Venue: Trung Nghia Hotel, Duc Trong District, Lam dong Province

Organiser: Disability Resource and Development (DRD)

Participants: 33 pax (Association of People with Disabilities of Duc Trong, Club Binh Thanh, Representative of Women’s Union, Volunteers)

Mass organisations: Chairwoman of Red Cross, Head of Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (DoLISA) of Duc Trong District

Trainer: Nguyễn Văn Cử

Supporters: Trần Thị Thu Nga, Lê Thị Mỹ Hương

Topics:

Day 1: Communication skills

Day 2: Public speaking

Training program of DRD in Duc Trong District attracted the attention of mass organisations in the local area. Mrs. Châu Ngọc Liên, Chairwoman of the Red Cross and Mr. Trần Tiến Lợi, Head of DoLISA came to motivate the learning spirits of participants and expressed their appreciations toward capacity building for people with disabilities from DRD.

Active learning spirits of participants were showed through full presence, in-time and opinions given in group discussions.

In topic “Communication skills” learners understood the concept and types of communication, awareness in communication. With several illustrations, learners knew how body languages, attitudes, behaviors, clothing… impacted communication among people. They actively discussed several situations in communication and gave appropriate selections. Some principles were mentioned in communication such as showing respectfulness, paying attention to other people, solving the issues properly, or keeping promise.

In topic “Public speaking” the trainer explained steps of giving a speech or presenting an issue including preparation and speaking process. At first, the speakers must consider whether they have a thorough knowledge of that issue, they must know about audience to define objectives of the speech. Speakers should learn some good ways to begin a talk because it is important to the presentation. In practising, four groups chose and prepared topics which were familiar and suitable to their capabilities, they presented through 2 forms: two groups delegated a person to make the speech and two groups organised a colloquy. Through presentation and analysis, the groups understood more clearly about methods, ways of presentation, conveniences and difficulties when making a speech in front of public.