries.
Meaning for youth issuesBring youth voice and perspective on policies and practices of youth-serving agencies everywhere.
Impact and actionInspire new programmes, funders and advocates for empowering youth.
Why the YMCA?
Our unique position and advantage
Globally: 119 national offices (average: 30% of national office board members are youth).
Locally: 11,200 locations, reaching 58 million people (28 million between ages 11 and 30).
Worldwide reach: 7 regions - area offices in Africa, Asia and Pacific, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe, Middle East and USA.
YMCA OMV team NGS in each countryOMV National Coordinators Change Agents
Communication Promote and share information about OMV
Data Collection Be familiar with and understand questionnaireData collection – events/activitiesData collection - interviewsTraining with and for enumeratorsGuidelines for data collection
Data Entry Coordination with your YMCA OMV teamDe-centralised locations for data entryStandards and processes for consistency
Change Agent Role
Pilot Testing Launch August 2013
Pilot Testing with at least 60 countries September 2013
Collating and Analysis of Pilot Phase October 2013
Training/Preparation of Interviewers October to December 2013
Final Survey Design November 2013
Logistics and Coordination with YMCAs September to December 2013
Launch OMV Survey Implementation January 2014
Data Collection – 200,000 voices January to August 2014
Data Entry January to September 2014
Data Processing and Analysis September 2014 to May 2015
Dissemination of Results June 2015
Scaling OMV Learning to One Million July to December 2015
Tim
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One Million Voices
Implement Pilot Phase
Learn and become familiar with the questionnaire.
Translate the questionnaire to languages.
August – September 2013
20 individual pilots:
5 x Males: 15-185 x Males: 19-245 x Females: 15-185 x Females 19-24
Sample by ages: 15 to 18 and 19 to 24 and Male/Female to determine relevance and accuracy in design of tool.
August – October 2013
Implement Pilot Phase
Set Targets forData Collection
Establish targets for country data collection based on:
1)YMCA data on members and participants and 2)youth demographic in country
August – September, 2013
Methodology forSelf-Completion
Plan with National Coordinators for self-completion at YMCA locations
Identify data collection events and activities with young people aged 15 to 24
November 2013
Methodology for Interview- Administered Questionnaires
Plan with National Coordinators for outreach
Provide training for enumerators to administer questionnaires
Administer interviews with questionnaires
December 2013 – January 2014
Plan for Implementation
Analyse pilot results and finalise the questionnaire October 2013
Prepare online version of questionnaire November 2013
Plan implementation with National Coordinators November 2103
Hardcopy and online-version available for implementation January 2014
One Million Voices
Reflect…
What is most exciting about this research?
How can it advance youth empowerment globally?
All generations working together
Have a great Festival Day!See you tomorrow.
facebook.com/groups/YMCAChangeAgents/
#YMCAchanges
Welcome!Please sit with people you do not know.
CHANGE AGENT TRAININGThursday
Turn to the people next to you.
Share one sentence about the most remarkable person you have added to your network this week.
MISSION: Change Agents will unite and lead the YMCA global movement into the future through a focus on empowering young people.
CHANGE AGENTS
Youth empowerment in action
Sharing stories of impact.Making the work concrete.
TODAY IS ABOUT
THE YMCA CAN CHANGE LIVES
Youth empowerment stories
Groups of two.
Each person shares a story of youth empowerment learned in Prague.
STORIES OF EMPOWERMENT AND IMPACT
Story themes?
youth empowerment
Why stories?
youth empowerment
The YMCA changes lives.
Share your stories (with permission).
facebook.com/groups/YMCAChangeAgents/
#YMCAchanges
Let’s talk about…
Change Agent work
MISSION: Change Agents will unite and lead the YMCA global movement into the future through a focus on empowering young people.
CHANGE AGENTS
Based on the reality of my YMCA, what concrete work can I do as a Change Agent? Specifically…
What are the natural connections?
What are the relevant new possibilities?
How can my connections and coordination with Change Agents help?
CHANGE AGENT WHEEL OF YOUTH EMPOWERMENT
Change AgentsWhat are our assets?
facebook.com/groups/YMCAChangeAgents/
#YMCAchanges
World Council
Planning: Preparing for home
Evaluation
What would you like to do?
FRIDAY
KEN COLLOTONWorld Alliance of YMCAs
LEADER TO LEADER
Have a great Festival Day!See you tomorrow.
facebook.com/groups/YMCAChangeAgents/
#YMCAchanges
Welcome!Please sit with people you do not know.
CHANGE AGENT TRAININGFriday
KERRY RILEYSCOTLAND YMCA
LEADER TO LEADER
MISSION: Change Agents will unite and lead the YMCA global movement into the future through a focus on empowering young people.
CHANGE AGENTS
World Council preparations
Leaving Prague and moving forward: Getting clearer
We want to prepare for next steps!
TODAY IS ABOUT
Change Agent work.
DEEPENING OUR UNDERSTANDING
1. PRESENT THE WHOLE It is a connected strategy!
2. ENGAGE IN DIALOGUEWhat fits your YMCA’s reality?
3. PARTICIPATE IN DECISIONS What will we do? Who will do it?
4. SUPPORT ACTIONThis may involve many players.
PUTTING THE WHEEL TO WORK
1. PRESENT THE WHOLE Don’t begin with pieces It is a connected strategy!
2. ENGAGE IN DIALOGUE Don’t pre-decide on your ownWhat fits your YMCA’s reality?
3. PARTICIPATE IN DECISIONS Don’t feel like you need to What will we do? Who will do it? have the answers
4. SUPPORT ACTION Don’t assume you are the This may involve many players. implementer of new action!
PUTTING THE WHEEL TO WORK
Selma ZaidiWorld Alliance of YMCAs
Leadership
Trust-building
Communication
Facilitation
Conveners
WORLD COUNCILChange Agents Role
Diversity of Participants
Distributed Leadership – Shared
Knowledge Building Dialogue – Learning Together
Focused on Collective Project – Global Impact
Final Shared Product of the Performance
WORLD COUNCILCollective Engagement
Trust
Respect
Create open and flexible atmosphere
Give participants individual responsibility
Group grows together
WORLD COUNCILGroup Process
Storytelling and Learning Focused on our Global Collective
Change Agent Facilitation Role
Reflection – Telling My Story
Learning – Building Our Story
Planning – Envisioning Our Future Together
WORLD COUNCILGroup Work
Preparing for the Performance
Performers and Change Agents facilitate together
Action - Communicating Our Story
‘Our Journey’
WORLD COUNCILGroup Work
1. Opening the Story
2. Defining the Set of Messages
3. Working on Expression of the Message
4. Sharing the Outcomes
5. Closing - Bring the Story, Messages, and Outcomes Together
WORLD COUNCILGroup Process and Performance
Group discussion (A).
What is the most important thing I will do?
How can we sustain the energy and connection we feel as Change Agents?
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I GET HOME?
Online to come, for now…
What would have made this training better for you?
What was good for you?
Write any comments if you want!
EVALUATION
Johan VilhelmEltvikReflection
Team Building
Bob Cabeza
Romulo DantasReflection
Thank you!
CHANGE AGENT PLATFORMS
E-LEARNING
education.ymca.intBLOG
change.ymca.int
YMCA World Change Agents
#worldymca