Woodward Lewis has developed a range of “taster” events for various audiences. We have run workshops for the Home Office, the National College of School Leadership, Cambridgeshire County Council, the European Organisational Design Forum and the Asian Fire Services Association, and webinars for the NHS Institute and Involve, the leading community engagement specialists. Feedback was very positive, and has led to other events:
Fantastic workshop! – AFSA delegate
You can see recordings of past events under the headings below, and book for current ones.
The best workshop I’ve ever been to! It’s so positive and so practical… – Cambridgeshire participant
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Workshop – behaviour change and social value through PD - 1st June 2012
Featuring recent UK positive deviance exercises in Cambridge and Peckham, this workshop shows how PD works, and optimises the social value of funds invested in it, to:
- De-victimise vulnerable people and put them on a path forward
- Raise community awareness of issues and ignite positive action
- Give people confidence and hope, and enable them to sustain new behaviours
We show how this can be achieved without expensive resources and with limited facilities. We look at the problems it can be used to solve and how it compares with other approaches to community engagement and empowerment. We also introduce a new strategy for recruiting local facilitators and scaling up, building momentum, expertise and enthusiasm in a sustainable and economical way.
You can learn more and book directly on-line using Eventbrite, by clicking the link below. Places are priced at £72 including VAT and refreshments.
Download the workshop overview and details here: PD Event
Terms and conditions of booking can be downloaded here: Terms & Conditions
Book nowPositively deviant - community engagement webinar with Involve - 2nd March 2012
This free webinar was part of Involve‘s Community Engagement series, sponsored by NESTA through their Creative Councils programme. Jane Lewis, partner of Woodward Lewis, and Sue Ritchie, of MutualGain, a specialist community engagement practice, explained how positive deviance works and when to use it. This method is based on the observation that through their uncommon (or deviant) behaviour some individuals and groups within communities develop better solutions to problems than others. It is being used across the UK and has delivered some astounding results in the form of reduced crime, improved health outcomes and much more.
You can catch recording of this webinar at www.involve.org.uk/community-engagement-webinars.
Book nowNHS Institute - 20th March 2012 - 15.00 - 17.00
Workshop for NHS Institute faculty members on using positive deviance in health. With Jane Lewis.
For a recording of the session, visit:
www.institute.nhs.uk/qipp/calls_to…/positive_deviance_a_film.html
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