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MODULE 13

Celebration

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Touch Blue!

WARM UP

Step 1:

Begin by having the facilitator call out something an attribute that each participant has to touch and show to the screen. An example might be “touch blue” or “touch something warm” or "touch something soft."

This might be something on their desk, an item of clothing, or something they have to go and find on their bookshelf. The last person to find an object then has to select the next attribute.

Step 2:

Continue to play until each participant has had the chance to select an attribute. If you want to up the ante, introduce a second attribute to the mix. "Touch something blue and old," or "touch something red that you can eat."

Step 3:

Debrief by identifying some of the group's favorite responses and items and encouraging the owner to talk a little about why they selected them.

Variations

If you want to make this energizer a little competitive, give participants only fifteen seconds to find an object and eliminate those players who don't find one in time! The last remaining player wins!

If you want to keep participants on their toes, try running single rounds of this energizer throughout your meeting or workshop when the energy is dipping!

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Self Reflection & Celebration

Module 13

Reflecting on your journey over the past 11 modules, seeing how you have progressed and looking forward to taking next steps

Identifying areas of strengths and improvements through the business monitoring tool
Reflecting and learning from activity you have done
Learning about potential next steps to take
Celebrating the success you have made!

OVERALL OUTCOME

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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PREPARE

Recap

SELF REFLECTION

Looking Back & Learning Goals and Critical Incident Journal

BUSINESS MONITORING

Re-Evaluation

WARM UP

Touch That

MODULE 13

What will we do today?

LOOKING FORWARD

Future Opportunities & Questions

EVENT

Let’s Celebrate!

10 min

BREAK

20 min

30 min

60 min

30 min

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RECAP

Marketing Strategy Text

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A look back to Module 1

In our first session we started by asking you to fill in a questionnaire about your business. Now it is time to take the questionnaire again and see what progress you have made!

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A quick reminder

What is the business monitoring tool?

A tool for entrepreneurs that looks at 6 dimensions of the business - such as marketing and operations - to determine what stage of development a company is at and what the next steps are to improve.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11y5aeIa7tOiLEMu0TlYPc7Qo8bJv2oZk/edit#gid=517751131

We will look at your business and compare the results with the answers you gave in module 1, and check on your progress.

Business Monitoring

Remember!

You can keep using the business monitoring tool in the future to check on your improvements and prioritize areas for improvement. Make a schedule of when you’ll want to be able to use it again see your own progress and can continue using the tool afterwards.

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Fill in the Business Monitoring Tool

Compare your answers with your answers in Module 1. Do you see any differences?

ACTIVITY

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The Next Economy Program

Activity - Analyzing your results and planning

Name one thing you have improved on:

__________________________

Name one thing you can still improve on:

_________________________

How can you use this improvement to benefit your business in practice?

______________________________________________________________________________

Why will it benefit you to improve on it?

______________________________________________________________________________

List your next steps to build on this improvement:

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

List your next steps to keep working on it:

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Remember!

Keep using this format every time you repeat the Business Monitoring Tool to make sure you translate insights into action

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What is it?

Self Reflection

Self-reflection is about taking the time to think about yourself and your own life. We are so busy that we rarely take the time to self-reflect. There are many different areas of our lives that we can reflect on. For example:

Are you happy?
How do you feel about yourself?
Do you feel healthy?
Are you managing your time well?
Are you organized?

The power of hindsight!

How do you think reflecting about things that have happened can be helpful?

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What does it mean for your business?

Self Reflection

How can self-reflection help you and your business?

Identifying patterns of both successes and failures
Confidence boosting and identifying abilities
Honesty with where you are and where you are going

This slide will introduce the participants to self reflection and why it is important - both personally and professionally for their business. Introspective thinking is an essential skill to cultivate because it shows us our patterns of success and failure, habits we need to develop more fully, and some that we should drop like hot coals. Most business owners tend to feel unproductive and overwhelmed at times. We know we want to improve we know that we are interested in growth, but it can feel that we are spinning our wheels at times and failing to make significant progress. A little self-reflection might be useful for boosting our own confidence in our abilities. Self-reflection is looking at who you are, where you are, and where you would like to go. Being honest with yourself and what you are doing in these sessions is key to growth; you will only continue to move forward if you take a good hard look at where you are, and give yourself the compassion to make changes needed for success.

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Incorporating Self Reflection

Self Reflection

How can I incorporate self-reflection into my schedule?

Example:

The most organized entrepreneur knows that little things come up during the day that can derail the best-laid plans. Having a set time, either at the beginning or the end of the day, will allow you to reflect on the events that have occurred, or to set your intention for what you would like to happen. As you sit down for your initial sessions, you might use these questions to guide you in your process:
What has gone well today?
Where have I succeeded?
What has not gone well?
What would I have liked to have done differently?
What skills would I like to work on to be a more productive person?
How can I take action in order to make that ideal picture happen?
What are some steps I can take tomorrow?

What about you?

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How have I grown?

Learning Goal Reflections

Learning Goal Reflections

Where do I stand now vs the start of the curriculum
Personal perspective and a business perspective

Critical Incident Journal

Focus on one event
Why was this significant to you?
What underlying issues (societal, interpersonal) surfaced as a result of this experience?
How will this incident influence your future behavior?

As a more personal type of reflection ask participants to create a short Critical Incident Journal for this exercise. This type of journal entry focuses the student on analysis of a particular event that occurred during the week. By answering one of the following sets of prompts, students are asked to consider their thoughts and reactions and articulate the action they plan to take in the future: Describe a significant event that occurred as a part of the service-learning experience. Why was this significant to you? What underlying issues (societal, interpersonal) surfaced as a result of this experience? How will this incident influence your future behavior? Another set of questions for a critical incident journal includes the following prompts: Describe an incident or situation that created a dilemma for you in terms of what to say or do. What is the first thing you thought of to say or do? List three other actions you might have taken. Which of the above seems best to you now and why do you think this is the best response? Give participants around 20 minutes to think and write out their thoughts - and ask 3 participants to share their main points with the group.

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Looking Forward

Investment/Acceleration/Networks

What are other opportunities I can take advantage of?

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Questions & Suggestions

Learning and Celebrating

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Congratulations!