Identifying the key administrative tasks 3 Exercise / ‘Key administrative tasks’ STEP 1: The facilitator asks the participants to provide him or her with different items that they believe should be included in a list of administrative tasks. STEP 2: The facilitator writes these items down and the participants are then given an opportunity to discuss each item. STEP 3: Using the theoretical information below, the facilitator explains the five key tasks and adds any items that the participants may have omitted from the list of tasks. Key administrative tasks The following can be listed by the facilitator as the key administrative tasks: • Identifying a venue • Organising transport to and from the dialogue meetings • Arranging accommodation, when needed • Scheduling the first meeting • Securing necessary funding. The important influence that administrative management has on the substantive success of the dialogue Exercise / ‘Administrative management and dialogue success’ In addressing this issue, the facilitator should lead a plenary discussion on the topic based on the following questions: • How do these administrative decisions actually impact on the substance of the dialogue? • Why is it important to carefully think through the administrative issues pertaining to a dialogue? • What should your objective be in planning the logistics relating to a dialogue? The purpose of this discussion is to highlight the important and direct relationship between the success of the dialogue and the efficient, effective and successful administration of the dialogue. Explaining the three sections of a sustained-dialogue meeting and introducing the activities required during each section of such meeting The activities in this part of the module should be carried out in a highly interactive manner. The facilitator should provide some theoretical guidance, but, for the most part, the different sections of the meeting and the roles that the moderator must play with regard to each have to be explored and discovered by the participants themselves. As such, this part of the module consists of three similar exercises that will require the participants to Module 3: Dialogue in community healing 53