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How to influence the Government
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INTRO: IT’S TIME TO HAVE YOUR SAY
How Government, national and local, make decisions about your life
How the policy-making process works
How to take part and contribute - Charles Clark is listening
How the pilot project works – aims, process, timetable
5 Steps to INFLUENCE
1. THINK, TALK, LISTEN - friends, family, experts
Brainstorm ideas and possibilities
How to participate effectively in discussions face-to-face
How to chair a discussion and help other students have a voice
How to interview expert witnesses
How to take part in online communities (including safety)
2. ORGANISE - Get your ideas together
How to generate and organise ideas (E.g. Mindmapping)
How to decide What You Really Think
3. GET REAL - Make practical recommendations
How to judge Possibilities, Priorities and Practicalities
How to structure and write a compelling case
How to recommend changes that could really work
4. CREATE - Make your presentations
How to write a report, manifesto
How to do a compelling presentation (3 x 3)
How to use presentation media – technical competence with mobile phone (text, speech, video), role-play, multimedia, digital video (including editing).
5. SHOW & TELL - Influence the Government
Publish on the project website
Present locally to teachers, parents, local authority, news media
Present at the Student Voice Seminar
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