sociogram: an exercise in which participants arrange their bodies to show something about themselves or to stimulate a new awareness. For example, participants are asked to range themselves along a line that shows how long they've been active with a particular cause. See also "spectrum." Read more...
1. Explanation of the Core Training 2. How To Steal From The Manual 3. What is Third-party Nonviolent Intervention: defining accompaniment, interposition, observing/monitoring, and presence 4. TPNI Simulations: applications of the techniques 5. Skills This Curriculum Covers: Core Proficiencies Training Curriculum Training Curriculum At A Glance Week 1
Day 1: Orientation to the organization, training, and building a group for learning Day 2: More capacity building, culture, team-building Day 3: Background for TPNI Day 4: More theory of TPNI and personal well-being skills… Day 5: Introduction of Accompaniment Day 6: More accompaniment, rank work, and de-escalation skills Day 7: Accompaniment Simulation!
Week 2
Day 8: Finishing debrief of accompaniment simulation; facilitation skills Day 9: Security (report-writing, information flow, relating to others) and Conflict Resolution Day 10: Introduction to monitoring/observing and moving the team forward Day 11: More security, personal reflection, and preparation for upcoming simulation Day 12: More monitoring/observing and understanding the organizational structure Day 13: Monitoring/Observing Simulation! Day 14: Mid-training check-in, evaluation and moving the group forward
Week 3
Day 15 and 16: Rotating Sessions: CISD, Rank and Privilege, Driving Skills, Spiritual well-being and First Aid Day 17: Power analysis and its use in conflict situations, plus de-stressing Day 18: Introducing Presence Day 19: Deepen Presence Day 20: Introducing Interpositioning Day 21: Interposition Simulation!
Week 4
Day 22: Life in the Field; Professionalism; and skilling up in any area Day 23: Final day: Review, Evaluation and Closing ceremony
Modules & Threads Accompaniment Technique Module Tools In The Company of Fear Video Accompaniment Role-Plays Handouts Introduction to Accompaniment Prioritization: Weighing Issues to Decide Who to Accompany Guidelines for Handling Protective Accompaniment Monitoring/Observing Technique Module Tools Peripheral Vision Milling Fishbowl Observation Challenge Information Stations on Monitoring Monitoring/Observing 101 Ethics of Monitoring/Observing International Law Game Show Handouts Monitoring: Ethical Issues & Responses Important Points to Remember for Political Observers Documenting Human Rights Abuses Knowing Your Legal Rights to Intervene Human Rights Fundamentals Universal Declaration of Human Rights Presence Technique Module Tools Walking down the line Responding to Chaos: Video Challenge Presence Skills Arena Handouts Presence: impacting the field of violence Grounding, Centering and Breathing Interposition Technique Module Tools Enlisting Allies Tag Team Crowd Control and Interposition Quick Decisions Handouts Introduction to Interpositioning Crowd Control Empty Theory of TPNI Thread Tools Spectrum of Peacebuilding Pantomime for Three Applications of Nonviolent Action Parallel lines: learning through doing [Dog Beating Role-play] Deterrence Relay Race Quick Decisions Historical Roots Quest Chair Power: Three types of power Handouts Deterrence Theory Three Applications of Nonviolent Action: Social Change, Social Defense, and Third-Party Nonviolent Intervention Three Grand Strategies: Peacemaking, Peacebuilding and Peacekeeping What is Third-party Nonviolent Intervention: defining accompaniment, interposition, observing/monitoring, and presence Nonpartisanship Stages of Implementing the Peace Strategies A Political Analysis of Terror Team-building Thread Tools I am the center… Team Types Activity Ankle Walk Introduction to Morning Ritual Participant-led Sessions Fishbowl: "Worst meeting ever…" Task and Maintenance: What makes groups work? Facilitation Practice with Observers Childhood Stories About Conflict Concentric Circles: Success in Conflict Active Listening in Controversy Challenge Structured Journaling: Owning Responses to Conflict Sociogram of Organization's Structure Blindsquares Electric Fence (in new work teams) Handouts Problem-Solving As a Team Team Types Things to Observe in Internal Group Dynamics Guidelines for Giving Useful Feedback to Teammates Introduction to the Emergency