Workshop Design
Approach
Complex challenges require many perspectives. I design workshops and co-design processes that bring community members, public agencies, businesses, and experts into the same conversation, and help them see the system they share.
Content is dependent on where the participants are starting from and the goals of the convening, and generally aims to:
Content is dependent on where the participants are starting from and the goals of the convening, and generally aims to:
- increase systemic awareness around influences and impacts,
- increase the sense of hope and agency around potential futures,
- improve the group's ability to steer towards desired outcomes.
Formats
- several topics or methods
- multiple sessions
- 1–2 hours per workshop
- overarching agenda set in advance
- optional summary report
Workshop Series
- single topic or method
- single session
- 1–hour to full–day
- full agenda set in advance
Single Workshop
- preparatory sessions with client and 6–12 co-design sessions
- 1–2 hours per session
- overarching process set, with strategy and session agendas adapting throughout
- summary report
- implementation support
Co-Design Convening
Process
Imagining futures, considering implications, and creating pathways forward.
- futures & foresight
- scenario planning
- visioning
- theory of change
Envision
Understanding the context, challenges, and stakeholders through emergent processes.
- participatory convenings
- problem mapping
- relationship mapping
- data synthesis
Align
Influencing change through design, storytelling, and facilitating next steps alongside other partners.
- implementation strategy support
- visual design & creative direction
- summary reports
- presentations
Generate
Past Engagements
