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KO-OPERA Teambuilding and Kickoff meeting
Serbia, Niš, November 26th-27th 2010
Welcome & about Ko-opera
PLATO KO-OPERA meeting – Team building & Kickoff meeting Organized by VOKA Gent – East Flanders Regional Chamber of Economy Niš, Serbian Chamber of Commerce Chamber of Commerce and Industry Bulgaria – Sofia Regional Chamber of Economy Craiova, Romania.
KO-OPERA = Implement Plato concept Internationally
Plato concept = learning network of entrepreneurs
Purpose of this kickoff
(Question round: why are you here?)
Become a Plato Learning Network
Discover each other’s expectations Build a team Have fun Find opportunities Build a program
Program Friday Nov 26
09.00: Mentor & coordinator training10.30: Welcome to kickoff Ko-opera (20’)10.50: Presentation: Plato: learning network +testimony (20’)11.10: Workshop 1: initiate worksheet (60’)12.10: Outdoor 1: spiderweb (40’)12.50: Debriefing (10’)13.00: Lunch14.00: Workshop 2: your strengths (60’)15.00: Presentation: Plato: your business! (10’)15.10: Workshop 3: find an opportunity (50’) (during walk)16.00: Break16.15: Workshop 4: company environment (75’)17.30: Walk around18.00: Break + feedback mentors/coordinators19.00: Diner20.00: Networking: find an international opportunity
Program Saterday Nov 27
08.00: Breakfast09.00: Workshop 5: vision & ambition (90’)10.30: Break10.50: Presentation: Plato: stronger business together (10)11.00: Workshop 6: learning objectives (80’)12.20: Break & Lunch13.30: Outdoor 2: shuttle run (30’)14.00: Workshop 7: build a program (90’)15.30: Plenary: propose the program16.00: Closing drink
Working in parallel with 3 groups
Plenary moments
Workshops & outdoor sessions
Exchange moments
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TRANSLATION
Who is who?
Milovan Kocić: RCE Niš President Serbia Aleksandar Nikolić: National PLATO coordinator Serbia
Tereza Vladu: Regional PLATO coordinator Romania Atanas Naydenov: Regional PLATO coordinator Bulgaria Zoran Marković: Regional PLATO coordinator Serbia
Dragan Sojanovic: Yumis, Serbian Mentor Dragan Sojanovic: Telekom, Serbian Mentor
Christian Dobre: SC IPA SA, Romanian Mentor Catalin Vladut: Gabriel SC Polystart, Romanian Mentor
Jordanka Viyatchka: AVL Sofia, Bulgarian Mentor Genoveva Bakardjieva: Bulgarian HRM & Development Association, Bulgarian Mentor
Wim Keygnaert: VOKA Gent PM Belgium Patrick Belpaire: VOKA Gent Trainer Belgium
Tools: worksheet (formal) & thermometer (informal)
Company nameCompany activity(mission)
Your nameBusiness card
Company environment Stakeholders (blue)S&O (white) T&W (red)
Your strengths(blue)
CompanyKey figures(personnel, revenue)
Your ambitionCompany Vision (yellow)
Your Learning objectives (green)
Opportunity
Worksheet
Break/Outdoor
• Coffee-break
• Outdoor activity:
• Spiderweb
• Shuttle run
• (Minefield)
• Short walk
Plato: Learning Network (20’)
Plato history
1990 Plato starts at Voka East Flanders’ Chamber of Commerce
Since 1990: 1800 SME’s have joined the Plato Project in the Province of
East Flanders. ( 7500 in Flanders ) 320 managers of 70 multinational companies participated Volvo, Callebaut, Arcelor Mittal, …
Since 2000: Plato International
Plato is a learning network
Learning networks = networks of entrepreneurs that meet regularly Plato members decide themselves the topics they discuss during the
meetings Plato members can't be competitors – discussions remain confidential
Goal Stronger entrepreneurship together Inspire each other with new ideas Improve yourself through the feedback of collegues
Plato is a learning network
How?
Fixed group of participants Diversity of organisations Structured and regulary meetings (10) Exchange of experience with collegues Focus on practical application Openness & trust GATA attitude (Give Away, Take Away) Professional guidance
Different roles Participants Mentors Coördinator Trainer
Plato experience
Testimony
Workshop 1: Initiate worksheet (60’)
Initiate worksheet
Company name + business card Activity & relevant figures
Walk-around: Q&A (5’/pp)
Outdoor 1: spiderweb (40’)
Spider web
A web:
- made of wire
- between 2 trees
- as many holes as participants.
