VOTE: Women Programme
Categories: Civic Education
About Course
VOTE: Women Programme is a leadership springboard for women political aspirants and incumbents that leverage digital tools for women to follow their ambitions of civic leadership. Under VOTE: Women, Pollicy presents an opportunity to collaborate and co-create emerging and catalytic content that will ensure maximising the potential of digital skills for African leaders. The learning platform will focus on interactive content, peer learning and networking, mentorship and fundraising opportunities to build digital skills to power successful political campaigns and careers.
What Will You Learn?
- Digital Safety
- Creative Writing
- Multimedia content creation
- Engaging Diverse Audiences
- Online Campaigns
Course Content
Course Introduction
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Course Introduction
MODULE ONE: Online Safety/Usalama Mtandaoni
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Module Introduction
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Introductory Game: Digital Safe-Tea
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Individual Reflection Questions
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Group Conversation
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Lesson 1: Understanding Digital Security and how it is Threatened
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Lesson 2: The Importance of Digital Safety for a Woman Leader
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Individual Reflection Assignment
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Pairing Assignment
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Sharing Assignment
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Check Point: Quiz Time
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Activity
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Lesson 3: Digital Security and Safety Skills and Tool Kits
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Practice Exercise
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Lesson 4: Understanding Safety laws and Policies and their gaps
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Discussion: Think, Pair, Share.
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Lesson 5: Recovering from Online Harassment & safeguarding your mental health
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Final Assessment/ Reflection
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Final Notes
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More Resources on Digital Safety
MODULE TWO: Creative Writing/Ubunifu katika uandishi wa kidigitali
This module on creative writing provides one with the skills and tools needed to be able to communicate and express their thoughts, opinions and ideas. This is the second module because it will provide the participants with a foundation on which the preceding modules will continue to grow on. They will have the opportunity to keep practising this skill throughout the other modules.
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Module Overview
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Introduction & Activity
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Lesson 1: Understanding Creative Writing
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Lesson 2: Tool for Creative Writing: Free-Flow Writing
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Activity: Free-flow technique
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Lesson 3: Getting your message across
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Activity: Create your kanga message
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Reflection
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Final Notes
MODULE THREE: Creating Multimedia Content
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Module Overview
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Module Introduction
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Reflection
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Activity: Types of Multimedia
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Activity
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Reflection
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Final Notes
MODULE FOUR: Engaging With Different Audiences/Kujihusisha na hadhira mbalimbali mtandaoni
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Module Overview
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Introduction & Activity
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Lesson 1: Who are the different Online Audiences
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Lesson 2: Designing for Different Demographics
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Lesson 3: Retaining Engagement, and promoting your cause and message
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Lesson 4: Safety while engaging different target audiences
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Discussion
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Lesson 5: Creating your personal brand
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Activity
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Lesson 6: Engaging your audience
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Activity & Discussion
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Debrief and Final Assessment
MODULE FIVE: Online Campaigns
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Module Overview
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Entry Assessment / Activity
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Lesson 2: Digital Campaigns In Africa
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Discussion
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Checkpoint
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Lesson 3: Designing Your Own Campaign
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Lesson 4: Measuring your online campaign’s impact, engagement metrics & success
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Lesson 5: Choosing A Social Media Manager & Crowd Funding for your campaign
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Final Assessment
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Exit Activity
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Final Notes
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Mental Health Activities
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