information on the calendar would provide trainers with an idea of

how the Volunteer and Counterpart spend their time, and in the

workshop, itself, the information should help the participants look at

how a particular activity or project would fit in with other realities

for the community.

Workshop Monitoring Options

As the PDM workshop intends to introduce and reinforce parti 

cipatory methodologies, some trainers have included monitoring

throughout the course of the workshop itself. For example, it is

possible to create monitoring groups to carry out some type of

monitoring or reflection activity at the end of each day. Group

members conduct their activity and report on the results the following

morning. While this technique involves the participants and provides

monitoring data throughout the workshop, some have found it adds

another complicating dimension to an already full workshop.

Another option is to post three wall pocket charts in the training room.

The pocket chart are decorated with a simple face and exclamation as

shown below.

Once or twice each day,

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the trainers check the

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pockets, share the

messages with the group,

and address any issues or

questions.

Questions?

WOW!

BOO!

Participants are invited to place any comments or questions in the

appropriate pockets. Once or twice each day, the trainers check the

pockets, share the messages with the group, and address any issues

or questions.

A third monitoring idea is to create a set of questions on which

workshop participants may reflect at the end of each day. Although

participants would answer questions individually, they might share

some of their observations with the total group, a small group, or

with their Volunteer or Counterpart. Sharing might be through

discussion, listing entries on flipcharts (such as comments on  Insights

of the Day  or pictures of what was learned, what was confusing,

and so on), or anonymous question cards to be read and discussed

the next day.

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