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The tree of needs

Awareness Desires Monitoring the common good Right to know

Time

90 min

Group size

5-30

Applicable to
digital tools

YES by external softwares

Difficulty

2/5

Time

90 min

Group size

5-30

Applicable to digital tools

YES by external softwares

Difficulty

2/5
This activity aims at identyfing, connecting and analysing needs in a structured way, through a participatory analysis in which the different points of view and needs must be combined., It tries not to exclude what is not ‘feasible’ or shared by the whole group. The participants have to be already sufficiently aware of their desires. (If not, we suggest doing first the activities ‘The mosaic metaphor’and ‘Distinguish and connect the wishes’ )
Instructions
This activity aims at identyfing, connecting and analysing needs in a structured way, through a participatory analysis in which the different points of view and needs must be combined., It tries not to exclude what is not ‘feasible’ or shared by the whole group. The participants have to be already sufficiently aware of their desires. (If not, we suggest doing first the activities ‘The mosaic metaphor’and ‘Distinguish and connect the wishes’ )
Instruction

THEORY OF REFERENCE

call to action step 1

GOALS

  • Supporting the group growth by identification, collection and analysis of collective needs
  • Developing active listening through the participatory analysis

AGE OF PARTICIPANTS

13 years old

METHODS

focus group, participatory analysis

EQUIPEMENT

post-it notes or writing cards, markers and two posters

MATERIALS

Not Provided

ESCAPE GAME

Not provided
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Instructions

  • Distribute markers and post-it notes (or cards) among the participants. Ask participants to write down the needs they perceive in their context, (one per post-it), and to stick them randomly on the poster or flipchart. Keep in mind that there are no limits or restrictions on the type of needs. (15 min)
  • Once a sufficient number of cards or post-its have been collected, ask the participants, one by one, to organise them according to shared criteria of priority and interconnection. The question that should guide the organisation of the tree is whether there are needs that generate other needs; i.e., what relationship exists between them. You can do this by moving the post-it notes or cards on the poster(20 min)
  • From the result of the poster you made in the previous step, you should now see which need is common to most of the participants. Then take a new poster and, starting from the bottom, write this need down, as if it were the trunk of an ideal tree. At this point, ask the participants to build the tree of needs by placing post-its or cards on the poster as if they were branches growing from the trunk. Needs closer to the trunk hold higher priority, while those positioned farther away indicate lower priority (30 min)
  • Once the tree is complete, ask the participants to imagine how each need could be satisfied: e.g. what actions can be taken to fill that void, by whom, etc. We recommend to giving the participants a few minutes to think about their answers (20 min)
N.B. If you are working with a group of more than 20 people, it is best to split it into two smaller groups working in parallel to ensure that all participants take an active part in the work

POSSIBILE VARIATION

Not provided

DIGITAL TOOLS

  1. Explore online collaborative whiteboard platforms like Miro, Figma, Canva to make the two posters before the meeting.
  2. If you are working online use a video conferencing tool like Zoom, or any other platform that supports online meetings, but also breakout rooms.
  3. During the meeting in order to capture the answers of participants (to write each of their individual needs or wishes) use collaborative tools like Jamboard, Miro, MURAL, which permit each participant to have a dedicated space/page for the individual answers with sticky notes.
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