A regional Communication Forum will be held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso from 2nd to 5th April 2008, with French as the medium of training. Participants will arrive latest Tuesday evening, April 1st and will remain until Saturday 5th April 2008. The Forum will be held at the Centre d'Accueil Notre Dame de Lorette des Frères de la Sainte Famille.

Knowing what to say, how to say it and how to show it

You are called upon to represent the Movement and you are wondering how to get the message across. You might have to make a speech, write an article, give answers in an interview, or perhaps you have only 30 seconds to attract a future donor…

Is our image at the heart of everything?

The reflection that it provides of ourselves - between reality and preconceived ideas, passing through caricature - is a precious, though often irritating, asset.

Like an adolescent, aghast at the acne spots in the mirror, urging us to find the miracle cure to stop the embarrassing rash! While not claiming to have the perfect recipe, we propose a methodological approach tested by other organisations and by the business world, which we have adapted to Scouting.

The first initiative of its kind, a Communications forum will be held in each of the Regions of WOSM between November 2006 and February 2007.