Social Media Sapiens

Aims & objectives

- To raise awareness and develop the competence of youth workers about implementing new media and communications in youth work in order to better promote active participation, networking, youth work, voluntarism and Youth in Action programme,
- To share experiences in using social media in youth work,
- Give to the participants tolls that enable them to make future common initiatives, share and
disseminate work and good practices.

Target group & international/intercultural composition of the group & team

- 21 participants from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Italy, Moldova, Romania and Slovenia.
- 2 trainers from Moldova and Slovenia;

Profile of participants:
- Youth workers and/or leaders on a professional level, volunteers very interested in the topic;
- Competences/skills about the project theme;
- Fluent in English;
- 18 years or older

Training methods used & main activities

- Theoretical inputs about effective using of social media in youth and community work and, personal and social development and citizenship values,
- Practical training in making short films;
- Discussion about an effective communication at social media;
- Presentation of successful and creative social campaigns;
- Exchange;
- Discussions;

Outcomes of the activity

- Strengthen capacity and qualification of youth workers and organizations to develop more effective
ways communication with social media;
- Exchange between people active in the field of youth initiatives and youth work;
- New cooperation’s and international future projects.

Your tasks and responsibilities within the team

- Preparing and delivering Team-building activities,
- Preparing and delivering session on Expectations and fears of participants,
- Preparing and delivering session on Competences and Youthpass,
- Preparing and delivering sessions on Social media and The role of social media in youth work,
- Preparing and delivering sessions on On-line and Off-line creative tools and workshop to practice video skills,
- Preparing and delivering session on Project management (focused on youth projects),
- Preparing and delivering workshop on Creative writing,
- Preparing and delivering presentation of Youth in Action and Erasmus +
- Evaluation and report of my work
- Help with the final narrative report

I worked on this training for 6 days as a full time trainer.