Through regional workshops and country-level training, PRB has trained professionals from developing countries to design and implement policy communication strategies. Training sessions are designed to help participants manage information, identify the policy and program implications of data, create a dissemination strategy, and develop written and oral presentation skills for communicating effectively with policy audiences. A sampling of materials previously used in training activities is presented below.
Fundamentals of the Policy Process: Creating a Window of Opportunity for Change
This training session was prepared for the Averting Maternal Death and Disability Conference in Malaysia in October 2003. The session provides an overview of the policy process enabling participants to increase the use of research results with the goal of improving policies and programs.
Presentation: Creating a Window of Opportunity for Policy Change (PPT: 246KB)
Exercise: Fundamentals of the Policy Process (PDF: 8KB)
Related Case Study: Maternal Mortality in Herat Province, Afghanistan (PDF: 86KB)
Accessing Health Information Through the Internet
This training session was prepared for the East Asia Regional Workshop on Managing Information for Effective Health Programs held in Vietnam in December 2003. The session provides an introduction to internet searching and population and health resources on the internet.
Access Part I: Introduction and Searching
Presentation: Access Part I (PPT: 536KB)
Manual and Exercises: Accessing Health Information Through the Internet (PDF: 328KB)
Access Part II: Population and Health Resources
Presentation: Access Part II (PPT: 2.5MB)
Manual and Exercise: Population and Health Resources (PDF: 176KB)
Guidelines for Effective Data Presentations
For information on data presentations, please refer to the guide Connecting People to Useful Information: Guidelines for Effective Data Presentations. The guide was prepared by the Dissemination Working Group of the MEASURE Program, and has been used in various training activities. The guide provides practical advice and examples in the art of presenting data to nonspecialist audiences. It contains two appendices with sample slides and reference material for preparing presentations using PowerPoint software. The chapters listed below focus on developing and delivering oral presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint.
Presentation: Acknowledgments; Introduction; Section 1: Six Steps to Developing an Effective Presentation; Section 2: Delivering an Oral Presentation (PDF: 336KB)
Presentation: Section 3: Presentation Dos and Don’ts: Tips for Preparing Great Slides (PDF: 1.7MB)
Disseminating Information Using the Internet
This training session was prepared for the East Asia Regional Workshop on Managing Information for Effective Health Programs held in Vietnam in December 2003. The session discusses methods of disseminating information via the Internet.
Presentation: Information Dissemination (PPT: 660KB)
Manual and Exercise: Using the Internet to Disseminate Information (PDF: 102KB)
Please email popref@prb.org with any questions about the training materials.