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CHANGE AGENT TRAINING

Welcome to Prague!

Welcome to Change!

OUR GROUP

33 Africa

46 Asia and Pacific

24 Canada

63 Europe

52Latin America and the Caribbean

16 Middle East

36 United States

270 Total Change Agents

200 Change Agents in Prague

OUR GOALS: Change Agents will…

1. Become a cohesive and dynamic global team.

2. Enhance individual leadership skills.

3. Gain knowledge of global issues that relate to youth empowerment.

4. Advance ability to implement the YMCA Change Model.

5. Understand role in One Million Voices research and World Council 2014.

OUR PROGRAM

Monday Orientation | Youth Empowerment Where You Live

Tuesday Team Building | Connections

Wednesday Going Deeper | The Change Agent Role

Thursday Youth Empowerment in Action | Stories

Friday One Million Voices Research | World Council 2014

Each day we begin at 9 a.m. and end at 12:15 p.m. Back at Festival site tomorrow (our tent is just inside gate).

What ONE WORD best describes your feelings as we begin this training?

RESOURCE TEAM BOB TOBINWilliams Group, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

GERARD TOSSERAMSNetherlands, YMCA Europe

TRANG TRUONGYMCA of the USA

JOSE VARGHESEIndia, World Alliance of YMCAs/YMCA India

SELMA ZAIDIWorld Alliance of YMCAs

MATHEUS MEDEIROSBrazil, World Alliance of YMCAs/YMCA Brazil

RODRIGO MERINOMexico, YMCA of the USA

ROGER PEIRISSri-Lanka, Asia and Pacific Alliance of YMCAs

ALVARO RODRIGUEZ YMCA of Greater Long Beach, California, USA

IDA THOMASCanada, YMCA Canada

BOB CABEZAYMCA of Greater Long Beach, California, USA

ROMULO DANTASWorld Alliance of YMCAs

SAMUEL DIAZ-FERNANDEZ LITTAUERColombia, World Alliance of YMCAs

JOHAN VILHELM ELTVIKWorld Alliance of YMCAs

GIL HARPER South Africa, Africa Alliance of YMCAs

JEN HUTCHINSONCanada, YMCAs of Cambridge & Kitchener-Waterloo

The Big PictureJohan Vilhelm EltvikSecretary General

YOUTH EMPOWERMENT

MOVEMENT STRENGTHENING

RESOURCE MOBILISATION

IMAGE AND IMPACT

GOVERNANCE } GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP

From Hong Kong to PragueNEW WAY Strategic Plan 2011-2014

YOUTH EMPOWERMENT

Jobs

Health

Civic engagement

Environment } GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP

From Hong Kong to PragueNEW WAY Strategic Plan 2011-2014

Strong Local YMCAs

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Sleeping Global Dimension

A travel through history...

STAKEHOLDERS’ MEETING31 March – 1 April 2012

The YMCA wants to achieve its full potentialWe therefore must be a stronger movementWe therefore must attract greater resourcesWe therefore must have more visibilityWe therefore must demonstrate greater impactWe therefore must have a shared focus

Relevant to the worldGrounded in our missionWorthy of our aspirationConnected to our current work

We therefore choose to collectively stand for youth empowerment

NAIROBI STATEMENT

THE VISION

Be the change

Communicate the vision

Inspire action

THE ROLE OF CHANGE AGENTS

Youth empowerment where you live

Small groups

Share your name, home, YMCA connection

Appoint a facilitator

Turn off technology

Give everyone space to talk

Listen fully

Global realities, YMCA implications

What is your personal story of empowerment?

What does youth disempowerment look like in your country or region? What are its causes?

What is the YMCA response and opportunity?

What is the opportunity for you, as a Change Agent, to help the YMCA improve its response?

SHARE AND DISCUSS

Romulo DantasWorld Alliance of YMCAs

What to expect: Participants and program

What to do: Change Agent role

FESTIVAL ORIENTATION

SelmaZaidiWorld Alliance of YMCAs

One Million Voices

THE YMCA CAN CHANGE LIVES

Change Agents collect youth empowerment stories at Festival

Focus on stories that illustrate the YMCA Change Model:

Useful questions:

How did you first come in contact with the YMCA?

How has the YMCA helped you or someone you know?

You already have a powerful, personal story: Yours!

START NOW! BE CREATIVE!

On Thursday, we will share stories with each other.

All week: Post stories of life-changing YMCA experiences

Photos and videos can be uploaded, with permission of the person/s featured.

facebook.com/groups/YMCAChangeAgents/

#YMCAchanges

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NETWORKING

You can be the one who makes everyone else’s world bigger and better.

Prague is your opportunity to connect with others, and to help others form new relationships that enrich their lives!

The key to strong networking is to bring value to others.

NETWORKING

Sharing your personal assets

1.Write down 3 to 5 things you have to offer others.

2.Form groups of two. Exchange and explain lists.

3.Write a message to the person whose assets you are learning about.