Response Network Leadership Skills in Groups Facilitation Skills Active Listening: Some Helpful Hints Conflict Resolution Processes: Tips and Strategies Tips for Facilitators: Preparing for Meetings Culture and Rank Thread Tools Culture Sharing: 3 strengths and 1 concern Closed-eye Process: Cross-Cultural Successes Dadoo Village Stepping Stones Identifying Personal Rank Photographic Culture Sharing Step With Me Gender Sensitivity (dealing with stereotypes) Handouts Personal Tips for Handling Cultural Clashes How Different Cultures Handle Conflict Mainstream and Margin Rank and Privilege Immediate Conflict Skills Thread Tools Voice Barometer De-escalation Skill Role-plays Confidence in the Face of Violence Series Practicing Power-with-others and Power-from-within Practicing Presence Handouts How to behave when confronted with direct violence Nonviolence and Guns De-escalation Skills Handling Heckling and Scuffles The Usefulness of Understatements Security Thread Tools Communicating the Organization Role-Plays Report writing challenge Macro-Analysis Tool: International Players Tinkertoy Intelligence Collection Drill Security of Information/Relating to Others Role-Plays Cell Phones and Using Immediate Conflict Skills Role-play Skits Handouts Doing Threat Assessment Developing a Positive Public Image Personal Safety How to Reduce Repressive Violence Elements of a Good Report Guidelines for Writing to the Public Tips on Writing Reports and Publications Recommendations for International Workers: Knowing the Country Context Guidelines When Dealing with Security Personnel Guardian Article: the increase in violent attacks on aid workers Negotiating with the Military Working with the Media Tips on interviewing victims of traumatic stress How to do Public Relations Meetings Personal Awareness Thread Tools Guidelines Maximize/Minimize Learning Step In: Step Out Sustaining Self-Care: a tool for personal awareness Noticings Reflection on Lessons Learned Nonviolence Sociograms Brainstorm: Ways to Handle Fear Presentation of Self Series Reflect on Maximize/Minimize List Feedback Mingle Stamina & Personal Motivation Professional Identity Challenge Handouts Experiencing Fear Ways to Control Fear (lists from previous workshops) Personal Well-being Thread Tools Creating Buddy Pairs (Partners for Learning) Curiousity Challenge (Getting to know facilitators/fellow participants) Creating Physical Exercise Practice Groups Peer Counseling: Practicing Intentional Support Creating Spiritual Practice Groups Spiritual Practice Sharing Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Intro Reflection on Spiritual Well-being Open Sharing Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Session Healing Ritual Gummy Bear Exercise Handouts Debriefing for Peacekeepers The Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Process The Value of the Team Creating A Personal Support Network Peer Support: The Art of Listening Extra Trauma Material: Dealing with Traumatic Events
Technical Skills (mini-thread) Handouts
Tips for taking better pictures Tools for Training Framework (mini-thread) Tools Welcoming and Closing Ceremony Agenda Review The Mingle: a flexible experiential activity Logistics Introduction Creation of Listening Committee Review Tools Review Tool: People-Sized Strategy Board Game Closing Circles Dynamicas Supplemental Tools Handling Trauma: Normalizing Reactions Strategy Game Evaluating the Training Evaluating the Training Sample Evaluation Materials Enhancing Your Training Cross-Cultural Trainings: Some Tips How To Build Safety In A Group Using Discomfort Zones for Learning How to Set-Up and Lead Role-Plays Debrief Ideas Stamina Tips Appendices Appendix A: Civil Society Defending Civil Society Appendix B: Logistics Coordinator Manual Appendix C: Bibliography Index and Lists of Manual Resources Index of Tools/Exercises Complete List of Tools/Exercises (ordered by threads) Complete List of Handouts (ordered by threads) List of Abbreviations
BEFORE YOU ENLIST AND AFTER YOU SAY NO: AFSC's counter-recruitment training manual
By Daniel Hunter and Hannah Strange
Get this 239-page training manual with over eighty handouts, articles, and tools on organizing, strategy, and how to do counter-recruitment. Most of the tools in the workshop can be easily adapted for other movements -- many of which are brand new tools.
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