Deadline: 18-Jan-23
Thomson Reuters Foundation is offering a free, instructor-led course on cutting-edge communications skills to Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) / Civil Society Organisation (CSO) communicators and researchers in Malaysia working to combat Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery.
This is an opportunity provided by the USAID Asia Countering Trafficking in Persons (CTIP), a regional USAID-funded counter-trafficking project based in Bangkok, Thailand, with support from Winrock International. It is delivered by the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
Thomson Reuters Foundation believe NGOs/CSOs and Researchers have a crucial role to play in combatting human trafficking and modern slavery in Malaysia. They support this by leveraging their world-leading expertise in communications and journalism to support this free course for organisations and researchers in Malaysia working in this crucial field.
Learning Objectives
- The media training element of this Programme aims to help civil society organisations and researchers to better communicate key messages to target audiences and the media, with a view to contributing to higher-quality communications and dialogue on issues relating to human trafficking and modern slavery.
- At the end of the programme, you will be able to:
- Define and segment audiences for communications
- Develop clear, accessible key messages for target audiences
- Map a communications campaign
- Understand the use of digital marketing and multimedia skills training tools
- Understand the news cycle and how journalists work
- Communicate with the media via day-to-day press relations and crisis management
- Prepare a spokesperson for interviews and presentations
- Practice interview skills
- Interact with journalists using a ‘solutions journalism’ approach
Note: Programme contents may be modified to best respond to the learning needs of the participants.
Course Dates and Structure
- Joint Meet and Greet: 27 Jan 2023
- Course Session Dates (9:00-13:00 KUL): 1 Feb, 8 Feb, 15 Feb, 22 Feb, 1 Mar 2023
- Joint Session with journalists (9:00-11:00 KUL): 3 Feb, 10 Feb, 17 Feb, 24 Feb, 7 Mar 2023
- Structure: The course will be delivered over 10 x 4-hour sessions, using online seminars and other interactive online tools. Participants will be given short activities to complete during and after each session to build skills and confidence.
- Location: Online (Zoom)
- Language: English.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be full-time NGO/CSO staff or researcher in Malaysia with a role in communications and media engagement or communicating research outputs.
- Applicants must be fluent in English. The course will be run in English.
- Applicants must have three years minimum of professional experience.
- Applicants must have access to a minimum internet speed of 8Mb/second. (You can check the speed of your device by logging from it on www.speedtest.net). Financial support to purchase internet data can be made available for the period of the training.
- Applicants need access to a computer to participate in the course; participation from a mobile or smartphone will not be possible.
- Applicants must commit to attending all sessions. They will be excused if there’s an emergency or for a work commitment after receiving prior approval with trainers. They highly recommend 80% attendance to be eligible for certification and one on one mentoring.
For more information, visit CTIP.