Trainings & Workshops
Professional development for effective leadership
Dragons leadership trainings and workshops take participants through an active learning process to challenge comfort zones and assumptions and to model refined cross-cultural facilitation. Our professional development workshops stimulate conversation and professional exchange around best practices for global programming.
SAMPLE ONE-DAY TRAINING SCHEDULE SAMPLE WEEKEND RETREAT SCHEDULE
WORKSHOP OPTIONS
Community Engagement
Role-modeling responsible cross-cultural relationship-building:
- Cross-cultural power and privilege facilitation
- Critical approaches to service learning and learning to serve
- Home-stay development and management
Cross-Cultural Leadership
Building cross-cultural empathy and understanding:
- Intercultural nonviolent communication and conflict transformation
- Intercultural engagement in rural and urban communities
- Authentic leadership style cultivation
Risk Management
Safely and effectively introducing risk as a mechanism for transformative learning:
- Institutional risk tolerance standards and risk management systems alignment
- Cross-cultural decision-making models
- Health and safety management abroad
- Critical incident and emergency response plan development
Program and Curriculum Design
Developing effective cross-cultural engagement:
- Experiences that allow participants to participate in authentic relationship with self and with place
- Progressive program sequence towards participant empowerment, independence and self-reliance
Facilitation
Sharpening skills in teaching, leading, and professional development:
- Tone-setting and group culture
- Creating safe, inclusive spaces
- Experiential toolkit development
Transference
Connecting knowledge, wisdom, and skills from programming abroad with the rest of a students life:
- Transference begins on day one
- The transference flow: five groups of activities to ensure a healthy transition and deepen learning
- Specific tools and activities for effective transference
