News from the International Coastal Cleanup Singapore » workshop http://coastalcleanup.wordpress.com Battling marine trash on beaches and mangroves of Singapore since 1992 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:14:42 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/5ca052dfd892a81f516e0c45cf1ab71e?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png News from the International Coastal Cleanup Singapore » workshop http://coastalcleanup.wordpress.com ICCS Workshop for Organisers 2009 http://coastalcleanup.wordpress.com/2009/06/10/iccs-workshop-for-organisers-2009/ http://coastalcleanup.wordpress.com/2009/06/10/iccs-workshop-for-organisers-2009/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:23:22 +0000 otterman http://coastalcleanup.wordpress.com/?p=566 ]]>

Dear Organisers,

the ICCS Workshop for Organisers will be held on Saturday 11th July 2009: 8am – 12pm at the Department of Biological Sciences, NUS.

We hope we will be able to help you manage an effective cleanup and look forward to catching up with you as well.

Please register here: tinyurl.com/iccs-workshop2009. We need to know the number coming for the venue choice, catering and your topical preferences.

The workshop will include these sessions:

1. Updates and progress of the ICCS family
I will discuss the progress we have made as a group and provide you with updates about marine sites, debris issues and conservation news at the local
and international scene which are of relevance.

2. Operations discussion – learning from each other
We will break into small groups for an effective discussion about operational procedures and tips with your very experienced Zone Captains.
You will get to contribute to the discussion (we are eager to hear from you), clarify doubts and learn from each other. We opted for the small group as we found people asked more questions this way.

3. Issues and resources
We will discuss the marine debris issue, the link to daily living and introduce some tools to help communicate these messages to participants to being about a more meaningful cleanup. You can copy the updated powerpoints and videos (bring a thumbdrive) or download them later.

We are looking forward to seeing you next month!

]]> http://coastalcleanup.wordpress.com/2009/06/10/iccs-workshop-for-organisers-2009/feed/ 0 otterman Our first Organiser’s Workshop 2008 http://coastalcleanup.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/organisers-workshop-2008/ http://coastalcleanup.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/organisers-workshop-2008/#comments Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:23:39 +0000 Sivasothi http://coastalcleanup.wordpress.com/?p=71 ]]>

We conducted the first ICCS Organiser’s workshop today. Well actually it’s going on right now…

More photos from Kai Scene on Flickr.

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This year we will be conducting a workshop for ICCS Organisers. Organisers not only have to figure out the logistics, safety and execution of a cleanup by their schools and organisations, they have to understand and communicate what the cleanup is trying to achieve, the nationla and global issues that motivate the event, how the data is used, what it means and what else is going on.

It is a lot for volunteer organisers to absorb simply through a webpage or document so this workshop will engage organisers into actively interacting with the information so that they can more effectively present the issues during their pre-cleanup briefings.

We have to do it early enough so they can prepare for their organisational briefings, hence the Saturday, 5th July 2008 date.

For details and registration, see: coastalcleanup.nus.edu.sg/workshop

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