Module title: Business Model Canvas

Activity 1

This would work as a brief discussion with the whole group, making sure that the key points are drawn out. Depending on your group, people might have examples to offer of when development has been carried out poorly, and you could talk about how the Business Model Canvas might have helped to avoid particular pitfalls.

Activity 2

This could be a snowball activity in which individuals make notes and share those notes with partners. Those partners then share with other partners, and so on until everyone feeds their notes back into the group. The group’s responses could be quite broad, such as those given as feedback in the Activity 2 itself, or your group might identify very specific examples that could provide more basis for detailed discussion.

Activity 3

You could split the group into three and ask each smaller group to focus on either the unique idea, the value to the beneficiary or the value to the donor. When the groups come together, conduct a discussion on how well the three elements become one statement and what, if anything, could be done to refine it.

Activity 4

Depending on individual requirements within the group, this could be an individual activity in which everyone works separately on plans that you provide as a template, or the group could complete a single plan together using a flipchart. Either way, make it as practical as possible and, if appropriate, follow up with people after the workshop to make sure that actions have taken place.

Module title: Building Partnerships Map

Module title: Creative Workshop