"This toolkit is for people and organisations that support NGOs and CBOs responding to HIV/AIDS in developing countries. These include NGO support programmes, training institutions and individual trainers. The toolkit can also be used by NGOs and CBOs themselves to build skills within their own orga
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nisations and implement advocacy work. It is important that people using this toolkit already have some basic facilitation skills, for example in guiding large group discussions and small group activities. It is also helpful if they have some previous experience of advocacy work around HIV/AIDS, although this is not essential." (Page 5)
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"This university level module offers a fresh approach for teachers and students of journalism on how to promote social and cultural diversity through the media. It involves individual reflection, helping the student to take a closer look at their own value system and how this can impact on their wor
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k as journalists. It sharpens their analytical skills when gathering information for their stories and broadcasts. And, it gives students practical reporting and interviewing skills resulting in better stories and programmes drawing on the experience of a wider range of groups in society. In short, the course described here aims to make students into better journalists." (Introduction)
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"This course is designed to help you to sharpen your media advocacy skills. It is made up of two 2-day workshops. During the first workshop, you will explore the meaning of advocacy. You will also consider the importance of finding and including women’s voices in the media you produce. On Day 2 yo
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u will interact critically with different aspects of a model for running a successful advocacy campaign. You will be expected to complete an assignment in which you will develop a strategy or action plan for an advocacy campaign relevant to the context in which you are working. During the second 2-day workshop, you will examine each other’s action plans. Different tactics, like writing press releases, doing radio interviews, using unusual protest acts and designing posters will be presented and practised." (Introduction, page 6)
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"This Facilitator Guide and Reference Manual is to be used when training Volunteers and others who will serve as trainers in information and communication technology (ICT) during Volunteers’ Pre-Service Training (PST) or In-Service Training (IST). It outlines the format, materials, objectives, tim
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e, sequence, and content of the training of trainers (TOT). While this TOT is designed to prepare participants to conduct formal training sessions, the skills and materials can be applied to one-on-one situations or workshops designed to occur over several weeks or months that incorporate short skill-building sessions. The accompanying Participant Handbook is to be distributed to all trainers and participants." (Introduction)
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"One in a series of training manuals developed by the African Publishing Institute (API) of the African Publishers Network to facilitate intra-African training among its members, and which can be used for both formal training or individual study. Arranged under four modules: (1) Commissioning, (2) C
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opy-editing, (3) Advanced Copy-editing, and (4) Editorial management, supported by activity suggestions and practical tasks designed to make the modules interactive and participatory." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2479)
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"The most important point for all types of workshops is that the participation of the representatives of all relevant stakeholder groups is ensured. This goes beyond mere discussion: at some stage there is always the necessity to make binding decisions. At this point, the workshop participants must
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be empowered by their respective organisations and/or groups (constituencies) to make such binding decisions (commitments concerning the use of people, materials, equipment, time, and money).
A second important point for all types of workshops is the recommended use of a team of two facilitators. Years of experience in the context of organisations in the field of development have clearly demonstrated the advantage of having two facilitators rather than only one: a single facilitator simply cannot keep track of all the details of the group processes and, at the same time, keep the discussion focussed along the lines of the previously agreed agenda. Therefore, it is essential that the two facilitators compare their perceptions in the breaks between sessions and take turns in facilitating. Their perceptions thus gain in objectivity and their activity is less influenced by the emotional and cognitive strain that group processes invariably produce.
