Details of what an Education Session entails and what is required – please read through it before submitting an Education Event request:
Contact Mr Thando Mandla by e-mail at thando@saids.org.za
or call the SAIDS office on 021 686 1634.
Dates and times are to be determined by you in collaboration with the SAIDS Education Team.
Anyone interested really. Although it is recommended that the most important persons to attend the workshops / webinars in particular should be your top-tier athletes (junior and senior), your sports administrators and coaching staff, medical staff, and parents (where applicable).
In order for the workshops to have maximum impact, the maximum number of participants is ±50 (venue permitting and provided there is good audio/visual facilities). It is more ideal to have smaller groups as it allows for better interaction, interactive activities and discussions. Workshops offer the best interaction and opportunity for learning.
With larger audiences (>50 people) it changes the nature of the session more into a ‘talk’ with less opportunity for interaction (like group discussion / activities etc.), but it still allows for Question & Answer opportunities.
There is obviously no limitations to the number of people who can attend a webinar.
A webinar is typically one hour in duration, but we tailor it to your requirements / audience interests and needs. Some of our webinars have been up to 90 minutes in duration, which allows time for plenty of interaction and Q&A’s.
The “full” workshop is two to two and a half hours long, covering all the important topics in full, and inclusive of audio/video media, interactive activities, discussions, group work and question time. (Also see workshop content below). This format offers the most comprehensive and effective learning experience.
However, we are able to tailor the content and activities according to the time you have available – see additional info provided in the point below.
The workshop could be tailored to a 60 – 90 minute format, bearing in mind that it then compromises some of the interactivity and detailed coverage of the content.
Shorter than 60 minutes changes the format to more of a talk with some allowance for question and answer time. The content of the talk will then be based on either a brief overview of topics or only focusing on a select few topics.
If you prefer going the route of a shortened workshop or talk, then we advise that you schedule at least two workshops (or talks) – an introductory and a follow-up workshop(s) or talk(s) during the course of the season / year to allow for a more comprehensive and effective anti-doping education / learning experience.
There is no cost for these education events (workshops/talks/webinars/outreach etc.). All costs are borne by SAIDS including the following:
You would have to do the following, please:
Workshops/talks/lectures:
Outreach (information stand at events):
At the conclusion of the workshop, participants should: