Are you looking for sound guidance on how to confidently and effectively counter lies, myths and false information of all kinds?

The Tactics to Respond to False Information training, delivered by our partners The Workshop, is a practical course designed specifically to help people deal strategically and tactically with incorrect information about your issue. It is grounded in peer reviewed research on false information, and designed by Dr Jess Berentson-Shaw (author of A Matter of Fact, Talking Truth in a Post Truth World) and her team. 

This training is for any organisation or person who is finding it difficult to communicate your issues, or have conversations online and in person, due to the use of, and belief in, false information. It is best for those who have a sound knowledge of the accurate facts and evidence — or access to people who do.

For people who are  dealing primarily with unhelpful and misleading ideas, frames or stories, that don't include very clear factual inaccuracies, we recommend either our Fundamentals or Framing Health trainings.

About the Tactics to Respond to False Information training

This introductory course is run as a live virtual course over 3x Zoom sessions: The first is 90 minutes, the following are 2 hours each. 

During the course participants will learn about:

1. The science of decision making and framing (brains and frames) 

2. The role of repetition in both embedding false facts and accurate ones

3. A strategy and technique to inoculate people against false information before they are exposed to it

4. A way to structure potentially difficult in person conversations to create a space for accurate information to be heard

5. A framing technique to present accurate facts in broad communications while avoiding reinforcing false information.

6. This training balances theory, research and applied learning in the form of three practical exercises.

People completing the training will leave:

1. Knowing the importance of values in framing good information

2. Understanding why mythbusting is best avoided as a false information tactic

3. Practice in three evidence based tactics that address false information:

1. one preventative tactic

2. one for difficult in person conversations

3. one for when false information is already widely spread

4. A decision chart to guide you through what strategy or tactic to use when.

This training is delivered by our partners at The Workshop

What people say about this training?

“Excellent, practical training that gives you the tools to understand what false information is and techniques to counter it.. with a group of like minded people.”
- Amanda Kelly, Community Housing Aotearoa

"Do it! It’s practical and will help! "
- Andrew Galloway, Alcohol Healthwatch