People Powered delivers online courses, webinars and custom training designed to address common challenges faced by organizers of participatory democracy programs.
Our online courses guide participants through a learning journey, to understand the challenge, effective solutions, next steps and how you can get more support. Your guides for this journey are peers from organizations and institutions around the world that have led the most innovative work on the issue. We prepare fun and effective learning activities, action-oriented guidance and accessible resources for further learning. You commit to showing up and taking action afterward.
Our webinars bring together leading practitioners and researchers to share and discuss innovative research and its implications for practitioners.
Our custom training offers partners support in addressing the needs of specific cohorts and groups.
Explore our offerings below!
Online Courses
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Introduction
Learn about the basics of participatory democracy and a tool that can help you get started.
What is participatory democracy?
You'll dive into the concept of participatory democracy, exploring different methods and discovering how you can apply them to your own context.
How to use the Participation Playbook
The Participation Playbook is an interactive guide to help learners successfully advocate for and implement a participatory democracy program. You will be introduced to the Participation Playbook via self-paced videos exploring the features of the Playbook as well as the actions that are needed to create your own Playbook.
Digital Participation
Learn how to choose and implement technological tools to increase public participation.
What is digital participation?
You will delve into the concept of participation through digital platforms. You will explore different types of participatory processes conducted through platforms and identify how you can use digital platforms.
How to select a digital participation platform
You will be guided to explore the digital tool ratings and select a platform that aligns with your specific needs and criteria. You will learn how to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of different platforms based on your criteria.
How to set up a digital participation platform
Once you have selected a platform, this course focuses on setting it up effectively. You will receive suggestions on conducting user testing and integrating the platform with in-person activities, ensuring a seamless and inclusive experience.
How to run a program with a digital participation platform
You will learn how to plan and execute a participatory process using the selected platform. You will explore strategies for outreach and discussion, user support, and ensuring transparency and inclusivity throughout the process.
Inclusion
Learn how to adopt best practices for engaging historically marginalized groups in your participatory or deliberative program.
How to engage marginalized groups in participatory programs
This online introduces key information about including marginalized groups in participatory and deliberative democracy programs. It will equip you with inclusion strategies for each step of the participatory and deliberative process and provide you with case studies, instructional and engine videos, and additional resources and materials to explore more about the topic.
How to engage displaced people in participatory programs
You will learn concepts and skills to reflect on and implement strategies for the inclusion of displaced people in participatory and deliberative decision-making. You’ll be encouraged to evaluate the success of these practices, share knowledge, and support and collaborate with others in building a more equitable and participatory future. It will provide you with case studies, instructional and engine videos, and additional resources and materials to explore the topic more.
How to engage women in participatory programs
You will learn concepts and skills to reflect on and implement strategies for including women in participatory and deliberative decision-making. You will learn crucial dimensions of democratic processes that not only acknowledge women's diverse voices but also break down the barriers to their engagement. You’ll be encouraged to evaluate the success of these practices, share knowledge and support, and collaborate with others to build a more equitable and participatory future.
How to engage youth in participatory programs
You will learn concepts and skills to reflect on and implement strategies for the inclusion of youth in participatory and deliberative decision-making. You will learn crucial dimensions of democratic processes that acknowledge the diverse voices of youth and break down the barriers to their engagement. The course encourages you to reflect on and implement practical strategies, evaluate the success of these interventions, share knowledge and inspire others in building a more equitable and participatory future.
Webinars
Custom training
We collaborate with member and partner organizations on group training for specific cohorts of people.
Depending on your needs, we can either provide international speakers and expertise for an existing training or fully plan and deliver new training.
We focus training on building the capacity of government and community leaders, through structured pedagogical activities, direct peer learning and guidance from top experts. All training is grounded in an equity and inclusion lens. At least half of speakers are women and at least half are from Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, or Latin America.
If your organization is interested in support for a group training, please contact us.