Procedure

This task consists of three parts.

In the first part, participants divide into groups of 4–5 people. They then tell each other about their typical day as a youth worker. They should consider the following questions, among others:

• How can your tasks be broken down into individual steps?
• What tools do you use to help you with this?
• Who else is involved in the process?
• Is this work step tied to a specific location (office, seminar room, etc.)?

In the second part, the groups work together to decide which three of these work steps they would like to digitize in their everyday work or for which they would like support from a digital tool or similar. From this top three, they then develop a pitch for their imaginary supervisors. The groups should also prepare their pitches in a digital presentation.

In the third part, the groups present their pitches to the entire group.

The moderator can take on the role of the supervisor and ask a few counter questions: e.g., Do we really need to digitize this? Won’t that cost too much? Isn’t that too complicated?

Participants should emphasize the advantages of digitizing specific work processes in their pitches, for example by finding a suitable tool or using a digital device.

Tips for moderators

• Depending on the participants’ prior knowledge and the composition of the group, it is worth thinking through a few examples of pitches yourself.
• It is also a good idea for the moderator to think of some good general counter-questions for the pitches in advance. These should either point out realistic problems to the participant groups and/or make the groups feel good if they have already thought about these issues during their preparation and can answer the questions quickly.
• In their pitches, participants should focus less on promoting a specific tool and more on highlighting the advantages of digital working.
• The pitches of the participant groups can be supported by various presentation software, e.g., PowerPoint, Pitch, Prezi, etc. It is not important that the presentation looks beautiful, but rather that the participants share skills with each other, learn from each other, or dare to try a new program together. It should be ensured that at least one person in each group is familiar with at least one tool of this type.