2.

Identify essential characteristics of successful projects and

examine the roles of various players, including community

leaders, members, and facilitators, in the project design and

implementation process.

3.

Relate the PDM workshop goals and design to the role and the

skill development of community facilitators.

Time

1 hour, 45 minutes

Materials

  Half size sheets of newsprint paper and marker for each Volunteer 

Counterpart pair

  Blank flipchart and markers for recording lists in the whole group

session

  Workshop goals and agenda printed on flipchart or on overhead

transparency

  Overhead projector if using transparencies

Preparation

1.

Using flipchart paper, overheads, or a wall pocket chart, prepare

an outline of the PDM workshop to serve as a visual guide during

the agenda review toward the end of the session.

2.

For Step II, select a side wall in the main training room to designate

as the Wall of Success. Place a header in the middle of the space.

3.

During Step II, you will need to sit toward the back of the room

and take notes on characteristics of successful projects as examples

emerge from the participants' telling of their field experiences.

Read Steps II and III carefully so that you are fully prepared when

they begin the sharing.

4.

You have a choice of two different activities in Step III: a small

group discussion or a prepared skit. If you have a very short

preparation period and/or little access to participants before the

start of the workshop, it is easier to do the small group discussion

because it takes virtually no set up. On the other hand, if you

have the time and access to a few extroverted participants with

solid experience at site, then the skit is a good choice and might

be more fun. If you select the skit, allow the players enough

advance time to create a rough script of a meeting about a

community project. The action and dialogue should imply the

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