Goals

This Introduction to Advocacy Training Guide provides the tools for people to start engaging in the advocacy process, and is thus designed to:

• inform a diverse audience of potential advocates about advocacy and its methods;
• build some basic skills in advocacy;
• increase the use of available data to inform the advocacy process;
• give confidence to those who are embarking on advocacy efforts;
• encourage the democratic process by providing people with the skills to make their voices heard.

Target
The Guide should be useful to people in all sectors who wish to improve policies and programs through advocacy. Potential users may be:

• professional institutions, associations and networks;
• researchers interested in promoting their findings;
• program managers who wish to influence their agencies and/or the public;
• NGOs or community organizations;
• ad hoc groups that may form to address particular issues;
• training institutions or groups that work with potential advocates.

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Original Source: Academy for Educational Development

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Contents of the RAR file:

• Aims, learning methods, and skills
• Course outline
• Assessment
• Lectures

Original Source: Unwin, Tim (2005) Information and Communication Technologies for Development, Online Course Materials, Royal Holloway, University of London (Available at http://www.ict4d.org.uk)

Unit overview: This unit takes participants through the process of understanding the priorities involved in finding information successfully on the Internet.

Duration: 3-4 hours

Target audience: People from telecentres/CSO/development sectors who need to develop their information-gathering skills. People who have been frustrated by previous attempts to locate useful information on the Internet.

Prerequisite skills: Keyboard and mouse skills, familiarity with Windows and an Internet browser. Some familiarity with Internet browsing.

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Contents of the RAR file:

• Notes for trainers (MS Word)
• Handout (MS Word)
• PowerPoint presentation (MS PowerPoint)
• Glossary (MS Word)
• Exercises (MS Word)
• Examples handout (MS Word)
• List of additional resources (MS Word)
• Workshop evaluation form (for trainees) (MS Word)
• Materials evaluation form (for trainers) (MS Word)
• Copyright statement (MS Word)

Original Source: ITrainOnline Multimedia Training Kit

This course was taught by Barbara Fillip through the USDA Graduate School from 1999 to 2003. It has been offered online since 2001. The last session ran from February to April 2004. As of August 2004, the course was no longer available in its facilitated version. These are the Self-Paced Course Materials.

Original Source: Knowledge for Development