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CoCreate: the facilitator's guide to collaborative projects
Based on the manual for the Victorian EPA's Neighbourhood Environment Improvement Program, this guide makes available to a wide audience a comprehensive methodology and tool set for facilitating multi-stakeholder projects that generate high levels of ownership (and hence action) by the participants. It's a 218 page (A5) book packed with practical techniques and tips.
The guide is designed specifically for sustainability and NRM facilitators. However the approach is universal and the guide will be equally useful for anyone working with the community for change, including health promotion officers, community safety officers, road safety officers, and hazard managers.
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Do the training:
An intensive 2-day workshop in facilitating collaborative multi-stakeholder processes
Based on the CoCreate guide, this workshop will equip you with the skills, understandings and tools to facilitate diverse collaborators to come together, collectively analyse a problem, devise original solutions, implement them and learn from the results.
Processes include: visioning, partnering, problem identification and problem analysis (using program logic or 'theory of change') and evaluation.
It's a rigorous process geared to creating high levels of buy-in and hence a high probability that commitments will actually be carried out.
CoCreate is an intensive training program for a small group of 6-9 staff who have facilitation roles. It's dynamic and interactive, with role plays and plenty of practice (after all, facilitation is best learnt by doing it!).
Call 0414 674 676 to discuss hosting the course in your organisation. Download the flyer (100k PDF)
Contents of the training workbook
Being a facilitator - Case studies
- Facilitation skills
- The model facilitator
- Six keys to being a capable facilitator
- Ground rules
- Satisfying processes
- Tips to get the creative juices flowing
- Success factors
- The Collaborative Process
- Roles in the process
Stage 1: First steps - 1. Define the issue of concern
- 2. Identify partners
- 3. Initial desk research
- 4. Decide to proceed
- 5. Confirm the host
- 6. Obtain resources
Stage 2: Partnering, vision and objectives - 7. Bring the partners together
- 8. Agree on the process to be followed
- 9. Confirm the problem
- 10. Partnering
- 11. Set geographic boundaries
- 12. Visioning
- 13. Getting inspiration
- 14. Problem analysis using program logic
- 15. Devising measurable objectives
- 16. Prepare draft vision and objectives
- 17. Obtain written commitments
- 18. Launch the vision
Stage 3: Action Planning - 19. Set targets
- 20. Devise actions and responsibilities
- 21. Monitoring and evaluation plan
- 22. Check for consistency with other plans
- 23. Implementation arrangements
- 24. Draft plan for review
- 25. Obtain partner commitments
- 26. Launch the plan!
Stage 4: Acting and monitoring - Communicating your project
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