Funded Training Program from the Penguin Project in Austria

The penguin project is pleased to announce the launching of a training program titled; The Train the Trainer program, which will last for a year. You will be accompanied for the period of this training program, y whilst you develop new ways to understand your motivations, context, and ability to influence your working culture towards a fair and rewarding relationship of mutual growth.

If you join this training, you will have:

• Three-day opening workshop at Die Bäckerei in Innsbruck, free of charge - including travel, accommodation, and subsistence
• Nine online supervision sessions.
• Individual work packages for you to apply at home.
• Three-day closing workshop free of charge as well.
• Work with external experts to profit from their professional backgrounds.

You should aware of the following criteria:

• The objective of the “Train the Trainer” program is to disseminate the penguin methods and tools to enable formal and informal peer-to-peer learning in the independent cultural sector. 
• The program brings together a group of 10 cultural workers from all over Europe for a 10-month learning journey.
• During the program, this group of penguin trainees (you could be one of them) will learn about the theoretical underpinnings and the method of the penguin project.
• It hopes after the program its graduates will stay in contact with the penguin project and contribute to a more sustainable working culture throughout the independent cultural sector. 

Program Itinerary

• Online Introduction Workshop - 11 January 2023
• It will start things off with a half-day online introduction workshop to introduce the basic ideas of the penguin project and give an orientation about the rest of the program.
• Three-day Opening Workshop - 18-22 January 2023
• At the opening workshop at Die Bäckerei - Kulturbackstube all will jump into the deep end:
•  First, studying the ideas behind the penguin project in depth, then applying the tools and learn through self-reflection.
• Second, putting an emphasis on experience design and co-creation, combining storytelling, acting, acrobatics, haptics, and kinesthetics into one experience.
• Practical Application Phase - Date TBD
• After the opening workshop, you will go back home with a set of shiny new penguin tools and apply them in practice back at your workplace. During a 10-month period, you will work with the penguin method, learn about its effect on the working culture of you and your team, and develop a deep understanding of the challenges and possible interventions.
• Online exchange and supervision sessions every month to support you in your learning process, discuss experiences and tackle problems. 
• Closing Workshop - Date TBD
• All will meet again at Die Bäckerei for a final reflection and closing workshop. 

About the penguin project:

The penguin project started in June 2019 at the TEH meeting in Dresden. It is led by Die Bäckerei - Kulturbackstube and the Trans Europe Halles (TEH) coordination office. Die Bäckerei provides research expertise and working power. The penguin project works to provide tools for individual reflection, create spaces for experiencing the penguin content, and exchange about how it works in independent culture. It also does field trips and specific interventions (going to centers to work with cultural workers).

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