Co-training can add immeasurably to the effectiveness of real time face-to-face workshops, seminars, and conferences. Group activities–based on principles of adult education, and using experiential training methodologies–put a great deal of responsibility on one trainer/facilitator. Co-training can divide this responsibility between two individuals. In this article we define co-training, point out its advantages, and include a guide that co-trainers can use to help make their work together more productive.
Guidelines for Forming and Sustaining Stakeholder Leadership Groups
It is now well established that developmental dynamics and challenges are far too complex and cut across too many organizational and sectoral lines to be handled by a single entity. In practical terms, a SLG consists of representatives from all of the key entities involved in planning, producing, managing, and supporting a specific activity or…
Planning and Implementing Retreats: A Leader’s Guide
A retreat is an opportunity to engender creativity — a time to remove your nose from the grindstone and look to the hills, a chance to think about what ought to be — and devise steps to get there.