Italy – SPEAK LMS

Country	Italy
Title of Best Practise	Public Speaking Training Course
Organization name	WMR Academy
Author	WMRA, Web Marketing & Research Academy, is the spin-off academy of Studio Cappello (a Digital Marketing Agency).
Main Methodologies	The training course uses exercises and personalized simulations in front of the camera.
Give a brief summary/description of the best practice. (maximum 100 words)	WMRA has developed a practical and engaging course in 3 days (from 9.00 to 18.00), full of exercises and personalized simulations in front of the camera, to acquire skills and competencies useful for enhancing one’s communication skills. The course teaches you to dominate emotionality in situations where you need to speak in public, through the learning of professional techniques, such as the management of non-verbal language and the control of emotions, which allow everyone to communicate naturally and effectively.
Aim/s of the best practice:	The course aims to develop the skills to think, prepare, organize and successfully present a speech, a public presentation, and communication intervention. The main elements of analysis and exhibition synthesis of projects with important commercial backgrounds are understood.
Impact on beneficiaries	After the course, participants are able to: ● Start, develop and end a speech effectively; ● Control emotionality through the acquisition of techniques to manage stress; ● Know how to arouse the right interest to obtain and maintain a high degree of attention; ● Adapt the intervention to the audience, to effectively reach the target; ● Acquire skills in using the voice to highlight the message; ● Use body language to strengthen communication; ● Raise awareness of one’s speaking skills; ● Convey your own message clearly and effectively. The course is so good that the WMRA Is chosen by about very important and famous 60 National Companies such as Zucchetti, Ikea, Riello, Saeco, Boscolo, Wind, Yamaha, Google, San Paolo, Axa, Velux, Lidl, Nexi, Adecco, etc. On the official website are published many positive feedbacks obtained by training course’ participants
Methods	The course is held by specialists with high expertise and aimed at all professionals and companies that have set themselves the goal of improving their business model.
Further reading/Direct Links to Best Practise. (website, books, journals, articles)	https://www.wmra.it/corso/corso-public-speaking/
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Country	Italy
Title of Best Practise	TEDx Livorno
Organization name	Associazione culturale Livorno 2020
Author	Luca Leonardini
Main Methodologies	TEDx leverages the natural genius, generosity, and creativity of the participants to stimulate their innovative and entrepreneurial skills.
Give a brief summary/description of the best practice. (maximum 100 words)	TEDxLivorno is an event organized by a group of Livorno in love with their city to stimulate the best innovative and entrepreneurial skills and develop a winning mentality that contaminates the community by creating long-term value. TEDxLivorno is the catalyst of positive Labronic energies that share the propensity for cultural and technological change and above all, it is the meeting place between public and private protagonists, between people, groups, companies with different sensitivities and skills interested in “spreading ideas of useful” to the community.
Aim/s of the best practice:	TEDx Business events promote: 1) LEADERSHIP OF THOUGHT The TED style encourages bold thinking and asks employees to share dynamic ideas outside of daily work. TEDx Business offers employees the opportunity to freely express their ideas and life stories. 2) CULTURE OF INNOVATION By organizing as a team, the participants learn to build meaningful narratives around their ideas and improve presentation skills. 3) COMMITMENT AND INVOLVEMENT OF EMPLOYEES TEDx events engage employees and ideas at every level while strengthening collaboration between departments
Impact on beneficiaries	At the TEDx Livorno event held in 2019 at the Goldoni Theater, there were 100 people (tickets sold out in just five days) and 90 people on the waiting list. Starting from “almost zero” participants of the first event organized in October 2018, in October 2019, instead, 300 participants were reached.
Methods	In the constantly evolving TEDX Livorno group, the value comes from the plurality and diversity of people united in the passion for the ideas and values they spread. A determining factor that has created the community of loyal TEDxers is that the Livorno2020 association does everything to ensure that everyone feels part of something great, feels the protagonist of change, the hero of its history, making them experience a different emotion each time In addition to the TEDx events, Livorno 2020 organizes conferences and debates on topical issues addressed from an unusual, innovative, out-of-the-ordinary perspective. It has also created a format of interviews with “innovative Leghorns” to tell entrepreneurial success stories of the territory in order to inspire as many Leghorns as possible to consider creating value in the area without necessarily having to emigrate.
Further reading/Direct Links to Best Practise. (website, books, journals, articles)	https://medium.com/livorno2020/10-buone-pratiche-per-una-comunicazione-efficace-451a0140cdad
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Country	Italy
Title of Best Practise	In Youth Workers’ shoes – Fears and feelings in Youth Work
Organization name	Associazione Agrado
Author	N/A
Main Methodologies	The Training course is based on Youth workers’ fears and feelings (fear of communication, fear of public speaking, etc…).
Give a brief summary/description of the best practice. (maximum 100 words)	Youth workers bring a great part of their identity and values to their work. It’s a work based on relationships (individual and group ones), values and feelings, and in a second step on methods, knowledge, and theories, and for this reason, has a complexity inside. Easily understandable how easy events of burn-out between Youth Workers, especially in the beginners. So, it’s fundamental for them to be aware of their fears and feelings, to use these for their benefit and for Youth groups’ benefit. The idea is to carry out this project for recognizing and sharing these fears and providing tools and methods to fight these (fear of communication, fear of public speaking, fear of conflict, fear of judgment,…) through the empowerment of the specific competencies.
