1. CHANGE AGENT TRAINING
Welcome!
We are glad you are here.

2. Welcome to Prague! Welcome to Change!

3. 270 200 OUR GROUP 33 46 24 63 52 16 36 Total Change Agents
Change Agents in Prague 33
Africa 46
Asia and Pacific 24
Canada 63
Europe 52
Latin America and the Caribbean 16
Middle East 36
United States

4. OUR GOALS: Change Agents will…
Become a cohesive and dynamic global team.
Enhance individual leadership skills.
Gain knowledge of global issues that relate to youth empowerment.
Advance ability to implement the YMCA Change Model.
Understand role in One Million Voices research and World Council 2014.

5. 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).

6. What ONE WORD best describes your feelings as we begin this training?

7. RESOURCE TEAM BOB CABEZA YMCA of Greater Long Beach, California, USA
ROMULO DANTAS World Alliance of YMCAs
SAMUEL DIAZ-FERNANDEZ LITTAUER Colombia, World Alliance of YMCAs
JOHAN VILHELM ELTVIK World Alliance of YMCAs
GIL HARPER South Africa, Africa Alliance of YMCAs
JEN HUTCHINSON
Canada, YMCAs of Cambridge & Kitchener-Waterloo
MATHEUS MEDEIROS Brazil, World Alliance of YMCAs/YMCA Brazil
RODRIGO MERINO
Mexico, YMCA of the USA
ROGER PEIRIS
Sri-Lanka, Asia and Pacific Alliance of YMCAs
ALVARO RODRIGUEZ YMCA of Greater Long Beach, California, USA
IDA THOMAS
Canada, YMCA Canada
BOB TOBIN
Williams Group, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
GERARD TOSSERAMS
Netherlands, YMCA Europe
TRANG TRUONG
YMCA of the USA
JOSE VARGHESE
India, World Alliance of YMCAs/YMCA India
SELMA ZAIDI
World Alliance of YMCAs

8. The Big Picture
Johan Vilhelm Eltvik
Secretary General

9. } NEW WAY Strategic Plan 2011-2014 From Hong Kong to Prague
YOUTH EMPOWERMENT
MOVEMENT STRENGTHENING
RESOURCE MOBILISATION
IMAGE AND IMPACT
GOVERNANCE
GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP

10. } NEW WAY Strategic Plan 2011-2014 From Hong Kong to Prague
YOUTH EMPOWERMENT
Jobs
Health
Civic engagement
Environment
GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP

11. Sleeping Global Dimension
Strong Local YMCAs X
Sleeping Global Dimension
A travel through history...

12. STAKEHOLDERS’ MEETING
31 March – 1 April 2012

13. NAIROBI STATEMENT
The YMCA wants to achieve its full potential We therefore must be a stronger movement We therefore must attract greater resources We therefore must have more visibility We therefore must demonstrate greater impact We therefore must have a shared focus Relevant to the world Grounded in our mission Worthy of our aspiration Connected to our current work We therefore choose to collectively stand for youth empowerment

14. THE VISION

15. THE ROLE OF CHANGE AGENTS
Be the change
Communicate the vision
Inspire action

16. Youth empowerment where you live

17. Global realities, YMCA implications
Small groups
Share your name, home, YMCA connection
Appoint a facilitator
Turn off technology
Give everyone space to talk
Listen fully

18. SHARE AND DISCUSS
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?

19. Romulo Dantas
World Alliance of YMCAs

20. What to expect: What to do: FESTIVAL ORIENTATION
Participants and program
What to do:
Change Agent role

21. Selma Zaidi
World Alliance of YMCAs

22. One Million Voices

23. 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!

24. STORYTELLING START NOW! BE CREATIVE!
The YMCA can change lives
Change Agents will collect youth empowerment stories at the festival
Focus on stories that illustrate the YMCA Change Model: Space | Transformation | Impact.
Starter questions:
How did you first come in contact with the YMCA? How has the YMCA helped you or someone you know?
Start now! Be creative!
On Thursday, we will share stories in small groups… and we will be looking for the most powerful story in Prague
All week: post life-change stories via Facebook or Twitter #ymcachanges.
Photos and videos can be uploaded, with permission of the person/s featured.
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

25. 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.

