American Refugee Committee WELCOME ! WORTH “WE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD” Training Program For Women in Business American Refugee Committee Guinea Welcome by Local VIPs and/or Pact Staff; Introduction of Lead Trainer; any appropriate welcoming remarks; overview of the broad goal, purpose of the training program

Guinea Training Objectives Share personal successes and lessons about empowerment, literacy, micro-finance, and micro-enterprise Understand WORTH self-help literacy model Understand WORTH economic empowerment program and how it is different from other micro-finance models Learn principles and practice of successful micro-enterprises Learn principles and practice of Appreciative Planning & Action for WORTH Design WORTH/Guinea implementation plan Develop WORTH/Guinea Orientation Program Create and practice Orientation Program modules Make personal plans and commitments for implementation of WORTH Have participants take turns reading each objective

WORTH Guinea Training Agenda Day Topic Introduction to Appreciative Planning & Action Problem to Opportunity Discovery of the Best Introduction to WORTH Our Dreams for WORTH /Guinea Our Group: Empowerment Literacy Selling Made Simple: MicroEnterprise Development Designing WORTH Program Delivery of WORTH Program Presentations and Celebrations

Participant Expectations & Dreams -- Ask participants to share specific expectations, desires, hopes that they have for the training; share things they want to learn

Day One AGENDA Introductions – Appreciative Interviews Appreciative Planning & Action “Problem to Opportunity” Exercise “Worst Problem Ever” Discovery of Best Experiences Seeking the Root Cause of Success Introduction to WORTH The Birth of Worth in Nepal WORTH for Guinea “A-Valuation” and Action Planning Review agenda, indicate where this fits in the 6-day agenda and any relevant links to ‘Participant Expectations & Dreams”

Appreciative Planning & Action Introductions Appreciative pairwise Interviews Meet a ‘stranger’ – pick unfamiliar partner Interview each other (15 min. each) Questions: Tell me a story about a time when you felt you made a real difference, a real contribution, a time when you felt proud, excited – in your life, your family, your community What was your own particular role? What factors contributed to your success? Introduce your partner to the group 1 min. summary introduction with highlights of their story and role Find ‘stranger,’ one unknown, or in case of groups working together, the one least well known to you; seek person of opposite gender, background, or origin where possible

Appreciative Planning & Action (APA) The Root Causes of Success What did we learn from our interviews? What factors led to success? -- As participants to share the reasons for the successes they uncovered, the things that helped make for success

Tea Break and “Energizer” Exercise from the “Do It Now” Tool Kit of Appreciative Exercises “Hopi Indian Boy”

Appreciative Planning & Action “Problem to Opportunity” Learn an appreciative approach to problem solving Choose the worst problem you can think of We will turn your worst problem into a positive opportunity in just an hour or two Problems are either Things that discourage us and drag us down… or Opportunities for achieving great things… It’s our choice….! Remind participants this will be a short, rapid exercise to show the power of APA approach; it will not try to go deep into either problems or opportunities, but instead will demonstrate how the process works

“The Worst Problem….” -- Brainstorming -- “The Worst of the Worst” Get many ideas of worst problems from participants… Then seek consensus on the ‘worst” of all of them… or a “Worst Problem” that combines elements of several bad ones.

Problem Tree Trunk is ‘Worst Problem’ – Leaves are results of the problem – earth contains roots of the problem Ask participants to fill in leaves and roots or have them call them out for Facilitator to write on chart Ask participants to fill in faces for the two circles… and write a word under each one about how they feel about the prospects of solving the problem. (eg. Sad faces,’hopeless’ ‘impossible’ )

Problem to Opportunity The ‘positive opposite’ of the ‘worst problem’ Examples: Problems War Death, destruction Conflict, violence HIV/AIDS Opportunities Peace Life, creation Harmony, caring Healthy, safe-sex Have participants brainstorm other problems and positive opposites; then translate the ‘worst problem’ to its positive opposite The ‘positive opposite’ of our ‘worst problem’ Problem: Positive Opposite: This is our Affirmative Topic

Discovery of the best, of success, of what works The Search for ‘the best,’ ‘what works,’ successes concerning our affirmative topic Pairs interview each other (5 min. each): Share personal positive stories, experiences that illustrate the affirmative topic Each pair joins with another pair (or 2) to form group of 4-6 Introduce your partners and share short summaries of their stories 15 min

Dream of even better, what we want more of… Share your personal dreams of life, a world full of the best, of what we want more of Draw a picture together of the year 2020, of what this looks like for our children, our grandchildren – of a world full of the best 10 min

Design a plan, strategy for achieving the Dream Outline the main elements of a strategy, an overall plan for achieving the Dream Summarize these on your picture in 3-5 bullet points 10 min

Delivery Action Plan to Get Started Write a short action plan for the coming week to get started on implementing, Delivering, your Design for achieving your Dream Each person take a task from the action plan that you want to work on Each person write your personal commitment on your plan 15 min.

