What have you accomplished this week? Sandi McFarland and I have had the privilege of exhibiting for our
CBSG® Program
trainings at CADCA’s (
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America
) Mid-Year Training Institute in our own backyard ... at the Gaylord Texan in Grapevine, TX.
We’ve met wonderful folks from all over the world. (Seriously - Kazakhstan, Puerto Rico, Palau, and so many more!) Each wants to make a difference in their community, city, state and nation. It’s an inspiring environment! In addition, we reunited with friends and colleagues from across the nation. We’ve known for years that
Prevention efforts saves money
; however, it also seals friendships for life.
When those friends come to your hometown, you take advantage and celebrate!! It was with SACADA friends Gyna, Andrea, and AJ that I got to share dinner. We laughed ... A LOT, ate some great food, and engaged in teamwork. Really?? That’s probably not what you expected to hear. The CADCA exhibiting time had come to an end so it was time to load up my car. Since I was driving to dinner, my car had to be loaded before we could leave. My car is never empty and often well-lived in!? It took our team to figure out exactly how the four of us would fit in the car with the exhibit materials. And, we decided this would make a great team building activity.
Car Packing Team Building Activity:
- Gather various size boxes, a cart, crate, flip chart, display board, any bulky items that will be a challenge to fit into a car trunk or hatchback.
- Create as many sets of these materials needed for each group to have.
- Divide your large group into smaller units of 4-5 people.
- Each group will need a car to load materials. (Make sure the size of trunks or hatchbacks are similar.) Yes, this is an outdoor activity!
- Allow the groups a specific amount of time (example: 15 - 20 minutes) to organize the materials in the trunk or hatchback. You can add as many “rules” as you’d like: a) must be able to see out of the mirrors when driving, b) only two group members can touch the materials, the others must only give advice, etc.
- Winner criteria can be decided ahead of time: a) team that successfully finishes first, b) most creative use of space, c) all doors must close securely, d) etc.
How blessed were we!! It took a village to load my car. And this village successfully loaded my car, sat somewhat comfortably in the car, and were able to drive safely to dinner. Talk about multi-tasking. I LOVE teamwork. And I am beyond grateful for my SACADA friends. Relationships build strong teams, and the gift of a safe space to be vulnerable, authentic and able to learn from our mistakes.
That is Prevention and that fills my heart to brimming. Thank you CADCA!! You help build teams in the most creative ways.
Let us know
your favorite team building activities and we may just get to share them in a future article.
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Blessed beyond measure,
Kathy Daley
Training Consultant
The Trans4m Center
P.S. Mark your calendars and join us next year: July 26-30, 2020 at the Gaylord Opryland (Nashville, TN)
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CBSG Program Facilitator Training
Kids’ Connection, Youth Connection,
and
Kids’ Connection, Too
(collectively known as the
CBSG
®
Program
) are unique, interactive, multi-cultural curriculum-based prevention interventions that teach high-risk children and youth ages 4-17 a set of essential life skills: skills to help them learn how to cope with difficult family situations (which include Adverse Childhood Experiences), resist negative peer pressure, set and achieve goals, and refuse alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.
This training is designed to fully prepare schools, community-based organizations, churches, juvenile justice divisions, volunteers, and other youth service professionals to fully implement the
CBSG Program
with fidelity.
Those completing this training will receive their choice one of the
CBSG Program
Facilitator manuals:
- Kids’ Connection for ages 4-12 in Schools and Communities
- Youth Connection for ages 10-17 in Schools and Communities
- Kids’ Connection, Too for Ages 4-15 in Homeless & Domestic Violence Shelters, Group Homes & Other Transitional Living Environments
COST to attend a scheduled training in Dallas:
$250
per person, one manual included
COST to contract us to come to YOU:
$3500
for up to 15 people, plus travel costs
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We Want to Hear from YOU!
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Have you been facilitating the
CBSG Program
with children and/or youth and have some success stories you would be willing to share?
We would love to hear your stories of the lives you are changing for the better!!
Please email
Sandi McFarland
and you might see your story in a future
Trans4ming News
newsletter!
Please remember to not share specific details or names. A Permission to Print form will be sent to individuals whose stories have been chosen.
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