Fifty plus One Training of Trainers
We are seeking women with electoral campaign experience on the local-, state- or national- level to participate in our Training of Trainers. Women with experience in:
- Message Development and Delivery
- Grassroots Field Organizing
- Fundraising
are invited to participate.
By trainings end, participants will be able to:
- Understand Fifty plus One's mission
- Advance the goals of Fifty plus One through training
- Understand that there are a variety of learning styles and be able to design and present a training that appeals to a range of learning styles
- Be familiar with a variety of training methods and guidelines for choosing a method that fits a particular need or learning style
- Know how to and appreciate the importance of setting specific knowledge, skills, and attitude objectives for your training
- Understand, in very basic terms, how climate and group dynamics affect learning and how to establish and maintain an effective learning environment
- Know the importance of designing evaluations that have long-term impact
- Audition for the opportunity to become a volunteer trainer for Fifty plus One and to present trainings within your area of expertise.
If you are interested in participating, please fill out the Training of Trainers needs assessment form and return it to Fifty plus One.
Fifty plus One Training of Trainers Needs Assessment
If you plan to attend our Training of Trainers, it is critical that you return this form. This needs assessment is essentinal to the design of an effective Training of Trainers (as you will learn). Please fill out this form and return it to Fifty plus One, NO LATER THAN TWO WEEEKS PRIOR TO A TRAINING OF TRAINERS SESSION.
Please type or write legibly answers to the following questions
Name
Address
City, State, Zip
Phone - Day and Evening
Occupation
Duties on the Job (Please attach a resume)
Electoral Compaign Experience
Please be specific and list all relevant electoral campaign experience, i.e., who was/were the candidate(s)? Was it a local, state or national campaign? What was your position/experience with the campaign(s)? Did your candidates win? Were you involved in the campaign planning process or in developing campaign strategy? Please detail your experience with any/all of the following:
- Campaign planning/strategy
- Message development
- Polling
- Targeting
- Budgeting and fundraising
- Media - earned and paid
- Voter Identification
- Literature drops/canvassing
- Get-out-the-vote
- Volunteer coordination
- Campaign speech making
- Computer systems design
Please list issue campaign experience, i.e., legislative or ballot measure campaign experience that includes any of the above categories. Do you believe that your issue campaign experience is transferable to electoral campaigns? If so, how?
Training Experience
Please list any training experience you have had with special emphasis on electoral campaign training and the above categories. If you have had training experience, what was your role, i.e., did you design and present the training? If you have not had training experience, what has been your public speaking training and/or experience?
Training of Trainers
Have you been trained in:
- designing a training that appeals to a range of learning styles?
- how climate and group dynamics affect learning and how to establish and maintain and effective learning environment?
- appreciating the importance of setting specific knowledge, skills, and attitude objectives for your training?
- a variety of training methods and guidelines for choosing a method that fits a particular need?
- the importance and design of evaluations that have long-term impact?
If you have been trained in any of the above areas, please give details.
If you attend our Training of Trainers, are you willling to be a Fifty plus One trainer volunteer?
What do you hope to gain from attending the Fifty plus One Training of Trainers?
What other skills or experience can you contribute to our beginner-, intermediate-, and advanced- level electoral campaign trainings?
Send your Fifty plus One Training of Trainers needs assessment to:
Fifty plus One
817 Silver Spring Ave
Silver Spring, MD 20910
phone: (301) 587-8 061
fax: (301) 587-8063
