Engagement is for Everyone!

 

Have a great idea to change Winona, but don’t know where to start?

Looking to get connected to the community or to a cause you’re passionate about, but don’t know how or don’t feel included?

Engage Winona’s Engagement for Everyone! workshops are here to help.

The series of accessible workshops are designed help everyone in Winona — no matter their background, level of experience, or time commitment — discover how to get engaged in the community and turn their ideas to improve Winona into reality.

We have offered these workshops in more than a dozen accessible and public locations across Winona; they have also been a featured part of the Frozen River Film Festival for three years! 

These workshops are available by request: Companies and institutions looking for fun ways to help their employees get engaged can receive a workshop for a donation, and all workshops are offered for free to organizations that serve marginalized populations in the Winona area. If you’re interested, reach out to us at engage@engagewinona.org. 

Thank you to the Winona Community Foundation for funding this project.

WORKSHOP DETAILS

ENGAGEMENT FOR EVERYONE: This skill-building workshop leads participants in conversation and interactive activities to reimagine what engagement means to them, and discover their ability to contribute to and build a thriving community that works for all. You’ll learn:

  • What engagement means to you – a personal practice of improving your community in your unique way

  • What you’re most passionate about working on

  • How to get connected

  • Strategies to include others and address barriers to access

  • Integrating engagement with your busy life and schedule

  • How can I contribute? Define your unique skills and gifts

  • How can I avoid burnout? Honestly define your capacity, commitment and focus

IDEA TO ACTION: Got an idea but don’t know where to start? Bring your ideas for change to get focused, connect with others doing similar work, and figure out whether to join existing efforts or whether your idea is unique. Then, use Engage Winona’s innovative 4 Steps, 4 Weeks plan to get your community project off the ground.

GREAT GROUPS, STRONG TEAMS: No community work is done alone, but putting a group together and keeping it together is hard. Learn how to build and sustain a strong volunteer group to get good work done, from creating shared vision and an action plan, hosting great meetings, learning to share responsibility, dealing with conflict, and more.

ENGAGEMENT IS FOR EVERYONE! ORGANIZATIONS EDITION: Learn tools, tips and best practices for how your mission-driven organization, small business or company can create an authentically engaged community around your work!