1. What are some of the similarities and differences you see

among the diagrams? What might account for those?

2. What did you learn from each others' charts?

B. Distribute the handout, Community Development Cycle, and/or

show the flipchart with the diagram drawn. Briefly present the

five major phases of the cycle and then have participants relate

their PDM steps to the five phases. Ask them:  Which of your

steps fall into each phase?  Allow participants to offer some

examples so they are clear on the cycle. Use the key words 

Analysis, Setting Priorities, Planning, Action, and Evaluation 

to emphasize the cycle phases.

Trainer Note: The idea here is to get general agreement on the major

phases of community development. Don't try to push for large group

consensus on all the smaller steps and their sequence. You may want to

acknowledge other community development models, and then explain

to the group that, for the purposes of this workshop, we have selected

one model to follow.

C. Using the Cha Cha dance or another option (see suggestions under

Step IV), illustrate the point that the project planning steps are

usually not orderly and linear, but rather fluid and repetitive.

D. Close the session by noting that in the remainder of the workshop

we will work through the steps of designing a project and discuss

methods to keep the community/group involved in the process.

STEP IV. Optional Activity 

The Project Planning Cha Cha

(15 minutes)

Trainer Note: The following is a model of how to introduce the concept

that steps often do not flow one after the other in a neat order. As mentioned

earlier in the section on Trainer Preparation, this can be modified to suit you

and your participant group. You can skip the dance and simply state the

concept, or you can present it in another creative way. The main idea is to

impress upon the group that the project planning and management process

is not orderly or linear.

A. Ask participants to focus on the center of the room. Ask your

previously briefed person to join and assist you in the dance.

Standing side by side with your participant assistant, say and do

the following:

Step forward with right foot, saying:  Mobilize community. 

Step forward with left foot, saying:  Assess situation. 

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