WORKSHOPS

WORKSHOPS

Types of Workshops/Training

Each training is a variation of our basic Walking the Talk values development workshop. The basic
Walking the Talk values development workshop can be coed or gender specific. Each training
is specifically tailored and fine tuned to address the dominant issues identified in the name of the
training. Our trainings are centered on values development and draw from the Universal
Manhood/Womanhood Model. Some trainings target specific audiences and are intended to serve that
specific audience, only. Details are highlighted in a specific training brochures on our web sites Where
ever this is the case.   The Walking the Talk The Road to Manhood number 5, and Walking the Talk The
Road to Womanhood number 6, can be adults only or gender specific including children depending in the
intention of the training and the specific needs.

   Training workshops we provide:

1. Boyz to Men (Male Youth) See brochure ---

2. Girlhood to Womanhood   (Female Youth) See Brochure ---

3. Mothers Raising Sons (Female Adults)

4. It’s a Family Affair ( Adults and Youths)

5. Walking the Talk The Road to Manhood (Adult Males, Male Youth, Adult Females with Sons)

6. Walking the Talk The Road to Womanhood (Adult Females, Female Youth, Males with Daughters)

7. Know Thy Self

8. Mentoring

9. The Road to Manhood    (Males under the authority or control of the Juvenile Justice System)

10. The Road to Womanhood (Females under the authority or control of the Juvenile Justice System)

11. Building a New You   (Self Development/Empowerment Training for Managers, Supervisors and
Leaders

12. Building a New You   (Empowerment/Self Development Training for Employees)

13. The Masculine Trinity   Manhood, Brotherhood and Fatherhood (Males)

14. The Feminine Trinity Womanhood, Sisterhood and motherhood (Females)

15. Training for Trainers

        We tailor what we do to meet the specific needs of your target audience.

One Theme
many variations

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION

Walking the Talk “The Road to Manhood and Womanhood” is a dynamic

values development workshop that focuses on improving behavior by

elevating the fundamental values that anchor the proper development

of males and females in manhood, womanhood and good citizenship.

The workshop educates and empowers males and females in different

age ranges, at different stages of development, on the road to

manhood and womanhood.

The basic training is 8 hours and is presented in 16 modules. Each

module is a key factor that must be addressed in order to keep the

variables pertinent in the values development process in their correct

context. During the workshop, issues are addressed that are

fundamental to all males and females including anger, violence and

methods for effectively managing them.

The Innovative use of symbols familiar to males and females beyond a

fourth grade level, draws clear parallels from the role actions play in

ongoing personal development. Charts and graphs enable each

participant to chart their current stage of development in comparison to

the 16 Tenets. The importance of developing and maintaining strong

ties within the nuclear and extended family is stressed.

The concepts of individual “right” and “responsibility” are appropriately

placed in context within the nuclear family, the extended family and the

community. The workshop validates the importance of acquiring

knowledge, and developing the ability to see things as they change

form. The value of reading, thinking, planning and studying are also

strongly presented.

The concept of, “The spirituality of manhood and womanhood” is

presented as the cornerstone for continuous development in manhood

and womanhood. Once the spiritual basis is established, participants are

introduced to the 16 areas that qualify the level and caliber of manhood

and womanhood. Collectively, these core issues and values called,

“Tenets,” clearly represent the quality of manhood and womanhood

when measured against factors like trustworthiness, consistency and

reliability. Other issues addressed during the workshop include:

attitudes; the ego; loyalty; honesty; expressiveness; respect;

obedience; kindness; patience; friendship; brotherhood and sisterhood.

The training experience is enhanced by the development and use of

“The Universal Manhood/Womanhood Model.” The Universal

Manhood/Womanhood Model is a unique creation of Walking the Talk.

The model facilitates a holistic analysis of the values development

process and the cause and effect relationships that manifest themselves

in behavior. The model is used to synthesize the ideas and concepts

presented throughout the workshop and to graphically demonstrate

various points, ideas and concepts. The synergistic combination of the

16 modules/issues, the Universal Manhood/Womanhood Model and the

demonstration pieces facilitates clearer, broader understanding of the

inner workings of the values development process and the unique,

intimate, specific, journey of each male and female to manhood and

womanhood.

The workshop is presented in a fast paced, participatory format with

experiential exercises, discussions and practical demonstrations.

Workshop participants must participate in all aspects of workshop.

Tools and techniques are introduced in the workshop that facilitates

continuous improvements in behavior. The workshop provides each

participant with a unique, empowering experience, that clarifies, expands

and reinforces development in the fundamental values that anchor the

proper development of manhood, womanhood and good citizenship.

The workshop is an effective vehicle for teaching values/behavior to the

full range of the population regardless of race, color, ethnicity or

national origin. We have textbooks and workbooks to help facilitate the

development process beyond the initial workshop experience.

Making a difference by being the difference

The Purpose: of our variety of workshops

To increase understanding of the idea, concept and practice of
manhood and womanhood.

To put forth sound, logical tools and techniques that facilitate clear,
logical dissemination of information that increases understanding of the
process and practices for the development of manhood and
womanhood.

To show manhood and womanhood are sciences with rules, laws,
formulas and equations, and should be taught as a science.

To show how teaching manhood and womanhood as sciences will allow
the intimate, complex ideas and concepts that delineate them to be
taught to males and females as soon as they are taught numbers and
the alphabet.

To show how the ideas, principles, concepts, tools, techniques and the
Universal Manhood/Womanhood Model anchor every improvement in
behavior no matter how the training processed is framed.

To provide a legitimate framework for continuous values development
that can be used in a wide array of organizations and situations to
elevate the level and caliber of manhood, womanhood and good
citizenship.

To raise the level and caliber of every male and female in their personal
development by empowering them to elevate the values that anchor their
behavior.

To provide a universal vehicle to promote change on the inside as a
means of promoting change on the outside.

Target Population:

Our values anchor what we do and how we do what we do. The most

observable part of our values can be seen in our behavior. In order to

change behavior we must change the values that anchor the behavior.

This is true when dealing with children or adults. Therefore, the process

by which we teach/facilitate changes in behavior are much the same, but

not exactly the same for adults and children. We were cognizant of the

differences as we developed The Universal Manhood/Womanhood Model

and the workshops. We remain cognizant of those differences as we

continue to develop new materials and methods of teaching.

The process of values development requires some new information or

new knowledge. Since all people operate from values, we target the

process of values development, then we focus on the presentation of the

information or new knowledge to the appropriate age level, or

comprehension level of the intended audience.

In our experience, the appropriate age for the formal presentation of

these material in-group settings, without the presence of a parent or

guardian is 10 years old. The appropriate age for the formal presentation

of these material in-group settings with the presence of a parent,

guardian or counselor is 8 years old.

We target males and females 8 years old through adults of every age.

The earlier age at which this new knowledge is introduced into the

values/behavior development process and practiced, the greater the

possible effect on the level and caliber of the values and behavior of the

person.

Training presentations targeting youth under 19 years old require the

presence of a parent, guardian, caregiver/provider or counselor.

The presentation of the tools, techniques and Universal

Manhood/Womanhood model can be augmented or modified to facilitate

specific presentations targeting empowerment, prevention, intervention

or rehabilitation. The model can be used to anchor behavior

modification processes ranging from substance abuse, gangs, violence,

criminal behavior, low self-esteem and the full range of dysfunctional

behaviors .

The population is the target.

The Passage

Values
in the Work Place

Links

Workshop 5

Workshop 6

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