What We Do

Our efforts will not only educate but also catalyze interest among our community to work towards greater gender equality.

"Win-Win: How to Get What You Want"
PROGRESS takes a fresh approach to address the need for gender equity in society by teaching girls (7-12 years old) how to negotiate. In partnership with the Girl Scout Trillium Council, which has over 22,000 members, we have developed a negotiation badge, "Win-Win: How to Get What You Want." PROGRESS hopes to instill in girls a deep understanding of the value of negotiation in helping them achieve their goals.

Reign of Aquaria
PROGRESS worked in collaboration with students from Carnegie Mellon's Entertainment Technology Center to develop an online game to teach girls (7-12 years old) to ask for what they want. The flash-based game is available for free and can be accessed on this page. The game focuses on three main ideas: turning negotiations into a collaborative problem-solving exercise, realizing best alternatives and recognizing opportunities to negotiate. This is a fun way for girls to learn an important lifelong skill.

Negotiation Seminars for Youth
If your organization works with a group of young women and you feel they would benefit from learning how to negotiate, please do not hesitate to contact us at 412.268.8650 or e-mail ledford@andrew.cmu.edu. We would be happy to talk about how we can best suit the needs of your future leaders. Contact PROGRESS for details.

Coming soon to PROGRESS!

Speak Up! A Guide To Teach Girls How To Negotiate
PROGRESS will develop a step-by-step guide to provide organizational leaders the tools to educate their youth on the key elements, basic how-to, and importance of negotiation. The guidebook will have downloadable training modules available on the web and the entire guidebook will be made available by request through the website.

Double Take: Harnessing The Power Of Negotiation
This DVD consists of a series of short sketches that portray girls in situations with their peers and teacher. It depicts girls who do not engage in negotiations and turn instead to avoidance, conflict, or indirect action, then show the same girls engaging in negotiation and reaching better outcomes. Such interactive and "one-step-removed" learning tools have proven very effective in dealing with workplace discrimination and other sensitive issues related to diversity.