Modules
Does your board know its role and responsibilities? Do you know how to do advocacy work? How do you improve the diversity within your deaf organisation? How do you monitor your projects and activities? You can get answers to those questions (and much more) from the 24 modules here.
Vision and Mission
Topics: Purpose; Vision; Mission; Strategies.
Statutes
Topics: Statutes / Constitution / Bylaws; Vision and Mission; Objectives; Administration; Decision making; Membership.
Internal and External Structure
Topics: Organisation structure; Board structure; Committee structure; Types of organizations and their structures; Linkages within organizations; International organizational structures.
The Board
Topics: Types of organisation boards; Functions of a board; Roles and responsibilities; Characteristics of a good board; Hearing allies.
Governance
Topics: Governance practices; Democratic rules; Leadership.
Implementation
Topics: Activity Planning; Action or Work Plan; Problem Identification and Analysis.
Participation and Relationships
Topics: Active participation in networks; Representation; International cooperation; Disability groups; Local / regional affiliates.
External and Internal Communication
Topics: What is communication?; External communication; Successful communication; Communication plan;Internal communication.
Sign Language Work
Topics: Sign Language Work; Colonization; Language planning; Unification / standardisation; Steps to Sign Language Work.
Interpreting
Topics: What is a Sign Language Interpreter (SLI)? The role and responsibilities of a SLI; SLI training; Cooperation between deaf (association) and SLI (association).
Human Rights
Topics: Overview of human rights; Different conventions and rights; CRPD; SDGs; Human rights of deaf people; Recognition of Sign Language; The role of NGOs and National Deaf Associations.
Gender and Diversity
Topics: Gender equality; Gender policy; Women’s section/wing; Diversity (religion, disabilities, races, sexual orientation, languages, tribes, age).
Youth
Topics: Importance of youth section/wing; How adults and youth work together; How to establish a youth section/wing.
Deaf Education
Topics: Access to education; Stages of education; Types of education; Institutional approaches.
Advocacy and Lobbying
Topics: Advocacy; Lobbying; Different types of advocacy and lobbying; How to conduct effective advocacy and lobbying; Awareness raising; How the CRPD can support advocacy work.
How to Establish a National Association
Topics: Locating prospective members; Establishing contact; Organizing first public meeting; Official registration of the organization.
How to Establish Local Branches
Topics: Locating prospective members; Establishing contact; Organizing first public meeting; Official registration of the organization.
Income Generation
Topics: Sustainable income; Fundraising.
Conflict Resolution
Topics: Types of Conflicts; Types of Resolutions; 7 steps of conflict resolution.
Monitoring and Evaluation
Topics: Monitoring: How, when, and why? Evaluation: How, when, and why? Logical Framework Approach (LFA).
Voting
Topics: Voting rights; Selecting voting methods; Determining voting results.
Establishing a Project
Topics: Planning a project; Steps to make a project proposal; Gender sensitive project.
Roles and Responsibilities
Topics: Division of duties between board and staff.
Organisational Assessment
Topics: Organisational assessment; Self-assessment; Descriptive, normative, and impact questions; Create indicators; Collecting data.