Event Details
Event Title Personal Empowerment: Having your voice heard from the schoolhouse to the statehouse
Location Online
Sponsor Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (CIDD)
Date/Time 12/08/2021 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
For more information, contact the event administrator: Debbie Reinhartsen Debbie.Reinhartsen@cidd.unc.edu
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Learn how to tailor your message to deliver it effectively and efficiently. Be part of the solution as opposed to the problem.


Learning objectives

1.     Know the difference between communicating and complaining

2.     Understand the importance of your personal, lived experience

3.     Learn how to craft a concise yet informative message

 

Presenter:
Donna Beckmann has been honing her advocacy skills over the past two decades. Whether talking to school personnel or legislators, she can effectively and efficiently deliver her message, and in the same manner, teach others to do the same. The mother of a young man with Down syndrome, Donna has used her skills both professionally and personally.

UNC - Chapel Hill