STEP 4. ACTIVITY: ADVOCACY ACTIVITY CAROUSEL 30 minutes Have participants count off into 4 groups. Assign each group to a flip chart easel. Explain that each flip chart represents a different category of advocacy activities: 1. Media/communications 2. Events/meetings 3. Materials/publications 4. Generating data/evidence for advocacy Instruct each team to write down as many different general types of advocacy activities in their category as they can in 30 seconds. The examples are not specific to their own advocacy goals, but for any advocacy goal. Start the timer and ask them to start writing. After thirty seconds, signal for groups to rotate clockwise to the next flip chart and add what they can to the existing list. Again, allow 30 seconds. Continue in this way until all groups have had a chance to contribute to each flip chart. You may choose to rotate teams repeatedly through each chart if the lists are minimal. Gather participants in front of one flip chart and discuss the list. Prompt teams to elaborate on their ideas with questions such as: How would you use this activity for advocacy? What are the pros and cons of using this activity? What would you need to consider when planning this activity? How would a decision-maker respond to this type of activity? If there are a lot of traditional advocacy activities, what new and unusual activities could get the interest of decision-makers? Repeat this discussion at each flip chart. If any major ideas are missing, refer to the box below for ideas in each category. Materials/Publications
STEP 4. ACTIVITY: ADVOCACY ACTIVITY CAROUSEL 30 minutes Have participants count off into 4 groups. Assign each group to a flip chart easel. Explain that each flip chart represents a different category of advocacy activities: 1. Media/communications 2. Events/meetings 3. Materials/publications 4. Generating data/evidence for advocacy Instruct each team to write down as many different general types of advocacy activities in their category as they can in 30 seconds. The examples are not specific to their own advocacy goals, but for any advocacy goal. Start the timer and ask them to start writing. After thirty seconds, signal for groups to rotate clockwise to the next flip chart and add what they can to the existing list. Again, allow 30 seconds. Continue in this way until all groups have had a chance to contribute to each flip chart. You may choose to rotate teams repeatedly through each chart if the lists are minimal. Gather participants in front of one flip chart and discuss the list. Prompt teams to elaborate on their ideas with questions such as: How would you use this activity for advocacy? What are the pros and cons of using this activity? What would you need to consider when planning this activity? How would a decision-maker respond to this type of activity? If there are a lot of traditional advocacy activities, what new and unusual activities could get the interest of decision-makers? Repeat this discussion at each flip chart. If any major ideas are missing, refer to the box below for ideas in each category. Materials/Publications
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