Ethical Wills Workshop Facilitator’s Training

Workshop Overview

This workshop is designed for those interested in conducting variable length seminars and workshops related to ethical wills. This material is also applicable in one-on-one settings. Previous knowledge or familiarity with the concept of ethical wills is helpful though not necessary.

Overall Conference Objectives:

At the conclusion of this program, you will be able to:

· Confidently facilitate seminars and writing workshops on the topic of ethical wills

· Develop an appropriate marketing strategy for seminar/workshop engagements

· Capitalize on the opportunity for increasing your community exposure

How we will do it:

This workshop combines interactive lecture, individual writing exercises, small group and large group discussion, and ‘teach-back’ presentations. You will experience all the content modules as a participant and you are expected to begin/complete a draft of your own ethical will.

Content areas:

· Develop a common base of knowledge of ethical wills

· Become comfortable with the range of resources you can employ to present Ethical Wills seminars and workshops.

· Identify venues for presenting this information in your community and region

· Create an operational plan for integrating and implementing Ethical Wills seminars and workshops as a primary area of focus or as an additional product and service option to your current portfolio

Day One

Evening Session:

· Introductions

· Workshop overview

· Walk through materials

Day Two

Morning session

· Workshop presentation—Facilitator as participant

• Introduction to Ethical Wills
• What is an ethical will?
• History of ethical wills
• Why write an ethical will?
• When to write an ethical will
• How to write an ethical will
• Alternative options for creating an ethical will
• Sharing and preserving an ethical will
• Next steps
• Summary, Questions, Evaluation

Afternoon Session

· Review of materials—Facilitator’s perspective

• Presentation options
• Identification of barriers to presenting materials
• Multi-session presentation formats

· FAQ’s

· Teach-back assignments for Day 3

· Work on teach-back sessions

· Homework: create a draft of your own ethical will

Day 3

Morning Session

· Review of Day one sessions/Questions, comments, concerns

· Teach-back sessions

· Brainstorm exercise to identify venues for presenting workshops and seminars

· Technical issues and non-power point presentation options

· Developing an implementation plan

· Post-training support

· Certificate distribution

· Adjournment