Intensive Hosting
CTM Intensive Nuts and Bolts
Commitment: CTM Intensives are a three-year commitment. We offer two intensives a year for three years.
Organizational Host: The intensives require an organization or network who sees it as part of their mission to help nurture a network of grassroots leaders for a given community. As such they need to have the capacity to promote, organize, offer some follow up and help raise funds for the intensives.
Cohort Size: The ideal size of a cohort is between 25-50 participants.
Intensive Facilities Requirements:
- Roundtables open – discussion format for 25-50 participants
- Screen for data projector
- Data Projector if available
- Speakers – sound system
- White board/Dry Erase Markers.
Food: Light/easy to prepare and serve/healthy food (expect $10 a head)
Lodging: Single rooms for facilitators at local modest hotel.
Flight: 1-2 flights Booked by CTM.
Local Transportation: Provided by host.
Registration: All participants provide name, contact info and email…this provides a local database for the network and CTM database.
Intensive Materials: Host is expected to make copies of intensive handouts for participants.
Promotion: CTM provides flyers. The goal is to see an ecumenical, multicultural gathering of leaders serving high-risk populations.
Follow-up: Roundtable discussions.
Suggested Participant Fees: $25 per participant (North American Context).
Costs: This fee structure is based on the North American context and requires a host organization who works with CTM to raise these funds.
Masters Degree Fees: Available on Masters Program Page.
Generic Schedule Options
Option # 1 Evening Intensives
This is designed so that volunteers and other professionals who work during the day can attend the intensives. Generally speaking the evening format works best when trying gather a cross-section of the community.
Thursday:
- Morning – Free
- Lunch/Afternoon – A short “vision trip” Facilitators see context. It is important that facilitators get to see ministry contexts. It’s an important way we do “research.”
- Late Afternoon - Prep
- 6:00-9:30 Intensive (light dinner provided)
Friday:
- Morning - Free
- Lunch with Masters Students (if any)
- Facilitators have afternoon free for prep or vision trip.
- 6:00 – 9:30 Intensive (light dinner provided)
Saturday:
- 9:00 – 3:00 Intensive (coffee and light lunch provided)
- Optional Dinner afterwards: This is a great way to just hang out and build community.
Follow Up: If there are masters students taking the intensives for credit there will need to be additional seat-time hours. This can be achieved by staying additional days or over follow up conference calls depending on what works best.
Option #2 Day Intensives
This is designed for participants who can make it during the day hours. It is a concentrated schedule that can even fit into the context of a retreat.
- Wednesday Arrive: Facilitators Arrive – meet with hosts (see context)
- Thursday: 9:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m: Intensive (dinner with Masters students)
- Friday: 9:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.: Intensive (dinner with Masters students)
- Saturday: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Masters Seat-time
Follow Up: If there are masters students taking the intensives for credit there will need to be additional seat-time hours. This can be achieved by staying additional days or over follow up conference calls depending on what works best.
