New Webinar: So You Want to Be a Great Facilitator, Eh?

Effective advocacy requires responsive trainers with facilitation skills that will engage, involve and educate the volunteer advocate. Good facilitation requires a basic skill set that promotes dialogue, idea creation and exchange as well as a general feeling of inclusivity. Would you like some tips to strengthen your facilitation skills and add interactivity to your training? Then, So You Want to Be a Great Facilitator, eh?, a 60-minute interactive webinar hosted by Training Director Brian Washburn, is designed for you. This webinar will be especially useful if you conduct pre-service curriculum training. It will be offered only once on February 25 at 10 a.m. PT. Register for access.

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Website Writing Tips

National CASA's Communications Department provides suggested best practices for writing for the web. These tips can also be helpful when you communicate via email or e-newsletter.

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The FosterClub Outstanding Young Leaders Program

FosterClub works with and learns from countless young people from the foster care system who are true inspirations. These young leaders have persevered through challenging circumstances and are now finding ways to disprove negative stereotypes about young people in foster care. FosterClub will recognize 100 of these young people with the FosterClub Outstanding Young Leader Award. Nominees must be aged 16-24 as of May 1, 2010 and must have spent some time in foster care. The nomination process will be open from February 15 to March 15. Learn more about past Outstanding Young Leaders in the FosterClub website's Media section, get your questions answered in FAQs and then Nominate someone you feel is deserving of this award.

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