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I created this quick tutorial to help people understand what a P.A.T.H. is and how to read and contribute to one. This is part of a larger personal project to launch our family back to the East Coast. This tutorial is no substitute for full P.A.T.H. training; it’s merely intended to help the unfamiliar navigate the process.

A P.A.T.H. is a planning process that uses graphic facilitation and a specific template to guide people towards taking action. It is a shared process in which a community of people come together to support a person or group to make a dream happen.
1 The title defines the P.A.T.H.’s purpose.
2 The conversation begins with the North Star or the dream. This is the global view, the big dream, the themes and values that guide the actions.
3 The goals are clustered around themes and must be Positive and Possible.
4 The first column in the arrow, Now tells us where we’re starting from. This should set up tension between where we are and where we want to go.
5 P.A.T.H.’s build community. Enroll invites people to take specific, productive action that makes the goals happen.
6 Stronger captures the things we need in life to keep going, to push towards our goals over the long term.
7 We start with a mid-point 7 and work back to set tasks.
8+ Further mid-points help to break down the long and demanding parts of the P.A.T.H. into manageable chunks.
9 The last and most important step tells us how to begin, starting tomorrow to make these dreams come true.

This entry was posted on Sunday, January 8th, 2006 at 2:27 pm and is filed under graphics.