From Ideas to Action: Practical Goal Setting that Actually Works

Inicijativa „Digitalna Srbija“ | Digital Serbia Initiative, 11a Bulevar Milutina Milankovića, Beograd, 11070

GDG Belgrade

Clear, well designed goals are one of the strongest predictors of performance and development.Yet in practice, many goal...

Dec 6, 2025, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM (UTC)

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Key Themes

Career DevelopmentCommunity BuildingWorkshop / hands-on session

About this event

Clear, well designed goals are one of the strongest predictors of performance and development.

Yet in practice, many goals remain too general, too ambitious, or disconnected from day to day reality.

"From Ideas to Action: Practical Goal Setting that Actually Works" is a 120 minute, highly practical workshop focused on developing effective, actionable goals for both personal and professional growth.

During this workshop, participants will:

  • Understand typical reasons why goals fail and how to avoid them

  • Learn how to apply the SMART framework in a concrete and realistic way

  • Explore the WOOP method as a structured approach for anticipating obstacles and planning responses

  • Work on their own real life goals, rather than abstract examples

  • Leave with 1 to 2 clearly defined goals, a specific action plan for the first week, and a simple system for monitoring progress

The session is fully interactive and combines short inputs with individual reflection, pair exercises, group discussion and peer feedback. Participants are encouraged to come with one real area in which they would like to make progress and will use that as a basis for all activities.

Format:
120 minute live, interactive workshop including exercises, guided practice and Q and A.

Facilitator

  • Nemanja Stojšić

    GDG Belgrade

    Mentorship Program Manager

Hosts

  • Jana Stanković

    GDG Belgrade

    Technical Program Manager

  • Nemanja Stojšić

    GDG Belgrade

    Mentorship Program Manager

Organizers

  • Vanja Milutinović

    BlackRock

    Managing Director

  • Marijana Hristić

    GoDaddy

    Events Program Manager

  • Veljko Dragićević

    Halcom a.d.

    Partnership Team Lead

  • Tara Popov

    Marketing Team Lead

  • Tara Delic

    Design Team Lead

  • Aleksa Erić

    Rivian

    Operations Team Lead

  • Sara Radosavljević

    Faculty of Organizational Sciences

    Production Program Manager

  • Katarina Rajić

    Content Creation Team Lead

  • David Davidovic

    SkyPartner

    Photography Team Lead

  • Jana Stankovic

    Technical Program Manager

  • Ana Lutovac

    Web Development Team Lead

  • Luka Jelisavac

    BlackRock

    DevOps Team Lead

  • Nikola Petric

    Yettel

    DevOps Specialist

  • Petar Mihajlovic

    Soon

    AI Team Lead

  • Nemanja Stojšić

    Mentorship Program Manager

  • Nikolina Novakovic

    People Operations Manager