PDM Session Grid

Core or essential sessions (note: some of these sessions may be shortened to accommodate tight

timeframes.)

Optional sessions depending on participants' field experiences and country specific training needs.

Sessions on Workshop Introduction and Overview

  Success Stories in the Community: Introduction to the PDM Workshop

  Assets and Deficits: Identifying Our Resources and Expectations

  Steps in Project Planning

Sessions on Analyzing the Community

  Participatory Analysis and Priority Setting with the Community

  Desires, Needs, or Problems? Understanding the Difference

Sessions on Designing a Community Project

(the  heart  of the workshop)

  Project Design: Part 1 Vision, Assets, and Strategies

  Project Design: Part 2 Goals and Objectives, Signs of Success, Feasibility Test

  Action Plan: Identifying and Sequencing Tasks

  Action Plan: Assigning Roles and Responsibilities

  Action Plan: Making the Timeline

  Monitoring and Evaluation Planning

  Resource Identification and Budgeting

Sessions on Funding the Project

  Proposal Writing and Optional Project Presentations

  Funding Sources: Looking Inside and Outside the Community

Sessions on Closing the Workshop

  Workshop Application: Taking It Home to the Community

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