ISSUE #43: Saturday August 13, 2011 -- Announcement #1

Thought I'd stick Announcements, Ongoing, Upcoming, Resources and Media stuff here first as a post first then under the Pages above for future reference. (Hey did that even make sense?)

UPCOMING!!

Consumers in Action

Leadership Skills Training Program

Location: 200–520 W. 6^th Avenue Time: 2-4 pm

Sign up for one or all of the modules

MAINTAINING YOUR MENTAL HEALTH 

Tuesday, October 25 & Friday, October 28

POLICY & STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT
Tuesday, November 1 & Friday, November 4

LEADERSHIP SKILLS
Tuesday, November 8 & Wednesday, November 9

ADVOCACY SKILLS
Tuesday, November 15 & Friday, November 18

STEPS TO STARTING A SELF-HELP GROUP
Tuesday, November 22 & Wednesday, November 23

COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
Tuesday, November 29 & Wednesday, November 30

PREPARING & DELIVERING PRESENTATIONS
Tuesday, December 6 & Thursday, December 8

Please call Debbie at 604-708-5274 to register

WHAT IS COVERED IN EACH MODULE:

Maintaining your Mental Health

Learn how to manage symptoms, develop and maintain social supports, control anger, handle stigma, participate in meaningful activities, and improve communication skills

Policy & Standards Development
Learn how to define and develop policy and standards, levels of government, the legislative process, citizen engagement, government decisions on spending, and steps for participating in policy development.

Leadership Skills

Learn the role of leaders, leadership styles, facilitation, mediation, assertive caring, active listening, boundary issues, handling difficult situations, and mobilizing grass roots.

Advocacy Skills

Learn what an advocate is, types of advocacy, carrying out an advocacy plan, advocacy skills, individual rights and responsibilities, and confidentiality.

Steps to Starting a Self-Help Group

Learn how to find other consumers who share your interest, think ‘mutual aid’ from the start, find a suitable meeting place and time, target your membership, publicize and run your first public meeting, and define the purpose of the group.

Community Participation

Learn what community participation, democratic methods for conducting meetings, roles and responsibilities of board members and committees, accessing information and supports, and techniques for maximizing participation.

Preparing and Delivering Presentations
Learn about the speech recipe, using graphics/overheads, question and answer time, evaluation, the presenter, and stage fright.