Telelearning Call One: Assessing Groups

A telelearning call with aproaches and tools for assessing groups.

The URL below will take you to a link with a downloadable copy of the recording of this tele-learning session, which last approximately 90 minutes. The attachment, also below, will take you to a summary transcript of the session.

 Excerpt:

• Approaches & Tools for Assessing Groups
• RC: This is a huge topic, encompassing group dynamics and inter-personal relationships.  First, I would like to get a sense of people’s expectations / hopes for this call.  
• PD:  I would like to learn about tools that you use to do assessments of groups.
• PH: The issues sent out with the invitation were:
• Some issues to be explored:
• Identifying leadership – formal and informal
• Are there shared goals?
• Evaluating expectations – are they shared and realistic?
• Determining level of initial commitment
• How well do the potential members know one another?
• Does this meet people’s expectations?
• AR: I would like to explore more how to build groups & not just measure them.
• BF: My approach was to focus on initial stages, in each of the 3 stages of groups that approach us:
• -groups of residents
• -transitional groups
• -non-profits, which want to either assist their clients launching a co-op, or do revenue generation themselves.  
• Also looking at it thru various lenses, including human resources & financial resources.

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