26. NETWORKING NETWORKING MY PERSONAL ASSETS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Form small groups of 5 or 6 people
Use the “Personal Assets” worksheet to write down 3 to 5 things you have to offer others.
Share this list with the person to your left.
Read the personal assets shared with you.
Write a message to the person who shared their assets.
Return the worksheet.
NETWORKING
MY PERSONAL ASSETS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Name: __________________
Message: _______________
________________________________________________________________________
Sharing your personal assets
Write down 3 to 5 things you have to offer others.
Form groups of two. Exchange and explain lists.
Write a message to the person whose assets you are learning about.
Return the sheet to its owner.

27. 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.

28. Have a great Festival Day!
See you tomorrow.
facebook.com/groups/YMCAChangeAgents/
#YMCAchanges

29. Welcome! Please sit with people you do not know. CHANGE AGENT TRAINING
Tuesday
Welcome!
Please sit with people you do not know.

30. Turn to the people on either side. Introduce yourself, and your home
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.

31. CHANGE AGENTS
MISSION: Change Agents will unite and lead the YMCA global movement into the future through a focus on empowering young people.

32. TODAY IS ABOUT Connections | Doing the Work
To form bonds, to address challenges…

33. LEADER TO LEADER
Ida Thomas
YMCA CANADA

34. Team Building
Bob Cabeza
YMCA of Greater Long Beach

35. Change Agent Role Johan Vilhelm Eltvik Secretary General
BROADENING OUR UNDERSTANDING
Johan Vilhelm Eltvik
Secretary General

36. THE ROLE OF CHANGE AGENTS
Be the change
Communicate the vision
Inspire action

37. Change Agent Concrete Projects
One Million Voices
World Council
YMCA World Challenge
Resource group on environment
YMCA global digital accelerator

38. Challenges you are facing
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

39. Have a great Festival Day!
See you tomorrow.
facebook.com/groups/YMCAChangeAgents/
#YMCAchanges

40. Welcome! Please sit with people you do not know.
CHANGE AGENT TRAINING Wednesday
Welcome!
Please sit with people you do not know.

41. Turn to the people next to you.
Introduce yourself.
Share one sentence about your most amazing moment in Prague so far.

42. CHANGE AGENTS
MISSION: Change Agents will unite and lead the YMCA global movement into the future through a focus on empowering young people.

43. TODAY IS ABOUT Working on the Work
Describing a concrete, and game-changing, project.
Addressing Change Agent questions and challenges.

44. LEADER TO LEADER
JOSE
VARGHESE
INDIA AND WORLD ALLIANCE OF YMCAs

45. Selma Zaidi
World Alliance of YMCAs

46. One Million Voices

47. What it is Project goal Outcomes we expect
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.

48. Meaning for youth issues
Participants
Young people 15 to 24 years from diverse backgrounds in at least 60 countries.
Meaning for youth issues
Bring youth voice and perspective on policies and practices of youth-serving agencies everywhere.
Impact and action
Inspire new programmes, funders and advocates for empowering youth.

49. Why the YMCA?

50. 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.

51. Change Agent Role
YMCA OMV team NGS in each country OMV National Coordinators Change Agents Communication Promote and share information about OMV Data Collection Be familiar with and understand questionnaire Data collection – events/activities Data collection - interviews Training with and for enumerators Guidelines for data collection Data Entry Coordination with your YMCA OMV team De-centralised locations for data entry Standards and processes for consistency

52. 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
Timeline

53. One Million Voices

54. Implement
Pilot Phase
Learn and become familiar with the questionnaire.
Translate the questionnaire to languages.
August – September 2013

55. Implement
Pilot Phase
20 individual pilots: 5 x Males:  x Males: x Females: 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

56. Set Targets for Data Collection
Establish targets for country data collection based on:
YMCA data on members and participants and
youth demographic in country
August – September, 2013

57. Methodology for Self-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

58. 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

59. 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

60. One Million Voices

61. Reflect…
What is most exciting about this research?
How can it advance youth empowerment globally?

62. All generations working together

63. Have a great Festival Day!
See you tomorrow.
facebook.com/groups/YMCAChangeAgents/
#YMCAchanges

64. Welcome! Please sit with people you do not know. CHANGE AGENT TRAINING
Thursday
Welcome!
Please sit with people you do not know.