Challenge- Everybody has to go through it
- Each hole can be used only once
- Touch the wire => restart
Time: 12 participants, 30 min + 15 min debriefing
Outdoor 1: spiderweb debriefing (10’)
Spider web
How did you feel?
What did you notice?
Did you learn anything?
Lunch
Workshop 2: Strengths (60’)
What can you offer to the group? What are your strengths?
What do you have experience with?
Prepare the answers in groups of 2 persons (10’) Blue cards Stick cards on worksheet (left under!) Present your partner’s strenght (10 * 3’)
Plato: your business! (10’)
Plato starts from the practice
Plato entrepreneurs discuss their everyday problems: Accountancy, Sales, HRM, Subsidies, Taxes, Communication In order to increase their profit, turnover and growth rate SME owners have other priorities & problems: customized
program adapted to local SME needs
Entrepreneurs gain new knowledge from their colleagues, from their mentors and from outside experts
Why does a SME owner participate?
Gain knowledge & confidence about all business aspects Learn techniques and methods to optimise company practices Participate in networking (advice, transfer of know-how, contacts, …) Broaden their business horizon The will to bring their company to a higher level Create a local, regional, national and International network
Improve the company results!
Workshop 3: Network opportunity (50’)
Discover an opportunity: How can this learning network contribute to your daily practice?
Find information Acquire competences Cooperation Advocacy Support
Plenary (or during walk) For each opportunity type: short explanation & discuss with your neighbour (5 x 3’) If there is an opportunity, write it on a card (green) Polling & question round (5 x 3’) Take card with you and stick on your worksheet (right under!)
Workshop 4: Company environment (75’)
1. Think about the stakeholders. Who are they? What do they expect? Prepare the answers in groups of 2 persons. (15’) Blue cards
2a. Strengths (inside) & opportunities (outside) 2b. Weaknesses (inside) & threats (outside) Prepare the answers in groups of 4 persons. (2x15’) (30’) S&O= white cards, W&T = red cards
Stick answers on worksheets
3. Walk-around + Q&A (30’)
Diner & Networking
Workshop 5: vision & ambition (90’)
Your vision for the company? (interview in 2015) Prepare the answers in groups of 3 persons. (20’) Yellow cards
What is your ambition for the coming years? Prepare the answers in same group of 3 persons. (20’) Yellow cards
Stick answers on worksheets
3. Walk-around + Q&A (50’)
Plato: stronger business together (10)
Critical succes factors
Focus (objective, target group, progress) Willingly competent (knowledge & available) Formal (agenda, preparation, method) Informal (networking, fun, trust) Investment (time, appointments, engagement)
Workshop 6: learning objectives (80’)
Suppose you're two years later in time ..What are your objectives with Plato? When will the Learning Network be a success for you?
What would you like to learn from this network? (topics)
Prepare the answers in groups of 2 persons (20’) Green cards
Stick cards on worksheet
Walk-around + Q&A (10x4’) (40’) Rating (put 1 sticker on 3 topics of colleagues) (15’)
Lunch
Outdoor 2: schuttle run (30’)
Schuttle run
Two groups- Everyone goes to a bar stand.
- Order without leaving the bar(According to size, shoe size, age, initial name)
- Without talking? Blindfolded?
Workshop 7: build a program (90’)
Build a programWhat, how, where and when?
Practical agreements(invitations, be on time, catering,
cancellation, mobiles)
Date Place Topic Approach
Guided by the mentors Start from rating of topics (in objectives) Suggest topics & approach (min 5) Suggest dates & place (guidelines) Write schedule & agreements on flipchart Report final results in a spreadsheet Plenary: present results per country
Minefield
Discover the road to the other side
Only the game leader knows the road through the mindfield One team member examines a box If the box is a bomb (game leader says “bhum”) the team member must return Next member can try. Until the team can find the road (X)
Option Outdoor: minefield (30’)
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Mentor/Coordinator preparation meeting
Guide = list of 7 workshop questions in presentation. Every workshop will start in plenum. Patrick explains the workshop.
What about translation? Who takes which role during the workshop? How to?
Lead/facilitate (make the group reach a result) Support (support participants, prepare outdoor..) Report (report the results on PC)
Website = pool where you can find all relevant information.E-mail adres required for subscription (through Google).Password = koopera
Next international meeting: when (May), where (Romania), approach (B2B, informative & training moments)