Elena-- At the Women's Leadership Institute at the Ob Sea, we included a half-day on implementation planning, with some very specific exercises designed to help the women think about their projects and how to accomplish them. Of course, they already had projects identified and in many cases were working on them, from the earlier conference which you were a part of.
Anyway, in the whole week, whenever we presented a concept or methodology, we had the participants work in project teams to see how the concept might apply to their project. And in the afternoon focussed on implementation, the groups used Force Field analysis to develop a strategy, drew network diagrams to identify people who might be resources, and constructed project flow charts, with dates and people responsible for the specific tasks. Many women told us that they understood their projects in a new way. I think my key learning here is that most Russians have a very short history of being able to implement their own ideas, so the ideas may not be very ambitious and the planning not very concrete. No lack of talent, but for many people a lack of experience. Anyway, you are doing good work with the Rotaract youth, and building a firm foundation for the future! Love, Joelle * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected], Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
