Week

Training Topic

Training Description (use in BWBRS)

Meeting 1

• Personal Vision 

Bonner Curriculum workshop guides participants to create a personal vision for their life and work, including through reflection and writing.  

Meeting 2

• Cover Story

Bonner Curriculum workshop teaches a method of visioning that uses the artistic metaphor of a “cover story” on a newspaper or magazine.

Meeting 3

• Leading Learning Circles:  A Train-the-Trainers Approach 

Bonner Curriculum workshop teaches participants how to plan and lead a learning circle reflection (from the tradition of Highlander), building their facilitation and project management skills.

Meeting 4

• Bridging the Gap Between Service, Activism, and Politics

Bonner Curriculum workshop helps participants learn about and consider various forms of civic engagement that are part of active citizenship, including knowing issues, public education, and policy.

Meeting 5

• Get-Out-the-Vote 

Bonner Curriculum workshop guides participants to organize voter registration and education efforts in a non-partisan manner, as part of civic duty and citizenship.

Meeting 6

• Action Planning

Bonner Curriculum workshop teaches concrete strategy for action planning.  Students learn to identify a challenge or issue and create written plan including SMART goals.

Meeting 7

• Building Coalitions

Bonner Curriculum workshop teaches participants ways to build coalitions around a common goal or project, a key skill set in more complex capacity building or community change.  

Meeting 8 

• Grant Writing or Fundraising workshop (involve staff from local agency or development office)

Bonner Curriculum workshop exposes participants to the basics of grant-writing and various forms of fundraising.  Consult a local Foundation Center or non-profit center office for grant-writing workshops. 

Mid-Year Retreat

• Community Building, Diversity, Reflection, and Visioning

Use resources on Bonner YouTube Channel!  Recommended trainings include:  Cover Story, Four Corners, Leadership Compass, True Colors, Public Speaking.  See Wiki for all Training Descriptions!

Meeting 9

• Power Mapping

Bonner Curriculum workshop teaches participants a strategy for understanding relationships and leveraging relational power, using power mapping, a technique for organizing and resource use.

Meeting 10

• Planning and Running a Community Issue Forum

Bonner Curriculum workshop teaches participants strategies for planning and organizing a community issue forum, like a town hall meeting, and shares relevant organizations and resources.

Meeting 11

• Building Career Networks

Bonner Curriculum workshop guides participants to build their professional relationships and career networks, important for future job seeking and post-graduate success.  

Meeting 12

• Exploring Non-Profit Careers

Bonner Curriculum workshop exposes participants to facts about the non-profit sector and careers, including resources for learning more, reading profiles, and networking.

Meeting 13

• Advocacy 201:  Meeting with an Elective Representative

Bonner Curriculum workshop teaches participants strategies for effectively meeting with an elective representative (like a Mayor or City Council member) to educate them about community issues.

Meeting 14

• Vocation:  The Two Choices

Bonner Curriculum workshop helps participants think about their vocation and calling, developing reflection skills and critical thinking.

Meeting 15

• Homophobia:  Countering It

Bonner Curriculum workshop guides participants through thinking about discrimination related to sexual orientation and more complex diversity issues.

Meeting 16

• Vocation: “The Bridge Builder” poem and reflective discussion

Bonner Curriculum workshop uses 'The Bridge Builder' activity to challenge participants to think, with intentionality, about the importance of mentorship in their lives and the lives of others.