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For practitioners in the fields of:

• Sustainability
• Health promotion
• Natural Resource Management
• Energy and water conservation
• Road Safety
• Crime Prevention
• Emergency Management

"Essential for any project manager or change agent. Les is brilliant at explaining the method behind a successful project."
- workshop participant, Hunter Region, NSW

The tools to plan effectively

This enjoyable workshop will provide you with proven strategies and tools to design programs that really motivate behaviour change - all richly illustrated with cases from Australia and overseas.

You'll:

• have powerful insights into the causes of behaviour change
• make your programs more persuasive
• know how to set achievable objectives
• understand how to work with values, norms and comfy zones
• avoid common pitfalls
• simplify the process of evaluation.

The workshop consists of two full-day sessions:

DAY 1 is crash course in the motivational and social psychology of behaviour change.

On DAY 2 we'll work in teams to design real life projects using a rigorous step-by-step methodology: the Enabling Change process.

IN-HOUSE COURSES ONLY: An OPTIONAL DAY 3 covers Program Logic, the practical system for problem analysis, identification of objectives, and evaluation, which is becoming standard in many disciplines.

All participants receive the 174 page workboook with all tools (worth it for the registration fee alone).

The diagram below shows the five elements of a behaviour change project, and the skills you'll learn at each stage.

For bookings and enquiries

To book in-house training email Les Robinson at:

workshops@enablingchange.com.au

or phone him on 0414 674 676

For background on the course

These two documents set out the thinking behind the course:

The Enabling Change process (260k PDF)

Enabling Change theory (104k PDF)

What they say

Over 2000 educators and project managers have experienced this workshop. Here are some of their comments:

"Fantastic! Extremely useful and motivating. Looking forward to confidently using the process in all sorts of change enabling projects."
- NRM project officer, Central Coast, NSW

"Challenging and inspiring, best training I've had in two years of attending workshops."
- Landcare facilitator, Tasmania

"I really liked the way you were able to talk us through concepts. I plan to go back to the workplace and challenge the way we plan our social marketing programs."
- Health marketer, NSW

"Great, our processes of decision making have changed forever."
- NRM manager, Tasmania

"It helped me think outside the square and it was definitely the most useful one I've been to. It actually focused on the area of work relevant to us."
- Road Safety Officer, NSW

"I'm very empowered to tackle planning my new program for next 5 years."- Health marketing manager, Sydney

More comments below.

About the presenter,
Les Robinson

Author of Enabling EcoAction and How to Change the World, Les was Social Marketing Director at Social Change Media for 10 years. He is one of Australia's most innovative and stimulating communication trainers and facilitators.

Les's approach distills a wealth of practical campaign experience together with in-depth research into social psychology and social marketing, combined with global research into good practice in the design and evaluation of social change programs.

The workshop has been refined through testing with over 2000 project staff in the fields of health promotion, crime prevention, sustainability, natural resource management, and emergency services.

Who's done the training

Organisations which have hosted the course in-house include:

• Hume City Council (Vic)

• Bay of Plenty Regional Council, NZ

• TravelSmart team, Dept of Transport, Qld

• Sydney Environmental Educators Network

• Melbourne Behaviour Change Network

• Department of Environment and Conservation, WA

• Border Rivers - Gwydir Catchment Management Authority, NSW

• Department of Community Services, NSW

• Hunter and Central Rivers CMA (4 times!)

• Goulburn Broken CMA, Vic

• Fire and Emergency Services Authority, WA

• Gippsland Integrated Natural Resources Forum

• Roads and Traffic Authority, NSW (3 times!)

• South East Sydney Area Health Service

• Murrumbidgee Irrigation Association

• Southern Rivers CMA, NSW (3 times!)

• Victorian EPA

• Swan Catchment Centre/Swan River Trust, WA

• Australian Greenhouse Office

• Corangamite Catchment Management Authority

• Brisbane City Council

• Newcastle City Council

• NSW Attorney General's Department