Stress that the facilitator s role is that of a resource person in the group. Consider having as many facilitators as you have total sharing sessions for the day. Informal Networking Opportunities Participants often find such unstructured times of a Link n Learn meeting as lunch, breaks, and transition time between sessions to be as beneficial for sharing and learning as the structured sessions. Offer a 10-minute break between sessions. At the end of the day, teams of participants can work together on this worksheet to decide how to make their new learnings come to life after the meeting.
Otherwise participants can fill in the worksheet throughout the day.
These documents can be compiled into a summary after the Link n Learn meeting and sent to participants so they can re-connect with other participants. For example, kids have told us they have much less interest in sitting in hour-long sharing sessions than adults. Click here to download an alternative Link n Learn meeting agenda. This format is more successful with adult and youth audiences, but requires a skilled facilitator. Build in as much time for structured and informal networking as possible.