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COOPERATIVES TOOLS - TRAINING

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APAC offers training tools in the form of visual presentations, such as PowerPoint or Prezi.

You can use them for your own personal development or in group training to enhance your ability to implement cooperative methods.

 

Cooperative tools are currently only available in French.

Understanding people and relationships

The window of JOHARI

 

The window of JOHARI

A valuable tool for discovering the obstacles to true face-to-face communication and understanding that one must dare to open up to others in order to gain their trust and lead them to open up themselves. 

Mental models

 

Mental models

How to identify our mental models and change them as needed in order to better perceive the reality around us and the problems we encounter.

Analyze relationships within a group

 

Analyze relationships within a group

How to carry out a sociogram to analyze the relationships within a group of young people and have an idea of the level of social development of each of its members.

The dead ends of Cartesianism

 

The dead ends of Cartesianism

Three concepts from Cartesian thought can lock us into dead ends: the separation of body and mind, the primacy of analysis over systemic vision, and an approach focused on defects rather than resources.

Learning, creating and developing knowledge

The main educational approaches

 

The main educational approaches

This tool describes, from illustrations and diagrams, the progression of learning approaches from the transmissive approach to constructivist approaches.

Problem solving

 

Problem solving.

This tool offers a creative approach to problem solving in seven key steps.

The development tasks

 

The development tasks

How to create a sociogram to analyze relationships within a group of young people and get an idea of ​​the level of social development of each of its members.

Knowledge management

 

Knowledge management

How an organization can identify and capitalize knowledge from the experience of its members and model it to build essential tools for sharing them.

Designing and managing the action

The FFOM analysis

 

The FFOM analysis

Strategic planning technique based on the analysis of five key elements: values, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.

The economic model of an association

 

The economic model of an association 

The concept of economic model is not reserved for companies, it can also be useful for non-profit associations. Indeed, associations also create value for different segments of users or members.

Systems thinking

 

Systems thinking

Systems thinking allows one to analyze the interdependencies between the elements of a set instead of just analyzing each element. and therefore to learn to recognize the ramifications and counterparts of any action one chooses to take.

Brainstorm with post-its

 

Brainstorm with post-its

A method of collective intelligence to search for ideas or solve a problem using sticky notes ("post-it").

Promoting youth engagement and participation

Collaborative learning

 

Collaborative learning

The concept of collaborative learning is analyzed from the work of Lev Vygotsky, Jean Piaget and David Kolb, in order to reveal its advantages and risks.

Participation and empowerment of young people

 

Participation and empowerment of young people

How does giving young people more power to act, seeking to involve them as much as possible, give a greater impact to educational action? 

The program cycle

 

The program cycle

An educational tool that allows to involve young people in the choice, programming, realization, evaluation of activities and recognition of personal progress.

Cultivating resilience

 

Cultivating resilience

Discover the concept of resilience and understand how a cooperative pedagogical approach, such as that of Scouting, allows the implementation of protective factors in order to cultivate the resilience of young people

Transforming organizations

The organization of the 5th type

 

The organization of the 5th type

Discover the 5 successives stages of organization described by Frédéric Lalous from the impulsive stage to the evolutionary stage, that of the "Opale" Organization.

The learning organization

 

The learning organization

How a learning organization works, an ecosystem in which cross-functional communication promotes collaborative learning and collective intelligence.

Shared governance

 

Shared governance

The principles and methods that allow a shift from authoritarian and pyramidal governance to shared governance.

”Appreciative

 

Appreciative exploration

Instead of paying attention to flaws, problems, and shortcomings, it is preferable to focus on discovering our strengths in order to achieve better

Exploring meaning and complexity

The challenge of spiritual development

 

The challenge of spiritual development

Spiritual development is a category of human development, while religion is a matter of belief and part of the cultural expression of a community. Educational activities can be bearers of spiritual development outside any religious practice.

World Café

 

World Café

An effective tool for organizing meetings with several tens, or even hundreds of participants by truly allowing collaborative and productive work

Prepare a meeting-discussion

 

Prepare a meeting-discussion

Understand and make understood how to properly prepare a meeting so that it is interesting and productive.

Conduct a meeting-discussion

 

Conduct a meeting-discussion

Tools and practical advice to become a good meeting driver. A role of great importance in any organization.