A THREE DAY CONFERENCE TRAINED NEW NONPROFESSIONAL STAFF OF THE SHAWNEE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, AN ANTIPOVERTY AGENCY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. TRAINING GOALS WERE TO DEVELOP (1) GREATER AWARENESS OF SELF AND EFFECT ON OTHERS, (2) TEAMWORK SKILLS IN WORKING IN GROUPS, (3) AWARENESS OF SKILLS IN THE HELPING PROCESS, AND (4) PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS. DESCRIPTIONS OF PLANNING, SELECTION OF TRAINERS, PARTICIPANTS, FINANCING, TRAINING SITE, GOALS, TRAINING DESIGN, SCHEDULE, OUTCOME AND IMPLICATIONS, AND PROJECTED FOLLOWUP ARE INCLUDED. AMONG EVIDENT RESULTS WERE--POSITIVE SELF IMAGES WERE GENERATED, ALSO DEVELOPMENT OF LOYALTY TO THE ORGANIZATION, EXPERIMENTATION WITH NEW WAYS OF INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION, AND SETTING OF A PRECEDENT FOR INVOLVING POVERTY AGENCIES IN SIMILAR TRAINING EXPERIENCES. APPENDIXES PRESENT DETAILED SCHEDULES, DISCUSSION OF FORCE FIELD ANALYSIS APPLIED TO COMMUNITY PROBLEMS, QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSIONS BY TRAINEES, PARTICIPANT FORMS FOR EVALUATING THE CONFERENCE, TABULATIONS OF EVALUATIONS, AND EVALUATION BY THE STAFF. THE DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE, FOR $2.00, FROM NATIONAL TRAINING LABORATORIES, 1201 16TH STREET, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20036. 39 PAGES. (JA)