Training Resources

The training tools highlighted below help support the efforts to plan, organize or communicate about domestic violence awareness events and activities. These webinar recordings, BlogTalkRadio sessions, and resource packets can be used in a variety of settings–from public to professional, from academic to agency-based–and can help raise awareness, increase capacity, or expand a person's knowledge base.

Preparing a Survivor For A Media Interview

Media often want to talk to someone directly affected by the issues which they are reporting about. Advocates are frequently asked to identify a survivor of domestic violence who will agree to an interview, and this will surely remain the case. Always check with a few survivors who are willing to do interviews and keep a running list - before identifying anyone to the media. Find out all the details you can before contacting a survivor for a speaking event.

An interview should not be a traumatic experience but rather a positive exchange of information. To assist advocates and survivors prepare for this experience, the NRCDV has developed several resources that can be downloaded here. Hard copies of these publications are also available upon request.

• Preparing for a TV or Talk Radio Interview [PDF - 3p.]
• From the Front of the Room: An Advocate's Guide to Help Prepare Survivors for Public Speaking (2011) by the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
• This guide provides a basic overview of the issues that face survivors who desire to speak publicly about their experiences with intimate partner violence. It provides guidance for both the survivor speaker and victim advocates seeking to maximize the survivor’s physical and emotional safety and ensure the overall success of the speaking engagement.
• Desde el frente del salon: Una guia para intercesores/as para ayudar a preparar a sobrevivientes a hablar en publico
• Arabic Edition: من أمام الغرفة: دليل الإرشاد للمساعدة على إعداد الناجيات للخطابة
• From the Front of the Room: A Survivor's Guide to Public Speaking (2011) by the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence 
• This guide provides a basic overview of the issues that face survivors who desire to speak publicly about their experiences with intimate partner violence. It provides guidance for survivor speakers to maximize their physical and emotional safety and ensure the overall success of the speaking engagement. This guide is designed to explore the journey of sharing their story with the public.
• Desde el frente del salon: Una guia para sobrevivientes interesadas en hablar en publico
• Arabic Edition: من أمام الغرفة: دليل الإرشاد الخطابي للناجيات

Webinar Recordings

• Writing for the Web (2011)
  This webinar session discusses how to draft, design, and promote content that is appropriate for web-based consumption.
• Utilizing Social Media (2011)
  This webinar session focuses on effective use of social media to engage your constituents and get your message of anti-violence out to the community.
• The Red Pump Project - Case Study (2011)
  This webinar session details how social media outlets such as Facebook, Twitter, and blogging websites were used to successfully build an education and prevention focused non-profit that addresses the issues of AIDS and HIV awareness.
• Media Advocacy: Getting Our Issues in the News (2011)
  This webinar session emphasizes how anti-violence advocates can work in partnership with traditional print and radio outlets to promote our message of anti-violence advocacy.

BlogTalkRadio Sessions

• Engage Print and Online Media to Your Advantage (October 2011)
  Listen to a lively discussion about effective use of traditional and new social media outlets to engage constituents, donors, survivors, and allies to get your message of anti-violence out to the community. Presenters discuss traditional media relations, national and state-specific messaging, social media marketing, and strategic communications.
• Exploring Youth-Driven Prevention Campaigns (October 2011)
  On this show, participants learn about statewide and local youth-driven violence prevention initiatives in Alaska and Florida. Both funded through CDC's DELTA , the Alaska Network on Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault (ANDVSA) and the Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence (FCADV) share strategies and lessons learned through the development and implementation of two positive campaigns to engage youth: Stand Up Speak Up! and I Am Courageous. This 30-minute program highlights the challenges and rewards of promoting primary prevention messaging during Domestic Violence Awareness Month and beyond.
• World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (June 2011)
  This radio segment focuses on our aging population, the impact this has on our society, the issue of ageism, and how community-based programs can work together to prevent and respond to abuse and neglect in later life. Listeners hear from experts on this topic from the National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life and the University of California Irvine Center of Excellence on Elder Abuse & Neglect, with support being provided by the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence.

Resource Packets

• Domestic Violence Awareness: Action for Social Change - Part II: Organizing and Communications (2009)
  by the Domestic Violence Awareness Project of the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV) This second installment of the Action for Social Change manual intends to generate critical thinking and enhance dialogue regarding community organizing and partnerships, communications and engaging the media.
• Domestic Violence Awareness: Action for Social Change - Part I (2005)
  by the Domestic Violence Awareness Project of the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV) This collection of short papers begins to illustrate the power, creativity and mobilization of advocates nationwide and hopes to inspire movement beyond minimum standards of operation.

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