“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.”

Martin Luther

Developing a vision or starting a new project is often very exciting and uplifting, but one can easily get overwhelmed by the many aspects that are wobbly and unclear, not defined and not yet decided. There are so many ideas and questions around the vision and, oh gosh, they are all interrelated with each other — you try to answer one question and see you cannot properly answer it before having tackled several others. The head starts to pound, the discussions go wild and after a while the joy and enthusiasm with which you started this project is covered with a thick layer of confusion and exhaustion.

The project tree is a good tool to offer innovators security and structure in this delicate moment of transition from a blurry yet glittering vision to a tangible project without losing its shine.

The project tree is a visualisation aid that:

• helps you orientate in complexity,
• provides a way to clear your mind of unsolved questions and floating ideas,
• and allows your thoughts to jump between very fundamental questions of meaning and purpose in one moment and nitty-gritty details about a specific action in the next without losing track.

The Project Tree method is especially useful when you want to work on the IDGs Inner Compass, Long-term Orientation & Visioning and Optimism.

This Community of Practice Talk is also an IDG network event of the  IDG Facilitators’ Community of Practice  .

This community is open to individuals passionate about facilitating skills for the IDGs, as a means to achieve the SDGs. Our mission is to bring together like-minded professionals and activists, and provide a platform to exchange ideas, share resources and experience, and collaborate on projects. Whether you are a teacher, coach, consultant, trainer, or simply interested in fostering the IDGs, this community is a place to network, learn, and grow. With regular virtual meetups, webinars and workshops, the IDG Facilitators’ Community of Practice provides a dynamic and supportive environment.

We invite you to join us again for a monthly meeting on every second Monday of the month 10:00-11:00 am, and the following Tuesday 6:00-7:00 pm CET.

This will be the last meeting before our summer break. The next meeting after this one will be on the 11th of September.