Organise and Participate in Activities to Raise Awareness and ...

CONTENTS
SOME NOTES ON FACILITATION SKILLS ....................................................................... 7
What is facilitation? .................................................................................................. 7
Your role as the facilitator is to: ............................................................................... 7
Key principles of facilitation ..................................................................................... 8
Do’s and don’ts of facilitation .................................................................................. 9
Critical skills of a facilitator ..................................................................................... 10
Qualities of a facilitator .......................................................................................... 11
The difference between facilitation and presentation .......................................... 11
Tips for being a good facilitator ............................................................................. 12
OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................. 13
SPECIFIC OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT CRITERIA ................................................... 15
ORGANISE AND PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITIES TO RAISE AWARENESS AND INFLUENCE
AUTHORITY COURSE PLAN ........................................................................................ 19
Workshop – Day 1 .................................................................................................. 19
Workshop – Day 2 .................................................................................................. 28
Workshop – Day 3 .................................................................................................. 33
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ...................................................................................... 38
Introductions .......................................................................................................... 38
Expectations ........................................................................................................... 40
Worksheet A: Personal expectations ................................................................ 41
What is advocacy and lobbying? ............................................................................ 43
Why do we advocate? ............................................................................................ 44
Who are the advocates? ......................................................................................... 45
Target audiences .................................................................................................... 47
Worksheet B: Checklist for audience identification ........................................... 50
Worksheet C: Checklist for audience identification ........................................... 51
What do you want to change, raise awareness about? ......................................... 53
Worksheet D: Issue identification: Checklist ...................................................... 55
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