Curriculum

Onboarding

This will provide a brief overview of the Internet Society’s overall 2030 Strategy, and more specifically, our advocacy agenda explaining how this fellowship aligns with it. The focus will be on advocacy and priorities.

We will also go over the entire program and share an overview, detailed expectations, the program’s benefits with participants, the various support mechanisms available to the fellows, and the requirements needed for the successful completion of the Fellowship.

Becoming an Internet Advocate

These sessions are designed to develop basic advocacy skills. The first part of the series provides a comprehensive overview of the advocacy cycle, outlining the four key steps. Fellows will be provided with fictionalized, regionally relevant case studies and asked to analyze their impact on the Internet using the Internet Way of Networking framework. Internet Society staff will facilitate the discussion and provide feedback.

Basic Introduction to Internet Technology

This is an elective session for those who need to be introduced to how the Internet works or those who need to refine their knowledge. This session is delivered by our amazing Internet Society Internet Staff members.

Powering Your Public Persona and Mobilization

We use the Internet every day to do amazing, emotional things, yet writing about Internet advocacy can sometimes be pretty dry. But it doesn’t have to be. In this course, you’ll learn the fundamentals of writing different types of content — including news stories, personal blogs, and editorials — for the public, with impact. This course also hones your ability to speak in public, builds your self-confidence, and helps you position yourself and your expertise as a Community Fellow. These sessions will be delivered by Jen Ross!

Compulsory Internet Society Courses

You take these Internet Society-provided courses covering key Internet issues. By completing these courses, you will have a better contextual basis for your Advocacy plan.

Recommended courses:

Additional Fellowship Components

These components are essential to the Fellowship completion and are meant to complement and support the learning and deliverables of the core modules.

Advocacy Plan and Implementation

The fellows are required to provide advocacy plans and additional deliverables that advance their advocacy goals and address specific Internet challenges. This encourages the fellows to put into practice the skills and tools they are acquiring in the Fellowship and the opportunity to continue developing these plans as part of the Alumni Network.

Peer Support

The fellows are expected to engage with each other over the course of curated sessions and working groups, resulting in relevant advocacy and implementation plans and emerging activities as a result.

Community Workshops

This is an in-person event where groups of 25 fellows will participate in either Community Workshop-1 in August or Community Workshop-2 in October. These workshops will provide a deeper exploration of niche advocacy considerations alongside a relevant existing internet-related event.

Travel support for one in-person community workshop:

A round-trip air ticket to a community workshop
Hotel accommodation for the duration of the event
A fixed stipend for additional needs

Please note that the Internet Society does not offer financial support for visa-related costs, and travel arrangements are fixed only for the calendarized workshop dates.*