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Upcoming public workshops
- Social Network Analysis (30th of October 2019)
- Impact through Co-Design and Evaluation (7th and 8th of November 2019) in Melbourne
- Complexity and Method: Bridging the Divide (19th November 2019)
- Impact through Co-Design and Evaluation (6th and 7th of April 2020) in Sydney
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$550 (including GST)
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Social Network AnalysisDetailsDuration: 1 Day
Date: Wed 30th of October, 2019 Time: 9:00am - 4:30pm Location: Melbourne CBD (location TBC) Social network analysis (SNA) is a particularly useful approach for capturing the structure and interactions of the networks and connections that exist between individuals, groups and organisations. SNA provides a framework for collecting and analysing data and displaying it through network maps.
Need an example? Try this network map of Game of Thrones characters (Click here). This workshop will introduce attendees to the theory and practice of SNA, including its application in community engagement, program planning and evaluation. Developed as an introductory-level workshop with no prior knowledge needed, participants will finish the day equipped to undertake SNA in their own contexts. |
$1,250 (including GST)
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Impact through Co-Design and EvaluationDetailsDuration: 2 days
Date: Thu 7th and Fri 8th of November, 2019 Time: 9:00am - 4:30pm both days Location: Melbourne CBD (Location TBC) Different design approaches, such as design thinking, human centred design and co-design, have become more and more popular over the last ten years as a means of addressing complex problems. These approaches are underpinned by an emphasis on understanding and incorporating the ‘human’ that experiences problems or issues first hand. With the use of different design approaches increasing across society, there is a need for clarity over what these design approaches are, what they mean for staff who design and deliver programs that draw on such approaches.
Similarly, evaluation is a key aspect of project and program delivery, and yet it is often left to the end or is an afterthought. In some ways this occurs because of a lack of familiarity with when and how to embed evaluation into programs. Ultimately, good evaluation practice starts during the design process and provides a way to continuously improve and demonstrate impact. This unique two-day workshop brings together the worlds of design and evaluation to provide participants with the opportunity to increase their knowledge and skills in program design and evaluation. Delivered in collaboration with White Light Education. |
$660 per person (including GST)
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Complexity and Method: Bridging the DivideDetailsDuration: 1 day
Date: Tue 19th November, 2019 Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm Location: Melbourne CBD (Location TBC) In the last decade, there has been a significant push that policy must be based on evidence and, crucially, ‘good’ evidence. In its many forms, the ‘evidence’ behind evidence-based policymaking is focused on identifying the causes and consequences of policies, programs, and social conditions more generally. At the same time, there has been a renewed focus, both in academia and in practice, on ‘systems-thinking’, ‘system-based approaches’ and complexity, broadly defined, as being key to making policy in a messy, wicked world.
Yet, for the most part, researchers, practitioners and evaluators remain tightly wedded to their traditional methodological tools – the interview, the focus group, survey research. ethnography – in order to make sense of social phenomena. Can these tools, in their most common manifestations, help us make assessments about causal complexity? And, if not, why not? This unique one-day workshop seeks to answer these questions, by bringing together the worlds of complex systems, policy design and evaluation to provide participants with the opportunity to increase their knowledge and skills in design and evaluation. It provides a range of tools to help practitioners adopt systems thinking tools to support evidence-based ways of working. |
$1,250 (including GST)
Use the discount code 'EARLYBIRD' for a 20% discount if you book before December 31st 2019.
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Impact through Co-Design and EvaluationDetailsDuration: 2 days
Date: Mon 6th and Tue 7th of April, 2020 Time: 9:00am - 4:30pm both days Location: Sydney (Location TBC) Different design approaches, such as design thinking, human centred design and co-design, have become more and more popular over the last ten years as a means of addressing complex problems. These approaches are underpinned by an emphasis on understanding and incorporating the ‘human’ that experiences problems or issues first hand. With the use of different design approaches increasing across society, there is a need for clarity over what these design approaches are, what they mean for staff who design and deliver programs that draw on such approaches.
Similarly, evaluation is a key aspect of project and program delivery, and yet it is often left to the end or is an afterthought. In some ways this occurs because of a lack of familiarity with when and how to embed evaluation into programs. Ultimately, good evaluation practice starts during the design process and provides a way to continuously improve and demonstrate impact. This unique two-day workshop brings together the worlds of design and evaluation to provide participants with the opportunity to increase their knowledge and skills in program design and evaluation. Delivered in collaboration with White Light Education. |
