01.20 – 01.45 False arguments and solutions
When the will to change is not strong enough, excuses are often used to indicate that a board or comity wants to become more diverse, but that it does not succeed in achieving that diversity.
Activating exercise 4c5: From excuses to solutions
– Participants gain insight into frequently used excuses by board members as to why they are unable to realise more diversity in the organisation
– Participants think about how to deal with these false arguments
What do you need?
– Worksheet ‘From excuses to solutions’
– Background information ‘From excuses to solutions’
– Pens
What should you do?
– Present the first powerpoint sheets on Diversity. You may want to do a brainstorm first about “What is diversity?” and “Why is diversity important for sports organisations?”. That depends on the time you have left.
– Divide the group into small table groups
– Give everyone or at least every group a worksheet ‘From excuses to solutions’
– Ask each group to discuss the false arguments on the sheet. Is it recognisable? Have you ever heard this argument yourself?
– Have participants come up with 2-3 possible solutions on how to deal with this
– Plenary feedback and discussion
– Collect the solutions and make sure everyone receives them after the workshop
Trainers advice
– Read the background information yourself first, so that you at least have a number of solutions at your disposal
– Also in this part it is important to see individuals rather than groups. For practice and discussion it is sometimes more convenient to generalise, but in practice it is important to break free from generalisations.