4.Return the sheet to its owner.

MY PERSONAL ASSETS

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Name: __________________

Message: _______________________________________________________________________________________

SHARE WHAT YOU HAVE TO OFFER…

As you collect youth empowerment stories at the Festival

Get contact information for any personal story you want to tell.

Have a great Festival Day!See you tomorrow.

facebook.com/groups/YMCAChangeAgents/

#YMCAchanges

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Welcome!Please sit with people you do not know.

CHANGE AGENT TRAININGTuesday

Turn to the people on either side.

Introduce yourself, and your home.

Share one sentence about someone (not a Change Agent) whom you met at Festival.

MISSION: Change Agents will unite and lead the YMCA global movement into the future through a focus on empowering young people.

CHANGE AGENTS

Connections | Doing the Work

To form bonds, to address challenges…

TODAY IS ABOUT

Ida ThomasYMCA CANADA

LEADER TO LEADER

Team Building

Bob CabezaYMCA of Greater Long Beach

Change Agent RoleBROADENING OUR UNDERSTANDING

Johan Vilhelm EltvikSecretary General

Be the change

Communicate the vision

Inspire action

THE ROLE OF CHANGE AGENTS

Change Agent Concrete ProjectsOne Million VoicesWorld CouncilYMCA World ChallengeResource group on environmentYMCA global digital accelerator

1. Risk that our “youth empowerment” focus is only internal—only about youth involvement in the governance processes of local and national YMCAs

2. Balancing investment of time and resources between actions at local/national/international levels

3. Cooperation with other Change Agents, especially from outside your country or area

Challenges you are facing

Have a great Festival Day!See you tomorrow.

facebook.com/groups/YMCAChangeAgents/

#YMCAchanges

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Welcome!Please sit with people you do not know.

CHANGE AGENT TRAINING Wednesday

Turn to the people next to you.

Introduce yourself.

Share one sentence about your most amazing moment in Prague so far.

MISSION: Change Agents will unite and lead the YMCA global movement into the future through a focus on empowering young people.

CHANGE AGENTS

Working on the Work

Describing a concrete, and game-changing, project.Addressing Change Agent questions and challenges.

TODAY IS ABOUT

JOSEVARGHESEINDIA AND WORLD ALLIANCE OF YMCAs

LEADER TO LEADER

Selma ZaidiWorld Alliance of YMCAs

One Million Voices

What it is Comprehensive research for and with people ages 15 to 24.

Project goal Bring young peoples’ voice together (individual and collective opinion).

Outcomes we expect Contribute youth perspective on social justice issues, barriers and opportunities relating to employment, health, civic engagement, and environment.

Participants Young people 15 to 24 years from diverse backgrounds in at least 60 countries.

Meaning for youth issuesBring youth voice and perspective on policies and practices of youth-serving agencies everywhere.

Impact and actionInspire new programmes, funders and advocates for empowering youth.

Why the YMCA?

Our unique position and advantage

Globally: 119 national offices (average: 30% of national office board members are youth).

Locally: 11,200 locations, reaching 58 million people (28 million between ages 11 and 30).

Worldwide reach: 7 regions - area offices in Africa, Asia and Pacific, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe, Middle East and USA.

YMCA OMV team NGS in each countryOMV National Coordinators Change Agents

Communication Promote and share information about OMV

Data Collection Be familiar with and understand questionnaireData collection – events/activitiesData collection - interviewsTraining with and for enumeratorsGuidelines for data collection

Data Entry Coordination with your YMCA OMV teamDe-centralised locations for data entryStandards and processes for consistency

Change Agent Role

Pilot Testing Launch August 2013

Pilot Testing with at least 60 countries September 2013

Collating and Analysis of Pilot Phase October 2013

Training/Preparation of Interviewers October to December 2013

Final Survey Design November 2013

Logistics and Coordination with YMCAs September to December 2013

Launch OMV Survey Implementation January 2014

Data Collection – 200,000 voices January to August 2014

Data Entry January to September 2014

Data Processing and Analysis September 2014 to May 2015

Dissemination of Results June 2015

Scaling OMV Learning to One Million July to December 2015

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One Million Voices

Implement Pilot Phase

Learn and become familiar with the questionnaire.

Translate the questionnaire to languages.

August – September 2013

20 individual pilots:

5 x Males: 15-185 x Males: 19-245 x Females: 15-185 x Females 19-24

Sample by ages: 15 to 18 and 19 to 24 and Male/Female to determine relevance and accuracy in design of tool.

August – October 2013

Implement Pilot Phase

Set Targets forData Collection

Establish targets for country data collection based on:

1)YMCA data on members and participants and 2)youth demographic in country

August – September, 2013

Methodology forSelf-Completion

Plan with National Coordinators for self-completion at YMCA locations

Identify data collection events and activities with young people aged 15 to 24

November 2013

Methodology for Interview- Administered Questionnaires

Plan with National Coordinators for outreach

Provide training for enumerators to administer questionnaires

Administer interviews with questionnaires

December 2013 – January 2014

Plan for Implementation

Analyse pilot results and finalise the questionnaire October 2013

Prepare online version of questionnaire November 2013

Plan implementation with National Coordinators November 2103

Hardcopy and online-version available for implementation January 2014

One Million Voices

Reflect…

What is most exciting about this research?

