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Skills Toolbox > Organising Events > Beginner's Guide > Think about what you really want to achieve

You may have decided your overall aim and purpose, but spend a few minutes thinking a little deeper. What about other things you want to encourage or achieve?

- Have an enjoyable time
- Meet others or provide social space
- Learn more about a topic
- Engage critically with an issue
- Encourage people to think for themselves or analyse a problem themselves
- Gain a better understanding of authentic Islam
- Hear from different sides on a debatable point and make their own minds up
- Stimulate vigorous discussion or debate
- Encourage thoughtful and reflective discussion or dialogue
- Exchange ideas creatively from different sources
- Reach a consensus, conclusion, decision, resolution
- Create something that can be sustained and developed in further activities or events
- Generate ideas for action, projects, activities
- Encourage people to become more involved

How would you rank the following values as applied to this event?

- Freedom of expression
- Avoiding causing offence or distress
- Maximum range of views
- Harmony, consistency of views, values or approach
- Having a diversity of people
- Having people who share the same interests, values, background
- Encouraging new people to come, reaching out across boundaries
- Providing a safe space where people know they will find understanding and acceptance
- Critical thinking, critique
- Keeping within boundaries of what is acceptable
- Highest-quality input or knowledge
- Maximum participation for those attending

For a change, you could try the sticker exercise by yourself or in your team or planning group.

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