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For Facilitators

“For Facilitators,” Education for Better Work (2014), 26

“For Facilitators,” Education for Better Work, 26

For Facilitators

The day of the meeting:

  • Text or call all group members. Invite them to arrive 10 minutes early to report on their commitments.

  • Prepare the meeting materials. Don’t have books or videos? You can get them from srs.lds.org.

  • If you did not give each group member a copy of the Self-Reliance Services Preferred Lists last week, prepare to give them a copy today. Get the lists from your stake self-reliance center, from a self-reliance specialist, or online at srs.lds.org/pef.

30 minutes before the meeting:

  • Set chairs around a table so everyone can be close.

  • Draw this commitment chart on the board with the names of the people in your group (see example below).

Group member name

Talked to at least five people about my work (Write #)

Prepared work plan presentation (Yes/No)

Practiced Foundation principle and taught it to family (Yes/No)

Added to savings (Yes/No)

Reported to action partner (Yes/No)

Gloria

8

Y

Y

Y

Y

10 minutes before the meeting:

  • Greet people warmly as they arrive.

  • As group members arrive, ask them to complete the commitment chart on the board.

  • Assign a timekeeper.

At starting time:

  • Share copies of the group member contact information (from the last meeting).

  • Ask people to turn off their phones and other devices.

  • Have an opening prayer (and hymn, if desired).

  • Quietly ask those who arrive late to turn off their phones and to complete the commitment chart while the group continues the discussion.

  • Set the timer to 20 minutes for My Foundation.

  • Complete principle 2 in My Foundation. Then return to this workbook and continue reading on the next page.