Outreach & Training

Consumer Action’s multilingual and multicultural community outreach managers work to empower individual consumers and community educators nationwide through free, unbiased, rights-focused consumer literacy information and training. Aware that the best way to reach vulnerable consumer populations is to work with trusted community entities, Consumer Action’s outreach staff leverages our national network of nearly 7,000 community-based organizations—the largest and most diverse of its kind—by providing information and tools to enable them to educate and advocate… Read More »

 

Best Practices

In this section, Consumer Action's outreach and training staff share tips, best practices and pointers to help you design your trainings.

 
  • Preparation and practice makes perfect (Jul 01, 2007)
    There are two secrets to making a good presentation: preparation and practice. Take the time to prepare properly and your…
  • Lead without taking the reins (Apr 01, 2007)
    Facilitation is a way of providing leadership without taking the reins. As a facilitator, your job is to get others…
  • Give your 'pitch' a facelift (Mar 01, 2007)
    “What do you do?” It’s a simple enough question, used often for starting a conversation. Yet the answer you provide…
  • Facilitator behavior and strategies (Feb 01, 2007)
    How you behave as a facilitator can make or break your effectiveness. The more groundwork you do, the better you…

 

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