This afternoon, the biggest task was to close the training off in a good spirit. I tell every group I work with like this that they have been the best ever, and it’s always true in the moment.
Some important things we did to close:
- Tidy up the room
- Take a moment to let go of frustrations, misunderstandings, and missed opportunities
- Think about what worked, what you learned
- Respond to others and value what they say
- A round of thanks, everyone to each person in turn
An important device in the session was the certificates. We played with that and made the afternoon an exam, a test of whether people should graduate. What people had learned became the theory test, and we also had a practical.
We needed a short piece for the werkfilm anyway, so we split the group into 2 and ask them to make a short piece, based on an example from our last project together in Ireland. It took a while – longer than the 20 mins we had originally asked for – because we relaxed the schedule a bit and moved the part of the session about looking forward to after supper. When I saw the films, I got properly choked up. They’d used the extra time to do some editing on the footage, and Jani and our pro editor Peti (Pete) had done their magic.
So we passed them all with flying colours, and it was right and fitting that Guszti and Zsuzsa should present the certificates. The rest of our team stood behind and smiled and supported them. Fantastic.
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