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CEFE-Manual for Trainers
 
© CEFE-International 1998

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Part I    CEFE - the concept

1.  Introduction

2.  CEFE in short

3.  CEFE concept summary

4.  Cornerstones for sustainability and outreach in training

5.  Basic guidelines for successful CEFE interventions

 5.1 Design

 5.2 Operational

 5.3 Sustainability

6.  Understanding entrepreneurship and how to promote it

 6.1 Introduction

 6.2 A brief history of entrepreneurship

 6.3 Small enterprise promotion models

6.4 The enterprise development process

7.  Evaluation of the “CEFE International” programme

 7.1 Time frame and methods of the study

 7.2 Main results

 

Part II  Basic Elements for CEFE-TRAININGS

1.  Introduction

2.  Adult education – Approaching an adult in his role as a participant in CEFE courses

2.1 How do adults interact with "reality" and the consequences for trainers

2.2 What do entrepreneurs expect when they attend a CEFE course?

3. How do we learn? - a brief theory of learning

_ 3.1 What do we mean by “Learning”?

_ 3.2 How do we process information from our environment?

_ 3.3 How can we describe the learning process? – The steps of learning

_ 3.4 Ability to learn – what does it depend on?

_ 3.4.1 Adults’ ability to learn

_ 3.4.2 Learning types

_ 3.4.3 Dealing with learning resistance

 4.  Didactics: How to design learning situations

_ 4.1 What does didactics mean?

_ 4.2 A trainers first duty: to analyse the target group and the conditions of learning

_ 4.3 Second trainers duty: to define objectives of learning

_ 4.4 Third trainers duty: to select methods

_ 4.5 Fourth trainers duty: to create appropriate conditions for adult education

5.  The Experiential Learning in CEFE

_ 5.1 How did experiential learning come about?

_ 5.2 Which phases make up the experiential learning cycle?

_ 5.3 How is experiential learning structured in CEFE ?

_ 5.4 Which information do you find on CEFE exercises in this manual?

_ 5.5 Why does CEFE work with the experiential learning cycle?

Part III Basic elements for CEFE-TRAININGS

6.  How to visualise in learning situations

_ 6.1 What does visualisation mean for the learning process?

_ 6.2 The most important visualisation techniques and media

_ 6.2.1 Blackboard

_ 6.2.2 Flipchart

_ 6.2.3 Overhead projector

_ 6.2.4 Metaplan technique

_ 6.2.5 Video

7.  Bases of communication

_ 7.1 An outline of the communication process

_ 7.2 A model of the communication process

_ 7.3 Basic components of good communication

_ 7.4 The components of a message

_ 7.5 Application: the role of the trainer in the communication process

8.  Think about your self-concept!

_ 8.1 Different trainer styles

_ 8.2 So which style of trainer is the ‘right’ one?

_ 8.3 Questions regarding preparation for typical situations in CEFE seminars

9.  Test your learning result!

 

Part IV  Organising

1 Course structures

_ 1.1 Full course: standard model design

_ 1.2 The structure of a national appreciation workshop (NAW)

_ 1.2.1 4-days workshop

_ 1.2.2 5-days workshop

1.3 Three variations on one course subject: “costing”

_ 1.3.1 Cost and price calculation course experienced in Mozambique

_ 1.3.2 Cost calculation course experienced in Brazil

_ 1.3.3 Financial management course experienced in Uzbekistan

2.  Hints in organising a full course training and a national appreciation workshop (NAW)

2.1 National appreciation workshop (NAW)

2.2 Full course

3.  Advertisement, promotion, recruitment and selection

3.1 Selecting potential entrepreneurs for CEFE training

3.2 Co-ordination of efforts with banks and other MSME support agencies

regarding advertising of CEFE training and general preparation for

selection process

3.3 Application and preliminary screening

3.4 Final selection process (tests and interview)

4.  Organisation through the course-programme

5.  Follow-up measures

5.1 Hints and tips for organising follow-up services

5.2 Practical examples for monitoring and evaluation of CEFE courses

5.2.1 Proposal for the use of questionnaires as monitoring and

evaluation instruments in CEFE interventions

5.2.2 Monitoring questionnaire developed in the CEFE Markazi in Uzbekistan

5.2.3 Example of the questionnaire for CEFE graduates of the GTZ-Technonet Asia CEFE Project catering to its partner organisations in Asia and the Pacific region

 

Part V CEFE – Exercises

1.  Basic information

1.1 Exercises

1.2 Brainteasers

1.3 Energisers

2.  Opening and related activities

Name game

Partner introduction

Build a heart

Say hello

Zip-zap-zop

Learning contract

Levelling of expectations

3.  Getting aware of and developing entrepreneurial competencies

3.1 Getting aware of entrepreneurial qualities

Art gallery

Collage "My life in brief"

Essay: 'Who am I?"

CEFE diary

Mr. Pecs

Knowing me - knowing you

Johari window

3.2 Developing entrepreneurial competencies

3.2.1 Strengthening individual entrepreneurial competencies Motivations

Personal entrepreneurial characteristics

Pearl exercise

Ring toss exercise (old version)

Tower of Babel

Personal balance sheet

To be or not to be

Endangered hotel

 

Part VI CEFE – Exercises

3.2.2 Utilising conditions of business environment

Personal goal setting

Domino

Tower building

Hollow square

The puzzle exercise

PECs self-rating questionnaire

Inventory of life’s objectives

Self-rating questionnaire on power and influence

3.2.3 Developing entrepreneurial strategies

Ring toss exercise (new version)

Dart exercise

Strategic response exercise

X-Y exercise

The best deal

Personal time management

3.2.4 Basic business mathematics

Business mathematics opening quiz instruction guide

Horse trader

4.  Matching person with project

4.1 Stimulating creative thinking (Brainteasers)

4.2 Identification of project ideas

4.2.1 Brainstorming

Brainstorm grouping

Brainstorming exercise

Associative creativity – Ping-Pong

Scamper model

Environmental scanning

Research and development centre

Picture association

Round Robin

Trigger concept

Search for business ideas

4.2.2 Screening

Macro screening

Micro screening

Situational analysis

4.2.3 SWOT analysis

SWOT analysis

Pre-feasibility awareness & fieldwork briefing

5. Basics of business administration and business plan elaboration

5.1 Introduction to business plan

5.2 Marketing

Mini market exercise

Market room simulation exercise

Detect the niches

Market analysis

Fieldwork: marketing study

Rice husking machine

Marketing plan

Field interviewing techniques and fieldwork

Marketing plan presentation

Marketing plan review

5.3 Production and costs

Envelope exercise

Crown exercise

Production of mobiles

Pancake making

Production of backpacks

Mermatex marmalade factory

Production plan & fieldwork

Production plan presentation

Production plan review

5.4 Organisation & management

Farm exercise

Selecting a partner/ Gantt chart

O&M plan and fieldwork

O&M plan presentation

O&M plan review

Tangram Panel

Simulation exercise with clay

Pragma exercise

My enterprise has it’s star

A “SPOT” to grow our star

5.5 Finance

Project cost

Profit & loss statement

Accounting and financial statements (Envelope Game B)

Aline’s business is in danger

Cash flow exercise

Cash flow

Balance sheet preparation

Financial plan preparation

Financial plan presentation

Financial plan review

6.  Business plan presentation to the bankers

Project packaging

Business plan presentation to the bankers

7.  Course ending and related activities

Meeting of expectations

Gift of happiness

Final course evaluation

8.  Energiser

9.  List of articles

 

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