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Dear all, Student volunteers can be the lifeblood of an event, festival, or engagement activity, and their training is the key to preparing them for their roles and avoiding negative outcomes. This invitation is to attend the *Designing and evaluating training programmes for student volunteers *workshop, with Prof. Eric Jensen and Paloma Zubieta, on *4* *July 2017*. The early bird discount ends on 12 May. The link below takes you to the event page and provides more information. You can register from this page: https://www.methodsforchange.org/event/designing-evaluating- training-programmes-student-volunteers/ Thank you, (Apologies for cross-posting) Communications Methods for Change [log in to unmask] *"Practitioner focused workshops designed to empower you and your organisation on the best evaluation and research techniques available."* Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/methodsforchange>* | *Twitter <http://twitter.com/methods4change>* | *Website <http://www.methodsforchange.org/> | Please share our workshops with your colleagues. <https://www.methodsforchange.org/> Designing and Evaluating Training Programmes for Student Volunteers <https://www.methodsforchange.org/event/designing-evaluating-training-programmes-student-volunteers/> Student volunteers can be the lifeblood of an event, festival, engagement activity or engagement initiative. Training is the key to preparing your student volunteers for their roles and avoiding negative outcomes. What steps can you take to ensure they are equipped to be as effective as possible? How can you evaluate your training programme(s) to ensure they working as planned? Register <https://www.methodsforchange.org/event/designing-evaluating-training-programmes-student-volunteers/> Event date: Tue, 4th July Location: London, UK. Tickets include a 10% Early Bird Discount until May 12th. Standard & businesses: £108 University Staff: £86 Charities & unaffiliated: £70 For more information click on Register or copy and paste the following link into a web browser: https://www.methodsforchange.org/event/designing-evaluating- training-programmes-student-volunteers/ Topics - How do you know what training to provide your student volunteers? - How do you maintain effective oversight of your volunteers’ activities? - How do you evaluate the quality and impact of your volunteer training using quantitative and qualitative survey methods? Find out more <https://www.methodsforchange.org/event/designing-evaluating-training-programmes-student-volunteers/> Dr Eric Jensen (Dept. of Sociology, University of Warwick) is a leading social scientist specialising in innovative methods of conducting impact evaluation research in informal learning and public engagement contexts. Dr Jensen holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Cambridge. He is the author of *Doing Real Research: A Practical Guide to Social Research (SAGE).* <https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/sam/doing-real-research/book241193> warwick.academia.edu/EricJensen <https://dashboard.qualiaanalytics.org/surveys/58656f8e28d8f161457d3871/www.warwick.academia.edu/EricJensen> Read more <https://www.methodsforchange.org/speaker/dr-eric-jensen-1/> Dr Eric Jensen <https://www.methodsforchange.org/speaker/dr-eric-jensen-1/> <https://www.methodsforchange.org/speaker/dr-eric-jensen-1/> Paloma Zubieta <https://www.methodsforchange.org/speaker/bio-paloma-zubieta/> <https://www.methodsforchange.org/speaker/bio-paloma-zubieta/> Paloma Zubieta works as a Science Communicator in the Institute of Mathematics of the Autonomous National University of México (UNAM), where she leads a communication project known as "Festival Matemático" (Math Festival), that has the objective of positively changing the public perception of mathematics. 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