The Workshop’s Tactics to respond to false information training is a practical course designed specifically to help people deal strategically and tactically with incorrect facts 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 the team at The Workshop.

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 incorrect facts. It is best for those who have a sound knowledge of the accurate facts and evidence — or access to people who do.

About the False Information training

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

Session #1: June 5, AEST 10.30am - 12pm (8.30am - 10am AWST)

Session #2: June 10 AEST 10.30am - 12.30pm (8.30am - 10.30am AWST)

Session #3: June 12 AEST 10.30am - 12.30pm (8.30am - 10.30am AWST)

During the course participants will learn about:

The science of decision making and framing (brains and frames)
The role of repetition in both embedding false facts and accurate ones
A strategy and technique to inoculate people against false information before they are exposed to it
A way to structure potentially difficult in person conversations to create a space for accurate information to be heard
A framing technique to present accurate facts in broad communications while avoiding reinforcing false information.
This training balances theory, research and applied learning in the form of three practical exercises.

People completing the training will leave:

Knowing the importance of values in framing good information
Understanding why mythbusting is best avoided as a false information tactic
Practice in three evidence based tactics that address false information:
- one preventative tactic
- one for difficult in person conversations
- one for when false information is already widely spread
A decision chart to guide you through what strategy or tactic to use when.

What do people say about our training?

"Incredibly insightful and will change the way you think about yourself, your work, and your role as a purveyor of information" - Rhiannon Cunningham, Wilderness Society Australia

“Terrific, timely training useful for anyone engaging in public conversation” - Sarah Hart, Women's Health Grampians

"Thanks so much for this training. It’s been so useful in this climate of false and misinformation " - Zane Kingi, University of Melbourne