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Fri 03 Apr

POSTPONED Advocacy - Getting Your Message Heard

Registration 9.30, Workshop starts 9.45am and ends 5.00pm

Seville Lodge, Callan Road, Kilkenny R95RH97

€30 IASW members/€70 non-members

DUE TO INSUFFICIENT BOOKING, THIS EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE IN DUBLIN ON 25 SEPTEMBER

“It’s not what you say, it’s what they hear”

 

Whether it is a presentation, regular meeting, discussion group, lobbying or lecture, every action, gesture, word, pause and facial expression communicates a message to your audience. If you are providing your message in a language that the intended audience cannot understand, then it does not matter how often you repeat it or the extent of your research, the potential for your message to be lost is high.

 

Advocacy getting your message heard is a one-day practical workshop for those who want to develop their verbal and non-verbal communication skills. It is a space to address issues arising in practice so that new learning and skills can be incorporated into your work place.

 

Preparation:

  • Prepare a three minute presentation on your advocacy challenge and present on the day.
  • Have previously reflected on the subject or issue you have identified prior to the workshop.
  • Watch or listen to a media programme: Claire Byrne RTE Television, The Late Debate RTE Radio 1, or any similar forum. Pinpoint the methods others use to their advantage or disadvantage.
  • Watch a Ted Talk on YouTube

 

What will be covered:

  • How you communicate through your presentation
  • Your verbal and non-verbal skills
  • Meetings: Being spoken over, interrupted, never time to discuss your topic, diversions and off topic occurrences.
  • Managing your own meeting and agenda
  • Setting SMART goals
  • Group and individual work

 

Outcomes:

  • A strategy to have your voice heard
  • SMART goals to implement into your practice
  • An enhanced way of communicating – verbal and nonverbal
  • The tools to advance your advocacy challenge

 

Please bring your own laptop if required.

Monica Fitzpatrick is a consultant and facilitator for professional development, lecturing and facilitating workshops under the umbrella of Continuous Professional Development (CPD). She is a former CPD officer and over the course of her career has worked with professional bodies within the Health and Social Care environment in Ireland, devising and implementing CPD Programmes which included facilitating reflective practice workshops through experiential learning. She is committed to life-long learning whether that learning is through formal or informal means. 

With over 30 years’ experience as a tutor in acting she developed her skills tutoring in effective presentation, vocal skills, verbal and non-verbal communication and owning your space. She was trained by the Gaiety School of Acting and tutored with the Young Gaiety for several years. Monica had the opportunity to work as a volunteer teacher in Africa which was a life changing experience and ignited her passion for lifelong learning.