Aim/s of the best practice:	Provide youth workers a space of reflection on their role, experiences, values, and fears; Empower their competencies in different areas of Youth Work (communication, conflict management, problem solving,..) to face the main fears and overcome these. Support participants in putting into practice the gained learnings, designing and performing small workshops as final task; Strengthen participants and organizations’ competencies and capability in youth work and international dimension and cooperation. Facilitate the creation of a partnership for further projects among the organizations (through the positive exchange among the organizations); Enhance Non-Formal education methods and recognition of NFE learning. Creation of outcomes (a daily Blog and a website) to spread in order to contribute to Youth Workers’ empowerment.
Impact on beneficiaries	The Project aimed to have both medium-term and long-term results. That is the partnerships that will arise new projects in collaboration). Participants: improvements in their professional and personal competencies and in the quality of their work in favor of young people, in particular, they: – Gained knowledge, methods, and tools to face the daily difficulties in Youth work and reinforced the awareness of their role and being able to recognize and express properly needs and feelings in the different environment of work and with different groups; – Improved their competencies in group facilitation for a new self-confidence and for bringing quality issues in all the phases of their work with young people or in favor of them; – Increased motivation and satisfaction in their daily work; – Strengthened international cooperation and empowerment through the exchange of good practices, Partner organizations: Improved internal quality level in projection, a more qualified and motivated staff- Increased capacity to operate at international level- Creation of long-lasting trustful partnerships between organizations. Other NGOs and Youth workers benefited from the outputs for improving their work in favor of youth (especially those disadvantaged).
Methods	Non-formal methods as Presentations, Teamwork, Video, Coaching, Role-play, World Cafè, Project design, experiential activities, Blog creation, assessment, and evaluation tools.
Further reading/Direct Links to Best Practise. (website, books, journals, articles)	https://www.salto-youth.net/tools/european-training-calendar/training/in-youth-workers-shoes-fears-and-feelings-in-youth-work.7935/?fbclid=IwAR2e_ntq_mU3znw9gwqQxVxKV4agaQzvaqWjlcQSR2_TiKWCpuE-BJhEmk4
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Country	Italy
Title of Best	Soft skills for adult education (public speaking, conflict and meeting management, teamwork)
Organization name	YouNet
Author	N/A
Main Methodologies	The methodology is a mix of theoretical lectures, practical exercises, multimedia contributes, discussions, tool presentations, and simulations
Give a brief summary/description of the best practice. (maximum 100 words)	The course is composed of four modules: 1) Teamwork and leadership styles 2) Conflict management 3) Public speaking and presentation skills 4) Meeting management. Each day, the tour will be different. It will allow the participant to experience the Italian cultural context, strengthen the group dynamics, and exchange ideas and experiences with the other participants. Each morning, an interactive wrap-up session enables the participants to fix better and assimilate the concepts covered the previous day. At the end of each day, there is a brief evaluation to improve the learning program and adapt it to participants’ needs. On the last day of the course, there is a comprehensive evaluation to wrap up the system and gather feedback for the follow-up and plans. Networking and cooperation among participants will be supported and stimulated at each stage. The class-based course is completed with the support of the E-learning portal. It helps to keep attendance in Italy.
Aim/s of the best practice:	The general aim of this course is to increase the quality of lifelong learning by enabling persons working (or planning to work) in the field of adult learning (people above 18 or school-droppers of any age), to improve their soft skills together with other participants and trainers throughout all Europe gaining as well a broader understanding of adult learning in Europe and exchanging best practices and experiences. This structured intense course aims to enable participants to improve their soft skills such as teamwork, working in a multicultural environment, crisis and conflicts management, public speaking and communication, meeting management. Those skills are crucial in today’s world and make a difference in the quality of work and in the employability perspectives of the people working or planning to work in the field of education. All the participants will be awarded a certificate.
Impact on beneficiaries	Thanks to this course the participants will: – Acquire knowledge and tools about team working, conflict management, meeting management, public speaking, and communication through specific theoretical learning sessions; – Improve their practical soft skills through group exercises and tools’ simulations; – Cooperate and learn in an international context improving their capacity to communicate in English and teamwork in a multicultural environment; – Improve their Curriculum Vitae competencies and their employability perspectives; – Exchange best practices and share experiences with participants and staff coming throughout Europe; – Make contacts with individuals and organizations working in the field of adult education in Europe through everyday cooperation and networking and team-building activities; – Visit and network with Italian institutions. The target group of the training refers to people that are or will be involved in adult education in any role (teachers, trainers, career officers, inspectors, management staff, administrative staff…). Participants will be invited and kept updated about follow-up reunions and future learning opportunities organized by YouNet or YouNet’s partners or any other of the trainees through the alumni community. Through the Portal, participants will also be informed about funding opportunities among the essential Programmes in Mobility, Learning, Education, Training, Culture, and Research.
Methods	The methodology mixes theoretical lectures, practical exercises, multimedia contributions, discussions, tool presentations, and simulations. Networking and cooperation among participants will be supported and stimulated at each stage. The class-based course is completed with the support of the E-learning portal.
Further reading/Direct Links to Best Practise. (website, books, journals, articles)	https://www.salto-youth.net/tools/european-training-calendar/training/soft-skills-for-adult-education-public-speaking-conflict-and-meeting-management-teamworking.3726/
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