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Campus Compact Connect2Complete Unlock Your Future. Date. Facilitated by: Susan Malter. Opening Remarks. Introduction To Connect2Complete Charcteristics of Your Mentees. Welcome and Overview. Introductions Expectations Ice Breaker What appealed to you about becoming a Peer Advocate.
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Campus Compact Connect2CompleteUnlock Your Future Date Facilitated by: Susan Malter
Opening Remarks • Introduction To Connect2Complete • Charcteristics of Your Mentees
Welcome and Overview • Introductions • Expectations • Ice Breaker • What appealed to you about becoming a Peer Advocate
Words Create Worlds The language we use creates our reality
Language, Image and Reality • Video, “The power of words” (3 minutes) • Notice the thoughts, feelings or images that come up for you
Right People, Right Time “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world – it’s the only thing that ever has” Margaret Mead
Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is Based on a Simple Premise • Organizations grow in the direction of what they repeatedly ask questions about and focus their attention on! • Instead of asking questions that focus o PROBLEMS ask questions that focus on STRENGTHS and SUCCESSES
Interview Guide • Pair up with someone you do not know • Take turns interviewing each other • Person A will interview person B (10 mins) • Person Bwill interview person A (10 mins)
Listen and Take Notes Interviewer will: • Ask the questions • Ask follow-up questions- especially when the interviewee shows enthusiasm/high energy! • Listen deeply and take notes • Note some high points • Cover all questioning within allotted time • Have Fun!
Summarizing • At the end of both interviews, each person completes a Summary Sheet • What did you appreciate about the paired interview? • What was the experience like for you?
Discover • Share stories – identify positive core • Choose facilitator, recorder, presenter, and timekeeper. • Introduce your interview partner by sharing highlights from your interview. Go around the table, everyone gets introduced. (maximum 3 minutes per person) • Listen for patterns and recurring themes as everyone tells their stories
Brainstorm • After discussion brainstorm on the flip chart all the themes that emerged (quantity – not quality!) • A theme is an idea or concept about what is present in the stories when people are reporting the times of greatest excitement.
Looking for Themes • Discuss and agree on 3-4 major themes or patterns you heard (what people most want to create more of) • Write your group’s themes on a new flip-chart sheet • Prepare a one minute presentation
Scattergram • Place your two dots on those themes, one dot per theme. • As a large group, look at the Scattergram patterns. • What do you notice?
All About Mentoring: Skills Review
Listening Activity • Pair up into groups of 2 • Choose a speaker and a listener • The speaker will describe his/her dream vacation to the listener. • Speaker: Be imaginative and use detail. (2 minutes)
Discussion • How did this activity make you feel? • What went wrong? • What worked?
Peer AdvocateMentoring Techniques: • Table Teach • How would you use these techniques? • When are they most appropriate?
Role Play • Develop possible scenarios • Real life challenges you have faced Handout
Lunch: • Identity Crisis Signs • Understanding Organizations Policies & Procedures • Following Channels & Referrals • Encouraging Responsible/Civil Behavior • Knowing your limitations Do’s & Don’ts for Peer Advocates
Life ConnectionYour Beginnings: • Where to start and what to ask
Our First Meeting: A planning worksheet • Thinking through the first meeting Handout
Nuts & Bolts of the Peer Advocate Program • Elena Schultz
Q & A • Questions & Answers • Evaluations
Reflecting: What you have learned? • Ah-Ha Activity
Thank you for your Participation! Enjoy the rest of your day!