“Do It Now!” Choose one thing from your tasks, one small thing you can do right now to get started… a small first step “Do It Now !”

Sharing Dreams and Designs Each team makes one minute presentation summarizing the team’s Dreams Designs Delivery “Do It Now!” Each person shares his/her Personal Commitment 5-10 Min. Lead group in clapping vigorously after each person shares his/her commitment

Success Tree 5 Min As for ‘Problem Tree’ the trunk is the ‘opportunity’ – affirmative topic, leaves are the results from achieving the positive result, roots/earth includes root causes of the success, achievement Have participants draw face in the circles that represents how they feel now about the opportunity; add a word that summarizes this feeling (eg: happy faces, ‘joyful,’ ‘successful,’ ‘happy’

What Happened? Only about an hour ago you felt the problem was ‘hopeless’ Now you are engaged in action addressing the opportunity, and feel encouraged What changed?

“Words make Worlds” What changed? Our words – positive, future-oriented Our language – affirmative, appreciative Our questions Instead of asking about the problem, we asked about the solution This is the power of Appreciative Planning and Action (APA) WORTH is built around APA

Appreciative Planning & Action Summary Discover The best, success, what works Dream Even better, what we want more of Design Strategy, general plan to get there Deliver Action plan & commitments to start “Do it now!” Take action to get going now

APA and WORTH How can we apply the principles of APA to WORTH ?? -- Our language Have groups brainstorm ideas and share with the whole

Tea Break and “Energizer” Exercise from the “Do It Now” Tool Kit of Appreciative Exercises ???? Choose One that works

APA for WORTH/Guinea Discover Dream Design Deliver your best experiences with empowerment, literacy, and small enterprise Dream A positive, prosperous future for Liberian women Design A dynamic WORTH program to build that future Deliver Action plan and commitments to get started

Discovery “The Roots of Success in WORTH/Guinea” Find your original partner Engage in a conversation of Discovery that taps more of your most powerful, positive personal experiences Think about your experiences that relate in some way to the goals of WORTH/ Guinea

Discovery Interviews Tell me a story about a time when you really made a difference… for yourself, your family, your community – A story about: Empowerment. Personal growth, success Literacy and/or adult learning Micro finance, and/or Micro enterprise, small business, entrepreneurship

‘The Root Cause of Success’ Join with your original group Share highlights of your stories Discuss: What are the common factors that make success? What themes do our successes share? Share your ideas about ‘The root causes of success’ with the larger group

WORTH Nepal The Root Causes of Success Now let’s hear the story of WORTH in Nepal History How it works The results The Root Causes of Success for WORTH in Nepal

(WORTH Nepal Presentation) (continue with Marcia’s WORTH presentation/slide show) Insert WORTH Nepal presentation here

Tea Break and “Energizer” Exercise from the “Do It Now” Tool Kit of Appreciative Exercises ???? Choose One that works

“A-Valuation” “The Best” and “Even Better” APA for Evaluation Participants will conduct a brief evaluation of the day’s activities, learning the basics of APA for evaluation – Appreciative Evaluation, or “A-Valuation”

Day One - Review ‘Even Better ‘The Best’ “Do it Now” If we were running a WORTH training together like this, how could we make it ‘even better’ -- Who will do it? ‘The Best’ Your favorite moments today, what you enjoyed most, what was most valuable -- “Do it Now” What to do -- tomorrow? -- Ask participants to share, openly as for Brainstorming, their favorite moments today Then ask them if they were running their own WORTH training like this, how could we make it ‘even better’?

Are we having fun yet? “The Morning News” Energizers & Activities Participants are asked to volunteer to serve as reporters for The Morning News tomorrow… summarizing the highlights of today… news format… entertaining… Volunteers are also asked for leading energizers and entertainment – for tea breaks and/or end of the day, or evening fun. Resource Material: “The ‘Do It Now’ Tool Kit of Appreciative Exercises

Tea Break and “Energizer” Exercise from the “Do It Now” Tool Kit of Appreciative Exercises ???? Choose One that works