WAY TO USE THE CONTENT

WAY TO USE THE CONTENT

People can be the change makers in the community. If the immense potential of the people is utilized in the proper channel through little guidance it creates a great positive change in the community.

 

Small Groups:

Active small groups who think and work for the welfare of the people can make a big difference in the community. The Leadership training program with the use of ‘HANDBOOK FOR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN THE COMMUNITY CONTEXT’ would be a platform for people, especially youth to develop themselves holistically and help to influence others around them, through leadership qualities and responsibilities. The targeted age group is above 13 years and there shall be no upper age limit. An ideal group shall be around 8-12 members.  

 

Purpose of Leadership Development Practice or Training:

People to become confident and responsible, by involving in the community through the utilization of time and talents.

People to critically think and collaborate with one another for a positive change through innovations and problem solving.

 

Proposal of Activities:

There shall be a 1.5 hours training sessions for the small groups in a scheduled time, monthly once, in the Leadership Development theme and focus. And the small groups shall be encouraged to meet weekly once with the guidance of the mentors for 1.5 hours to plan and prepare for the activities with a life skill, value based or awareness based topic lead by one of them in rotation for 15-20 minutes to develop their leadership skills. Guidance shall be provided on that by the mentors based on the need. As well they shall meet whenever some plans need to be implemented within the timeline, the group decided for themselves.

 

Dealing with the Content:

The theme shall be understood by the person who facilitates the training session. There will be one or two activities to make it more engaging and derive most of the learnings of the theme from it, rather than the lecture itself or presentation. The suggestive activity- to plan and implement has some list of activities with the template to plan those activities. The other topics or themes shall be dealt with based on the need and even the order of the mentioned themes shall be changed based on the need. Likewise, some other activities shall be planned and implemented based on the need.

Draft Plan
S. No / Month	LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT		SUGGESTIVE ACTIVITY-TO PLAN & IMPLEMENT
	Theme	Objective
1	Concept of Groups	To understand the power of team work	Identifying the Problems in the Community and Necessity of Social Action
2	Roles & Responsibilities	To know about different roles and responsibilities to be taken that is possible in the group.	Identifying the Interests and Need of Children and Youth
3	Good Leadership and its Need	To know about the characteristics of a good Leader and the consequences	Cleaning Campaign in the community
4	Inspiring Great Leaders	To motivate and encourage to take up good role models in life	Awareness Program (On something that is needed in the community)
5	Compassion on the Crew	To have the real concern and care for the people around the self	Trying to address one problem / Support one thing in the community
6	Continuous Learning	To know the self, new things and information about the World	Forming a small Library (It can be some other activity, based on the need)
7	Considering Others Better	To give space to others thoughts and feelings by giving importance to everyone	Help the needy Children/ Family in the community with the support of wealthier people
8	Bridging the Gaps	To take blame for the mistake of Self or the mistake of Crew and bridging the Gaps smoothly	Awareness Program (On something that is needed in the community)
9	Managing the Resources	To efficiently manage the different resources around ethically and morally	Survey about the skilled and unskilled people in the community
10	Being a Role Model	To influence others around, in a positive manner through a worthy life	Supporting the Aged / Different Abled and organize some program for them
11	Convictions without Compromising	To take some genuine stands with consideration of everything and not compromising truth	Awareness Program (On something that is needed in the community)
12	Success of a Leader	To know that the success of a group as whole is the success of the leader.	Sports/ Recreation program in the community

Note: The Schedule shall be subjected to change based on the need

 

Expected Outcome:

Leadership skills and Confidence will be improved

Behavior and Character will change positively

Innovative Problem Solving and Decision making happens

Proper utilization of the time, treasure and talents

Social Concern and Responsibility will be enhanced

 

Extension of Leadership Development:

Different groups in a location shall meet three months once to share some positive stories and some innovative plans for supporting one another for making things better. Yearly once all the groups shall meet together for presenting the reports and learnings with one another.

 

Credentials:

The People groups shall register themselves as associations or community based organizations by adopting the legal stipulations and have a formal forum for dealing with various works in a more systematic and organized manner.

The Youth groups who are active and want to make it a formal group to do the social welfare activities shall be encouraged to registered as Youth Clubs in NYKS (Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (nyks.nic.in)), an organization of Government of India, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.

The groups shall also identify like-minded organizations or bodies that are prevalent in their localities and those who are approachable. They shall affiliate with them.