IFES Worldwide Training Consultation Ghana - The Way Forward Regionally

These are some ideas exposed by the regional delegations for the way forward in their different regions worldwide:

1. Make a general plan of training and integrate it that will include a process of evaluation.
2. Work on how to handle pedagogy.
3. Produce courses in relationship with the pedagogy. Actualize the competences at the different level.
4. Reorganize the training program: through online training.
5. Pursue the use of technology.
6. Help our NM to stop and reflect.
7. Fashion development to the different levels of staff: new staff, etc.
8. Curriculum for staff to take from training that will benefit students. Different areas identified.
9. Encourage NM to build a component of training into their staff meeting. Build also in GS consultation, board consultation, etc.
10. Help National Movements with self-assessment.
11. Include students into the discussion we had here.
12. Partnerships with other regions in staff training and development.
13. Connecting students worldwide.
14. Making resources available for the use of students.
15. Creating awareness of the need for transformational training.
16. Offering intentional mentoring.

The IFES worldwide Training and Staff Development Consultation took place in Ghana May 7th-15th 2012.

IFES Worldwide Training Consultation Ghana - Day 6

Some thoughts on Philippians 2:1-11 by Daniel Bourdanne at the Church Service 

Text addressed to a community that had problems of unity: Unity is first unity in Christ: You are in Christ. 

Question of identity. As Christians we have a new identity. It goes beyond ethnic, gender, age values. Unity is our mark of identity. We must live it in the day to day. 

v.2 We have to work out this identity. 

- We should work on our hearts. Have the same feeling in  Christ. 

- But also at the level of our minds. Our minds need to  be taken from our identity in Christ. 

- The third level is at the level of "me". War of "me". Our interests. 

We need humility to live unity in the church. Otherwise it brings us to compare ourselves. This then  leads to humility. We ought to see our brothers as more important than ourselves.

Humility is not worthless, it is the law of the Kingdom of God. In our world we need to go into the high direction. But the law o God is that if we want to go up we have to go down first. If we humble ourselves like Jesus the reality of the resurrection will visit us. 

How do we use technology to enhance training?

Some conclusions on our discussions about the use of technology in training 

Digital resources

• Video

• E-Books – mp3 books – downloadable books

• Games Mobile Apps

• Podcasts

• Videocasts

• On-line chat forums

• IFES Twitter

• Blogs, intentionally writing and intentionally reading

• Streaming meetings

• SMS as a means to lure students to training resources

Social networking

• Facebook or similar social networking platforms to facilitate pre- and post- training conferences/meetings.

• Online community of IFES Trainers

• Meetings of committees.

Platform

• Online interactive Bible study.

• Daily Bible readings with questions as mps podcasts to help students engage with the Scriptures daily.

• “Best practice” resources.

• PowerPoint’s, notes of a main speaker on internet before and after an event.

• Resources library.

Mentoring

• Chatting on-line as a way to mentor people.

• Using tech like bulk/group SMS to initiate spiritual activity (like prayer).

IFES Worldwide Training Consultation Ghana - Day 5

Excursion day!

Off to Accra: colors, smells, movement, noise...