65. Turn to the people next to you.
Share one sentence about the most remarkable person you have added to your network this week.

66. CHANGE AGENTS
MISSION: Change Agents will unite and lead the YMCA global movement into the future through a focus on empowering young people.

67. TODAY IS ABOUT Youth empowerment in action Sharing stories of impact.
Making the work concrete.

68. Youth empowerment stories
THE YMCA CAN CHANGE LIVES
Youth empowerment stories

69. STORIES OF EMPOWERMENT AND IMPACT
Groups of two. Each person shares a story of youth empowerment learned in Prague.

70. Story themes? youth empowerment

71. Why stories? youth empowerment

72. The YMCA changes lives. Share your stories (with permission).
facebook.com/groups/YMCAChangeAgents/
#YMCAchanges

73. Let’s talk about… Change Agent work

74. CHANGE AGENTS
MISSION: Change Agents will unite and lead the YMCA global movement into the future through a focus on empowering young people.

75. CHANGE AGENT WHEEL OF YOUTH EMPOWERMENT
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?

76. Change Agents What are our assets?
facebook.com/groups/YMCAChangeAgents/
#YMCAchanges

77. FRIDAY
World Council Planning: Preparing for home Evaluation What would you like to do?

78. LEADER TO LEADER
KEN COLLOTON
World Alliance of YMCAs

79. Have a great Festival Day!
See you tomorrow.
facebook.com/groups/YMCAChangeAgents/
#YMCAchanges

80. Welcome! Please sit with people you do not know. CHANGE AGENT TRAINING
Friday
Welcome!
Please sit with people you do not know.

81. LEADER TO LEADER
KERRY RILEY
SCOTLAND YMCA

82. CHANGE AGENTS
MISSION: Change Agents will unite and lead the YMCA global movement into the future through a focus on empowering young people.

83. TODAY IS ABOUT World Council preparations
Leaving Prague and moving forward: Getting clearer
We want to prepare for next steps!

84. DEEPENING OUR UNDERSTANDING
Change Agent work.

85. PUTTING THE WHEEL TO WORK
PRESENT THE WHOLE It is a connected strategy!
ENGAGE IN DIALOGUE What fits your YMCA’s reality?
PARTICIPATE IN DECISIONS What will we do? Who will do it?
SUPPORT ACTION This may involve many players.

86. PUTTING THE WHEEL TO WORK
PRESENT THE WHOLE Don’t begin with pieces It is a connected strategy!
ENGAGE IN DIALOGUE Don’t pre-decide on your own What fits your YMCA’s reality?
PARTICIPATE IN DECISIONS Don’t feel like you need to What will we do? Who will do it? have the answers
SUPPORT ACTION Don’t assume you are the This may involve many players implementer of new action!

87. Selma Zaidi
World Alliance of YMCAs

89. Handout available at World Council website via ymca.int

90. Leadership Trust-building Communication Facilitation Conveners
WORLD COUNCIL
Change Agents Role
Leadership Trust-building Communication Facilitation Conveners

91. WORLD COUNCIL Collective Engagement Diversity of Participants
Distributed Leadership – Shared
Knowledge Building Dialogue – Learning Together
Focused on Collective Project – Global Impact
Final Shared Product of the Performance

92. WORLD COUNCIL Group Process
Trust Respect Create open and flexible atmosphere Give participants individual responsibility Group grows together

93. WORLD COUNCIL Group Work Change Agent Facilitation Role
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

94. ‘Our Journey’ WORLD COUNCIL Group Work Preparing for the Performance
Performers and Change Agents facilitate together
Action - Communicating Our Story
‘Our Journey’

95. WORLD COUNCIL Group Process and Performance 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

97. What is the most important thing I will do?
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I GET HOME?
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?

98. EVALUATION
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!

99. Johan Vilhelm
Eltvik
Reflection

100. Team Building
Bob Cabeza

101. Romulo Dantas
Reflection

102. Thank you!

103. YMCA World Change Agents #worldymca
CHANGE AGENT PLATFORMS
E-LEARNING
education.ymca.int
BLOG
change.ymca.int
YMCA World Change Agents
#worldymca