Q: I need to conduct workshops and training seminars on my campus. Can anyone share their designs and handouts with me?

A: Here are a couple of workshop designs developed and readily adapted for various populations. Much of the supportive material (handouts, lecture material) is included with the designs. These resources are intended for use by experienced facilitators who can gauge what is appropriate and inappropriate for particular populations. You should adapt any exercise so that it better fits your group's needs.

Counselor/Student Affairs staff training

Bisexuality Workshop

These two designs were compiled by Dr. David Barnett (former director of the Univ of Illinois at Chicago's Office of GLBT Concerns). Dr. Barnett may now be reached at davidcbarnett@earthlink.net.

If other people want to share their workshop designs here, please contact our webmaster (webmaster@lgbtcampus.org).

Consider checking out this collection of exercises collected by Jason Fleetwood on his personal website. You might be able to adapt some of these tools for use on your campus.

Do you want to attend a training program for trainers? Consider one of these options. The Social Justice Training Institute (in Boston and Visions both offer outstanding in-depth trainings that are valuable for trainers. NCBI--the National Coalition Building Institute--has a three-day train-the-trainer workshop. Check them out at www.ncbi.org and click on "Campus Programs. ACUI has a STOP THE HATE! Campus Hate Crime Prevention Train the Trainer Program. Check out info online at www.acuiweb.org. Finally, at the annual ACPA (American College Personnel Association) national meeting, their Standing Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Awareness as well as other units of the association, offer a wide selection of programs. Many of these are essentially 75 minute train-the-trainer sort of programs that one could adapt for use on your own campus. While the content is not predictable from year to year, the quality is usually quite high and many people have successfully used material shared at these meetings in their own work. You might also find similar presentations at NASPA and at NGLTF's Creating Change conferences.

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