April 19, 2008

 Facilitator training in Kyoto completed!

Today we completed our Kyoto facilitator training! It was held at the Kyoto Research and Development Center. Participating children played the "Takoshokai" icebreaker game followed by our hand-on activity "Let's Build a House." We had six new facilitators today. After attending our next activity, they will receive a Pangaea facilitator training certificate of completion.

P1010423.jpg It was actually my first time as a trainer. Yumi Mori, my predecessor, prepared me well with information about introducing Pangaea, the training session format, and dealing with all of the various problems that can arise. I was very nervous, but thankfully our technology trainer, Toshi Takasaki, helped out to make sure we covered the most important points. We administered a survey at the end of the session, and it was wonderful to read that many participants are looking forward to our next training. Looking back I feel there were some things I could have improved upon, but overall it was a truly wonderful and rewarding experience.

Our upcoming May and June training sessions will be held in Mie and Tokyo, respectively.
Hopefully the experience I gained today will help me plan even better activities in the future. I am looking forward to it!

Takekazu Hanada
Chief Administrative Officer


Posted by: kumakinoko | 1. Activity Report