Introduction to the process of developing the Vision of an Organisation was offered by Lalitha Iyer, for the anchors. This was followed by a workshop on fundraising proposal writing by Lalitha Iyer and Laxmi Raman. Next came a session by Lakshmi Raman on “The Theory of Change” as a strategic framework.

The masterclass on photography and videography by Vandana Jaikumar, CEO, Inner Voice Consulting covered techniques used for portraits, angles, lighting, storyboard, scripting and interviewing. She also introduced easy-to-use editing and audio recording applications and offered opportunities to put the learning into practice.

Priyanshi Sharma and Madhur Murti from our team participated in a 9-week training workshop by EdelGive Foundation x Tech4Good Spotlight Series Special ’21. Topics included fundraising platforms, payment gateways, programme management software, online data collection tools, stakeholder management systems etc. to improve our quality of services and scale sustainably with the help of technology.

Designing a Programme, conducted by our anchors, Vasudha Kapoor and Nageshwar Panchal was the first series of virtual workshops organised through our recently launched ‘Plustrust Caring Friends Adda’, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh.

With the enthusiastic participation of 16 fellows and alumni, two workshops were held covering the process of change, designing activities based on stakeholders’ requirements and assessing impact through a series of 7 sessions on ‘Programme Design’ and ‘Session Design’. In these sessions, the participants got an opportunity to engage and implement the knowledge at their individual programme level. They could design and share a 15-minute session with the group including learning through detailed feedback.

Interactive Coaching Sessions for anchors by Mr Sachin Kotangle, Leadership Team, Cult. fit was organised by Priyanshi Sharma, from our Udaipur hub. The purpose of these sessions is to help the anchors to build and develop their own organisations. The introductory session was held in June. The anchors also had the opportunity to interact with Mr Sachin Kotangle at an individual level to discuss areas of improvement.

Some of the topics discussed by individual anchors were: programme effectiveness and deeper impact, business modelling for rural communities, defining a suitable ask for every potential funder and connecting to the right network. Mr Sachin Kotangle’s unique method of mentoring by asking the participants relevant questions and encouraging them to seek answers for themselves made these sessions very interesting.