Example Training Programme for running Effective Meetings with Young People

Blind Shapes requires planning, good communication & co-operation

The Nightline needs constant communication & reassurance by the Leader and good listening

skills from everyone else

Blind Sheep can demonstrate the challenges of trying to understand instructions with lots of

distractions

Dilemmas helps participants to become aware of the processes of having an

effective meeting

Tourist Guide is a good activity for helping groups consider the value of effective

planning

Its common during the Spiders Web for groups to dive straight in, only to realise they

should have spent more time discussing options first

The Hole places a leader in the situation of deciding how to share the information they

have with the rest of the group

DISCussion sheets are an alternative approach to running a meeting - its circular design allows everyone to

contribute throughout

Training Resources for supporting young people available from www.yomo.co.uk