Session Plan

Session 6

The Project Design:

Part 1 Vision, Assets,

and Strategies

Rationale

Once the community has identified and selected a priority issue area,

they are ready to begin defining the project that will address this issue.

The Project Design introduced in this session is a six step process that

helps the community create the  backbone  of their project, starting

with a vision or dream of what community members want their future

to look like with regard to the particular issue. The process then

continues through identifying the existing resources the community

has to apply toward the vision; developing best strategies; identifying

goals, objectives, and indicators of success; and testing the plan for

feasibility.

In this session (Part 1), Volunteers and Counterparts pair together as

project teams to practice the project design steps on the basis of

priorities in their respective communities. The project teams will

continue working on these practice projects through the remainder

of the PDM workshop.

Objectives

1.

To practice the first three steps in developing a Community Project

Design creating a vision, identifying existing resources, and

selecting best strategies.

2.

To identify and practice participatory activities that may be used

to facilitate the planning process with community members.

Time

2 hours, 30 minutes

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