|
 |
| |
"A great opportunity to experience personal and group reaction to unexpected change."
|
|
OurTown® is a simulation set in a nonprofit agency that evokes participants' emotional responses to unexpected changes in the workplace. OurTown® will help participants understand characteristics of effective leadership before and after change and develop awareness on leading people as they pass through the change transitions.
Scenario
OurTown® involves the separate and collective activities of two community agencies-Upward Bound and The Enrichment Center. Each is challenged to revisit its mission statement and to develop a five-year strategic plan. The simulation creates numerous opportunities to confront individuals and the group with information and decisions that can be frustrating but with ample opportunity for the group to negotiate successfully through the transition. Debriefings present opportunities for instruction, interaction and shared learning.
Outcome
- Empower organizations with the knowledge that they can negotiate change and thrive
- Prepare team members to handle change and transitions successfully
- Enable groups to discard the limiting perceptions of what they can do
- Create a common, shared experience that serves as a reference point when dealing later with real issues
The interactive OurTown® simulation:
- Explores mergers, downsizing and redefining of roles
- Instructs participants about the predictable phases of change: shock, disbelief, anger, bargaining and acceptance
- Enables groups to differentiate between what they can control and what they cannot
- Creates opportunities for groups to invent and recreate themselves with a new purpose
- Reviews the characteristics of effective leadership before, during and after change events
- Helps leaders learn about effective leadership before, during and after change
- Prepares organizations to successfully address the predictable transitions of a change experience
- Builds a group's capacity and flexibility to redefine structure, purpose and collective mission
For information on related products, articles, case studies, research summaries, excursion newsletters, press releases, and topics, click here.
 Click to download the Preview Facilitator Guide
Specifications
| Participant Level: |
All |
Space Required: |
1 training room,
1 breakout room |
| Program Length: |
2-3 Hours |
Equipment Required: |
None |
| Recommended number of facilitators: |
1;2 desirable |
Certification Required?: |
No |
| Facilitator Guide Required?: |
Yes |
Simulation Level: |
2 |
| Normative Data: |
Yes |
|
|
Certification and Qualification
Certification or qualification are not required for trainers using OurTown. Experience with level 2 simulations, good group facilitation and debrief skills, and team development experience are recommended.
Cost
Supply Kit (materials for 22 participans) $255.00. Facilitator Guide $75.00. Starter Kit (materials for 22 participants & Faclitator Guide) $317.00
Minimum participants: 8
Maximum participants: 22
|