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Inspiring Leadership in Immigrant CommunitiesJanuary 2003A. The trainer first models the role-playing and then leads a discussion before the participants dotheir own practice sessions.B. Role-play scenario: The trainer plays the role of a leader trying to convince other communitymembers to come to a meeting on naturalization. The trainer should choose one of the leaders toplay the role of a community member who may or may not have an interest in coming to themeeting. The community member will play the role of a member of a church or some otherorganization that is hosting the meeting next week. The trainer will try to convince thecommunity member of the importance of the meeting. The trainer should do the following duringthe role-play:• Start the role-playing by introducing yourself.• Tell what group you are from;• Explain what the group is about, and describe the positive things the group does;• Share the purpose of the meeting and the time and date of the meeting.• Explain why the meeting is important to the community, and what the communitymember and his or her family and friends would get from the meeting.• Give the community member a copy of a flyer announcing the meeting, and try andget a commitment to attend.C. The trainer explains what he or she did during the role-play:• You introduced yourself.• You told what group you are from.• You explained what the group is about.• You described the positive things the group does.• You introduced the purpose of the meeting.• You explained how the meeting is important to the community and what theparticipants would get from the meeting.• You gave the person a flyer and asked for a commitment from to attend the meeting.D. The trainer talks about why it is important to practice a scenario such as this before actuallydoing it. If there has already been a group discussion during the first role-playing exercise, only abrief review is needed here.E. The group discusses other possible ways to convince somebody to come to a meeting.F. Leaders pair off and role-play the same scene.G. Trainers and leaders critique each other on what worked well during their role plays and whatcould be improved (see the suggested method of conducting a critique discussed in § 5.4).5-5
Inspiring Leadership in Immigrant CommunitiesJanuary 2003§ 5.6 Role-Playing Exercise C: Making a Presentation to a GroupThis is the third of three role-playing exercises on outreach. This role-play is designed to modelhow to make a presentation to a group of community members on a topic of importance. Thisexercise introduces some of the elements of a good presentation and lets leaders start planningand practicing one. Chapter 4 contains an outline for a complete training on public speaking.After a model role-play, which the trainers perform for the leaders, the leaders take turns roleplayingthe same scene. This role-play and exercise should take about 85 minutes or longer,depending on how many leaders and trainers are participating.It is important to note that although the role-playing exercises in this chapter are about applyingfor U.S. citizenship through naturalization, trainers should create their role-playing exercises onwhatever topic is most appropriate for their leaders. The skills will be applicable to any topic.A. The trainer first models the role-playing and then leads a discussion before the participants sotheir own practice sessions. The trainer will model only the part of the meeting, which consists ofa quick, five-minute review of basic legal requirements for applying for U.S. citizenship throughnaturalization. All the leaders play community members at a meeting in a church or school room.B. Role-play scenario: The trainer spends a few minutes explaining how she would prepare forsuch a meeting:• developing an agenda• outlining a speech• practicing the speech in front of others or a mirror• bringing materials such as butcher paper, tape and informational handouts to themeeting• writing the agenda and talking points on butcher paper prior to the meeting soeveryone can see itC. The trainer models the presentation, including writing the agenda and writing other keytalking points on butcher paper so the audience can see it. It is usually best to write the agendaand the key talking points on butcher paper or a chalkboard before the meeting starts, so themeeting flows better.D. The trainer explains what he or she did during the role-playing, and why it is important topractice such a presentation before doing it in real life.E. The leaders practice giving a brief five- to 10-minute presentation on a topic that they shouldhave prepared as homework before coming to the training (see Chapter 4). The presentation canbe on any topic of importance to the leader and his or her community. Topics might include theimportance of applying for naturalization, the requirements for naturalization, how to help yourchild succeed in school, how to be a good parent in the United States, how to prepare for a jobinterview, the differences between the leader’s cultural values and those of other immigrantgroups or of the dominant U.S. culture.5-6
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