How can it advance youth empowerment globally?

All generations working together

Have a great Festival Day!See you tomorrow.

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#YMCAchanges

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Welcome!Please sit with people you do not know.

CHANGE AGENT TRAININGThursday

Turn to the people next to you.

Share one sentence about the most remarkable person you have added to your network this week.

MISSION: Change Agents will unite and lead the YMCA global movement into the future through a focus on empowering young people.

CHANGE AGENTS

Youth empowerment in action

Sharing stories of impact.Making the work concrete.

TODAY IS ABOUT

THE YMCA CAN CHANGE LIVES

Youth empowerment stories

Groups of two.

Each person shares a story of youth empowerment learned in Prague.

STORIES OF EMPOWERMENT AND IMPACT

Story themes?

youth empowerment

Why stories?

youth empowerment

The YMCA changes lives.

Share your stories (with permission).

facebook.com/groups/YMCAChangeAgents/

#YMCAchanges

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Let’s talk about…

Change Agent work

MISSION: Change Agents will unite and lead the YMCA global movement into the future through a focus on empowering young people.

CHANGE AGENTS

Based on the reality of my YMCA, what concrete work can I do as a Change Agent? Specifically…

What are the natural connections?

What are the relevant new possibilities?

How can my connections and coordination with Change Agents help?

CHANGE AGENT WHEEL OF YOUTH EMPOWERMENT

Change AgentsWhat are our assets?

facebook.com/groups/YMCAChangeAgents/

#YMCAchanges

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World Council

Planning: Preparing for home

Evaluation

What would you like to do?

FRIDAY

KEN COLLOTONWorld Alliance of YMCAs

LEADER TO LEADER

Have a great Festival Day!See you tomorrow.

facebook.com/groups/YMCAChangeAgents/

#YMCAchanges

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Welcome!Please sit with people you do not know.

CHANGE AGENT TRAININGFriday

KERRY RILEYSCOTLAND YMCA

LEADER TO LEADER

MISSION: Change Agents will unite and lead the YMCA global movement into the future through a focus on empowering young people.

CHANGE AGENTS

World Council preparations

Leaving Prague and moving forward: Getting clearer

We want to prepare for next steps!

TODAY IS ABOUT

Change Agent work.

DEEPENING OUR UNDERSTANDING

1. PRESENT THE WHOLE It is a connected strategy!

2. ENGAGE IN DIALOGUEWhat fits your YMCA’s reality?

3. PARTICIPATE IN DECISIONS What will we do? Who will do it?

4. SUPPORT ACTIONThis may involve many players.

PUTTING THE WHEEL TO WORK

1. PRESENT THE WHOLE Don’t begin with pieces It is a connected strategy!

2. ENGAGE IN DIALOGUE Don’t pre-decide on your ownWhat fits your YMCA’s reality?

3. PARTICIPATE IN DECISIONS Don’t feel like you need to What will we do? Who will do it? have the answers

4. SUPPORT ACTION Don’t assume you are the This may involve many players. implementer of new action!

PUTTING THE WHEEL TO WORK

Selma ZaidiWorld Alliance of YMCAs

Leadership

Trust-building

Communication

Facilitation

Conveners

WORLD COUNCILChange Agents Role

Diversity of Participants

Distributed Leadership – Shared

Knowledge Building Dialogue – Learning Together

Focused on Collective Project – Global Impact

Final Shared Product of the Performance

WORLD COUNCILCollective Engagement

Trust

Respect

Create open and flexible atmosphere

Give participants individual responsibility

Group grows together

WORLD COUNCILGroup Process

Storytelling and Learning Focused on our Global Collective

Change Agent Facilitation Role

Reflection – Telling My Story  

Learning – Building Our Story

Planning – Envisioning Our Future Together

WORLD COUNCILGroup Work

Preparing for the Performance

Performers and Change Agents facilitate together

Action - Communicating Our Story

‘Our Journey’

WORLD COUNCILGroup Work

1. Opening the Story

2. Defining the Set of Messages

3. Working on Expression of the Message

4. Sharing the Outcomes

5. Closing - Bring the Story, Messages, and Outcomes Together

WORLD COUNCILGroup Process and Performance

Group discussion (A).

What is the most important thing I will do?

How can we sustain the energy and connection we feel as Change Agents?

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I GET HOME?

Online to come, for now…

What would have made this training better for you?

What was good for you?

Write any comments if you want!

EVALUATION

Johan VilhelmEltvikReflection

Team Building

Bob Cabeza

Romulo DantasReflection

Thank you!

CHANGE AGENT PLATFORMS

E-LEARNING

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YMCA World Change Agents

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