It should also be obvious that the less the facilitators are directly involved in the project under discussion, the more efficiently they will work. The more they are "outsiders," the more impartial they can be towards the expression of (sometimes diverging) interests in the processes of discussion and negotiation that are the essence of the MAPA-PROJECT workshops. This will not only increase the trust of all participants in the results of the workshop (i.e. the project plan), it will also enhance the credibility of this plan in the eyes of outside organisations, such as a funding organisation. For the same reason it is often advisable to conduct the workshop on "neutral grounds" (i.e., in a location different from that of the organisation which will be running the project)." (Overview, page 21)
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"This manual is intended for persons whose media organization has asked them to plan and present training programs. Our main concern is with programs where employees are taken out of their normal assignments to attend activities aimed at helping them learn new skills or develop their existing skills
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. We recognize that a great deal of training in the media takes the form of on-the-job training. No doubt you are familiar with the situation in which someone skilled in a job shows a novice how to do the work. This manual is less concerned with this form of training, although it is discussed briefly in section six." (Foreword)
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"This Gender Sensitive training package is divided into two component parts: The Manual and Reading Materials The two are parts of the whole and are mutually supportive. Although the manual can stand alone, the trainer needs the 'reading materials' to enable her/him to implement a knowledge-based in
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-depth course. The reading materials are organised in such a way as to fit into the intended 8-day training programme. The package is for trainers who are intent on furthering the interest of more gender sensitive reporting in the southern African media." (Introduction, page 2)
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"The publication was released on the occasion of a community radio management and training course, conducted by the Radio Nederland Training Centre in 2001. The course aimed to "deepen participant's knowledge of research and provide new information, promote emotional work by reflecting on feelings a
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nd attitudes on research, build skills so participants are supposed to be confident in carrying out tasks and activities in audience research after the course." Hence, this is a well structured, concrete guideline for the implementation of three-day workshops, including suggestions for time lines, practice exercises and explanations of methods like in-depth interviews, focus groups and the corresponding, commonly used creative techniques, eg, role-playing games, collages and word association. The focus is on audience research for community radio stations. The guide is more useful for station managers and others who want to train their staff effectively in qualitative and quantitative research methods, but who themselves already have some knowledge about both, than for those who are looking for a research manual or extensive research introductions." (commbox)
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"In the project design and management (PDM) workshop, Volunteers and their Counterparts learn how to involve the community members in moving from their analysis to planning and implementing projects that meet their desires and needs. Some general goals of the PDM workshop for the Peace Corps include
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: 1. To reinforce the philosophy of community participation, and provide additional methodologies for involving community members in designing and implementing their own projects; 2. To enhance the Peace Corps Volunteers’ outreach capabilities; 3. To build host country national community development skills and strengthen the relationship between Volunteer and Counterpart." (Pages 1-2)
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"Este é o Guia Pedagógico para você acompanhar as aulas do Programa "Para Ouvir e Aprender", que é uma realização da Rádio Rural de Santarém, em parceria com as Secretarias Municipais de Educação de Santarém e Belterra com apoio do UNICEF. No Brasil e na nossa região, existem muitas solu
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ções boas para o desafio de melhorar a qualidade da educação de nossas crianças. O Programa "Para Ouvir e Aprender" é uma delas. A idéia é utilizar o rádio, de forma criativa, dentro da sala de aula, como um recurso pedagógico. Com o programa de rádio, alunos, professores e toda a comunidade escolar trocarão informações entre si, acompanharão uma radionovela, ouvirão debates e entrevistas importantes para a nossa realidade local. Além disso, o Programa "Para Ouvir e Aprender" vai ensinar dinâmicas novas para professores e alunos aplicarem dentro da sala de aula, utilizando os conteúdos de português e matemática." (Introdução)
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"This excellent manual is intended as a guide for running training courses or workshops for groups of writers, illustrators, editors and others involved in producing popular reading material. Divided into six chapters, the manual takes the reader through various stages: how to develop a gender persp
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ective; how gender is constructed socially, and how to develop a framework for analyzing gender. Illustrations are looked at for what they show, how they show it, and what they do not show. Developed in a series of workshops, the book is accompanied by a detailed checklist to analyze works for gender-sensitivity, a glossary of terms, and an annotated bibliography for those who wish to read further. The training modules have been designed for use in workshop situations, and are accompanied by a pack of laminated training cards in a cover pocket of the A4 format wire-bound book, which can be used in different combinations by trainers or for self-study purposes." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2411)
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"Este es en primer lugar un manual de facilitación de una metodología de planificación estratégica y operativa - Marco Lógico - para gobiernos locales. Por su explicación detallada y su nacimiento en la práctica, el manual también es de fácil uso didáctico para facilitadores con poca exper
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iencia. Sin embargo, en vista de que en la mayor parte del manual se incluyen láminas didácticas para elaborar acetatos, también sirve como libro para los participantes." (Cubierta del libro)
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"While there are many trainers offering curricula in radio, this curriculum focuses on the management aspect of community radio. Many people in organisations focus their commitment and energy on the delivery side of the organisation and neglect the task of building the organisation and its people. W
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hen things go horribly wrong, as they so often do, there is much talk of lack of dedication and commitment. People get disillusioned and drop out. The failure in non-profit organisations often has nothing to do with a lack of commitment, and everything to do with a failure of management. Organisations need to be managed properly so that they grow and succeed. Radio station managers need to understand how organisations work, and how they develop and change. They need to manage the people and the resources, as well as the programming, to build a successful radio station. This training curriculum is aimed at building radio station managers' understanding of organisations and of the management role. While there is management training available, it tends to be aimed at commercial stations. Community radio, with its emphasis on community participation and volunteer involvement, has its own management issues. This curriculum was developed specifically for community radio stations - drawing on the experience of community radio stations in South Africa." (Introductory comments, page 1)
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"The manual was written for trainers around the world who seek to improve the advocacy skills of NGO leaders. While much of the background information and role play scenarios deal directly with reproductive health issues, a trainer could adapt the sessions for other contexts. The manual is directed
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toward trainers with substantial experience and a commitment to participatory methodologies. Less experienced trainers are urged to review Training Trainers for Development: Conducting a Workshop on Participatory Training Techniques (1995)." (Introduction, page 1)
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