This guide is part of a package developed for people with disabilities and professionals wishing to conduct advocacy courses by Skills for People, a British advocacy group. The guide contains 13 sections: (1) why this guide was written; (2) how to use this guide; (3) how to have good meetings; (4) checklist for genuine involvement; (5) checklist of things to decide and do when planning a course; (6) getting started--the planning team; (7) planning the course in detail; (8) program matters; (9) administrative matters; (10) calendar of when things need to be done; (11) running the course; (12) looking back and looking ahead--evaluation; and (13) follow on--how to build on this experience. Twelve appendices are included: (1) "Eighteen Steps to a Better Meeting," (Doyle, Straus); (2) venues; (3) working together in small groups; (4) possible topics for the course; (5) presentations; (6) learning by doing; (7) tips to help the individual speak for him- or herself; (8) sample of brief course outline; (9) sample of detailed course outline; (10) blank detailed outline form; (11) sample of publicity leaflet/registration form; and (12) some "bad" things that might happen if the course is good. (NLA)