PathWays, an Event Wise training

"Pathways training" phase1 and "Choice training" which is the phase2 bring the attention only to Trainers & Youth Workers in order to support their parallel process into guiding people’s learning. Being an educator working on personal development is interlinked on your own competences development, it is a parallel process. Your personal concepts about non-formal education are influencing the working methods that you use as youth leader, for instance. Enlarging your perspective in non formal education also enlarges your possibilities as an educator. PathWays training is a safe space where you can experience, play and grow. It will empower you to challenge your own resourcefulness and ability to create desired results, and thus have a positive impact on your self-confidence. It will help you stand up for yourself with integrity in a social context and increase your ability to deal with demanding situations. PathWays is a dynamic personal development training that equips you with tools and approaches that increase your abilities to achieve personal and professional success while enjoying life. Moreover, it will empower you to take complete control over your life, to enhance your competencies – you will be able to choose how to react to what happens to you and navigate change. What you can get out of the training: • Reach the best performance levels you are capable of • Communicate with more clarity, accuracy and persuasiveness. • Create and sustain a positive mental attitude, especially during hard times. • Use your words and body language to purposefully instil self-confidence. • Manage your priorities so that you are always doing the most important thing first. • Distinguish between constructive and destructive criticism. • Analyse problems to find their causes and solutions. • Gain the willing cooperation of others. • Use good humour to make yourself more effective in the workplace. • Rediscover the joy of play and spontaneity. • Work on your weaknesses and play to your strengths. Additionally, during this training we are going to give practical tools and approaches that can be implemented in work with other people: • Reflection & self-reflection tools • Planning tools • Decision-making tools • Outdoors as a personal development tool • Out of the box approach • Appreciative inquiry approach The PathWays training consists of 8 full working days and one post training day, and it takes place in and around the the mountainous village of Ravnogor in Bulgaria. There are indoor and outdoor training sessions. Some of the exercises are accompanied by music. We also use methods such as games, embodied training, firewalk, guided meditation and role-play activities. Training Content Pathways is designed to give you new impulses in your personal and professional life, creating unique results. In this training you will learn how to: achieve goals, handle challenging situations and people, build and sustain healthy relationships, make choices, produce results, work with your energy, give and receive feedback, reflect on your own learning, work out of appreciative inquiry and others. After completing the phase1 "Pathways" as a participant or team member you will be eligible to attend the phase2 "Choice training" happening in the same venue between 1-5 September 2016. More information about the training can be found in the information letter attached to this call: