Notes to users of this template

Email dave@davidaskin.org if asking your mates doesn’t clarify issues you are having.

This first page has no page number, it is a Heading page and may have graphics etc that are put in separately when printing. This first page can be deleted all the way down to page break, if Samuel or Printing/publishing are providing header pages for these manuals.

There are two templates produced for the EUCC action. A template – this one – for villagers. There is bold font, some handwriting to make the villagers feel we are talking to them. We also make use of icons – little repeating pictures that help villagers see what is coming – outside walking, inside discussion, things to learn and take notes from etc. Refer further on to see examples of these.

A second template reads more like a standard report – because it is written for trainers. When writing for villagers – keep sentences short and be careful that your writing is directed at what villagers need.

The templates are designed to provide a consistent feel across all the manuals of this Action. The templates allow you to quickly go from one manual to another, creating consistency, making use of short cut keys and more.

The templates make use of styles – so that key elements can be changed very easily. Most of this relates to a normal style. That Normal style is different to the normal style on your normal word documents. That is because this is a different TEMPLATE. You save this document as a template – and for each version of windows you must store it somewhere specific. Find out where you store templates for your version of windows.

Now to specific issues. Each training will have a Program for training – In this document it is a starting page – and could be later. Wherever it comes, because it is in Landscape mode, it comes after a section break. (Layout Break Section break) I split the table to allow a little more writing in the table, explaining what is happening. Ie it appears on two pages, with a hard page break (CTRL Enter) between the two halves of the program – before and after lunch.

It is a good idea if the headings in the manual are the same as the main headings in the program.

Remember this is a template with some components for you to multiply or delete as required for your unique manual.

Photos – make use of them, but getting good photos is really challenging. The EUCC report on extension has some comments on taking good photos. Refer http://gutpela-png-gaden.net/library/record/view/id/55

Remember write in a gender-neutral way. They/you is gender neutral. He/she is gender specific.

Note that Normal font in this template is bold Arial 12, to make things clearer for villagers. (These bullet points are not part of the standard styles in the template.). They are arial narrow 11.

Pictures? Don’t squeeze them on the sides or top. That makes strange looking people!

Pictures? Insert a one cell table. Then insert the picture into the one cell table. Now you can drag the table (top left corner of table and click and drag. You can push it into text to force it to wrap. As shown here.

Maybe the numbers are not starting at one when you get into the bullet points in the template proper? Left click, right on top of the wrong numbers. Then right click – restart at one.

Remember to use format painter to take a format you like and force that on bullet points that are ‘wrong’.

Now getting started. Delete all these words as they are not part of the document you make from this template. Then File Save As – the manual name. I suggest a consistent naming.
eg EUCC Villager Handbook Livestock Pig breeding.doc or (SHIFT ENTER to get a line with no new bullet)
eg EUCC ToT Plant Minisett taro and African yam.doc

The file naming – above is carefully thought about, so documents will sort really well in your sub-directory/folders. Everything starts with EUCC, then you state Villager OR ToT, then the program then the actual topic. That forces a sweet and easy sorting by file name.

CTRL A then F9. Ctrl A selects all text. F9 Updates all fields. Turn off visible paragraph marks (refer on right) before emailing to someone. It makes the document look clearer.

Acknowledgements

Or… on first page of document…

To be written

The gecko is a mascot and could feature in every manual of this program!!

He’s there (or she, not sure about that) because she is keen to learn and read.

Look, she’s reading this!

That was my idea. Now chuck it – the gecko/lizard - out or keep it – depending on what you folk as a team wish.

These are your manuals, not mine!

Table of Contents

1.	Training Program	1

2.	Goal	1

3.	Getting to know each other	2

4.	What can we expect from this training?	3

4.1.	Heading 2 about changes	5

4.2.	Summary	8

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5.1.	Smaller heading	10

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6.1.	Asjkfhaksjdfh alt 2	10

Training Program

Time	Day before	First Day	Second Day	Third Day	Fourth Day
08000830h	Welcome (Devotion)	(Devotion)	(Devotion)	(Devotion)
0830-1000h	1	Getting to know each other	5	Costs and Income expected with ??.
10-1030	Break	Break	Break/
10301230	2	What can we expect from this training?	6
12301330	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch

13301500	3	Looking at.	7
1500-1530	Gather	Break	Break
1530-1630	People travel and gather	4	Summarising the day, Questions, suggestions, evaluation.	8
1630 on	Informal… getting sorted.

Goal (heading 1)

Eg… Your goals need to be written as goal – something you hope to see farmers achieve – a big picture achievement…

To train fish and duck integrated farmers through sharing and gaining farming knowledge through farmer field schools - … Can you see how this is more or less an activity. The goal is to train? Not really, the goal might be better –

Trained farmers will successfully integrate fish and ducks in their village garden systems.

(successfully integrate? English may be too complex)

So maybe –

Farmers will successfully farm fish and ducks together.Farmers will share knowledge and help each other.

If there is room, maybe put a picture in here of a successful village based fish and duck enterprise running together. Might NARI at MRC have that integrated system – to teach from?

Getting to know each other Head 1

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Talking together Heading 3 Introduce yourself. Where are you from Do you farm fish? Do you farm ducks – if so, what type?
In small groups discuss How do you farm fish? Do to complete…. Discuss in the large group.

What can we expect from this training?

Talking together What do you want from this training? Trainers will describe the training course.

Heading 3
Discuss... Discuss … Summarise? Maybe the numbers are not starting at one? Left click, right on top of the wrong numbers. Then right click – restart at one. Remember to use format painter to take a format you like and force that on bullet points that are ‘wrong’.
What did you see that surprised you? Or your questions…?

Talking together Discuss presentation on costs and income from ducks and fish. Collate and compare answers and reach consensus on most suitable fish pond and duck housing .

Remember all these words and sections are able to be modified.

Heading 2 about changes

Group work.
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Remember to summarise at the end. Provide an action plan?