The 4 simple steps of making a change. The FIDS process.
1) Feel: Think from your heart
The first step towards making change happen is to try to understand how people feel.
1. Observe: Observe closely your physical (infrastructure, spaces), social (culture, traditions) and emotional (relationships, feelings) surroundings in your class, school, community.
What bothers you?
Draw a map and mark the areas that you would like to see changed (you can also take photographs).
2. Vote: Share your observations with the team. Vote for the one situation that you would all like to see changed.
3. Engage: go out and talk to the people who are involved and affected by the situation. Interview them to understand their concerns. This step will help you identify the various parts of the situation that can be improved.
2) Imagine: Visualize success
A situation is a sum total of different parts. Each part might need a different solution to change the situation for the better.
1. Brainstorming tools: Explore ideas for creating the quickest impact, maximum people impacted and long lasting change. Encourage a variety of ideas- don't shy away from wild ones. Build on the ideas of others - use the word 'and' instead of 'but'. Illustrate your ideas for greater clarity.
2. Vote: Vote for the ideas that best address each part of the situation to 'design for change'.
Things to remember: Try to think beyond the first or 'obvious' solution and collect as many ideas from as many people as possible.
3) Do: Make the change happen
1. Plan: What resources will be required? What is the budget? How will you get the money? How many people will be required? How much time will it take? How will you document your work? Divide the work amongst yourselves.
2. Implement: go out and put your plan in action! Yes you can!
3. Reflect
What 3 things did you learn about the situation?
What 2 things did you learn about your team-mates?
What 1 thing did you learn about yourself?
How do you continue your work for a long-term impact?
Things to remember: Try and reach out to organizations/ professionals working in your area of concern. Ask your teachers for help in contacting them and partnering with them.
4) Share: I CAN, Now you can too
Haring your story with the world will help others say I can! As you capture stories, focus on F.A.C.T.S :
Feelings: how can you depict the feelings of people and your super mates?
Actions: capture your super mates in action.
Changes & Transformations: how were people changed? Capture quotes. What was your community like before? How has it transformed?
1. Submit: Share your story with at www.challenge.dfcworld.com
You may include:
photo & text submission
(max 4 photos for each step)
video/YouTube link submission
(max 3 min long)
2. Inspire: You could use these ideas to expand your circle of influence share your story at your morning assembly organize a parent meeting spread awareness through a newsletter share your story via local media, TV.
Things to remember: Things to remember focus on showing other people how easy, fun, and meaningful it is to 'be the change.'
1) Feel: Think from your heart
The first step towards making change happen is to try to understand how people feel.
1. Observe: Observe closely your physical (infrastructure, spaces), social (culture, traditions) and emotional (relationships, feelings) surroundings in your class, school, community.
What bothers you?
Draw a map and mark the areas that you would like to see changed (you can also take photographs).
2. Vote: Share your observations with the team. Vote for the one situation that you would all like to see changed.
3. Engage: go out and talk to the people who are involved and affected by the situation. Interview them to understand their concerns. This step will help you identify the various parts of the situation that can be improved.
2) Imagine: Visualize success
A situation is a sum total of different parts. Each part might need a different solution to change the situation for the better.
1. Brainstorming tools: Explore ideas for creating the quickest impact, maximum people impacted and long lasting change. Encourage a variety of ideas- don't shy away from wild ones. Build on the ideas of others - use the word 'and' instead of 'but'. Illustrate your ideas for greater clarity.
2. Vote: Vote for the ideas that best address each part of the situation to 'design for change'.
Things to remember: Try to think beyond the first or 'obvious' solution and collect as many ideas from as many people as possible.
3) Do: Make the change happen
1. Plan: What resources will be required? What is the budget? How will you get the money? How many people will be required? How much time will it take? How will you document your work? Divide the work amongst yourselves.
2. Implement: go out and put your plan in action! Yes you can!
3. Reflect
What 3 things did you learn about the situation?
What 2 things did you learn about your team-mates?
What 1 thing did you learn about yourself?
How do you continue your work for a long-term impact?
Things to remember: Try and reach out to organizations/ professionals working in your area of concern. Ask your teachers for help in contacting them and partnering with them.
4) Share: I CAN, Now you can too
Haring your story with the world will help others say I can! As you capture stories, focus on F.A.C.T.S :
Feelings: how can you depict the feelings of people and your super mates?
Actions: capture your super mates in action.
Changes & Transformations: how were people changed? Capture quotes. What was your community like before? How has it transformed?
1. Submit: Share your story with at www.challenge.dfcworld.com
You may include:
photo & text submission
(max 4 photos for each step)
video/YouTube link submission
(max 3 min long)
2. Inspire: You could use these ideas to expand your circle of influence share your story at your morning assembly organize a parent meeting spread awareness through a newsletter share your story via local media, TV.
Things to remember: Things to remember focus on showing other people how easy, fun, and meaningful it is to 'be the change.'