Example Training Programme for running
Effective Meetings with Young People

Blind Shapes requires planning, good
communication & co-operation

The Nightline needs constant communication &
reassurance by the Leader and good listening
skills from everyone else

Blind Sheep can demonstrate the challenges of
trying to understand instructions with lots of
distractions

Dilemmas helps participants to become
aware of the processes of having an
effective meeting

Tourist Guide is a good activity for helping
groups consider the value of effective
planning

Its common during the Spiders Web for
groups to dive straight in, only to realise they
should have spent more time discussing
options first

The Hole places a leader in the situation of
deciding how to share the information they
have with the rest of the group

DISCussion sheets are an alternative
approach to running a meeting - its
circular design allows everyone to
contribute throughout

Training Resources for supporting young
people available from www.yomo.co.uk