About our Master Reuser® Program:

Master Reuser is a webinar-based certificate program developed and implemented by Reuse Alliance. As envisioned the program will encompass two separate training modules:
- Community Advocate Training (this is the module we need to develop)
- Reuse Sector Training (this module is already being implemented)

Master Reuser® enables the Reuse Alliance to raise the public awareness of reuse and to build reuse capacity in a cost-effective, time-efficient, and eco-friendly manner by providing progressive training sessions (each session builds from the lessons learned in previous ones) via webinar-based technology.

About our Community Advocate Training Module:
This training will be expressly designed for concerned citizens who would like to improve their reuse knowledge and to learn practical skills that will help them become reuse advocates and increase the reuse awareness within their community.

Specifically, the Community Advocate Training Module will allow Reuse Alliance an opportunity to:
- Raise Public Awareness about Reuse: The training offers concerned citizens the opportunity to gain an in-depth understanding of the reuse opportunities in their communities with the express desire to have to help spread this knowledge to other community members.
- Mentor Community Leaders: The training helps hone the talents of concerned citizens by providing training and technical assistance that makes them more effective leaders. By laying the groundwork for long-term systemic change, our “train the trainer” model creates new pathways for building the leadership. Participants are encouraged to impart the knowledge they gain in the program at educational events in their communities.
- Facilitate Peer-to-Peer Networking: The training offers participants an opportunity to network with like-minded individuals and enforces the value of knowing and working with each other. Participants to share knowledge and best practices through the training webinars and other peer-to-peer discussion opportunities (listerve, conference calls, etc).

The Community Advocate Training Module will be an 8-hour certificate program designed to assist concerned citizens in developing, expanding or improving their knowledge of reuse programming. Registered participants who attend at least 7 of the 8 sessions will receive a certification of completion upon graduation and additional assistance, for up to one year post-course.

The webinars will be take place once a month for eight months. Each of the 8 webinars will be approximately 1 hour in length, and will be interactive and group-work oriented. Upon completion, participants will receive their certificate and be offered additional mentoring/assistance that will reinforce the integration of learned skills.

As we teach both training modules, it is important that we measure and evaluate impact. Program participants will be required to a post-training evaluation and a six-month post-completion evaluation. This information is critical for the Reuse Alliance to be able to track self-reported behavioral changes among participants, as well as to make improvements to the training module itself.