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Workshops
 If
you are interested in anything from a taster to in-depth professional
skills training, please ask for details of ways to learn about how
to strategically engage your people. Whichever workshop your choose,
we promise the learning will be both practical and entertaining.
This is part of our commitment to share our own knowledge.
For many of the briefing and ‘How To’ professional
skills workshops we partner with the originators of the methodologies
and concepts concerned: again we believe in offering the best sources.
Keynotes
Based on lessons drawn from a mix of Wikima’s work and Romy’s
Adventures, these keynote sessions aim to inform, entertain, engage
and leave everyone reflecting on ‘what does this mean for
me and my organisation/community?’
Themes include leadership, team-working, personal and organisational
vision, breaking through barriers, and setting intentions while
letting go of attachment to them.
 Briefing
workshops
From two hours to a full day or more, public or in-house, we’ll
give you insights and experience to begin deepening your understanding
of any of the methodologies or concepts we use. A popular introduction
is our “All of the people” workshop: an overview and
experience of what large-scale working and whole-system engagement
is all about – the principles and the practicalities.
Do-it-yourself ‘how to’ workshops
For those wanting to incorporate new ways of working into their
own practice, these ‘how to’ opportunities are designed
to further broaden your understanding and to develop your own skills.
For example:
- How to design and facilitate workshops that will engage any
number of participants in co-creating what’s needed
- How to use specific methodologies. For instance, since 1998
Romy (Wikima Director) has lead the UK training for Open Space
Technology, with Harrison Owen and Birgitt Williams
- How to create truly effective public participation. Community
involvement and consultation seem to be everywhere these days.
Now frequently required in many central and local government arenas,
they unfortunately increasingly face issues of resistance, relevance
and true representation. Overcoming these issues requires flexibility,
creativity and a genuinely strategic approach, beyond ‘one
size fits all’.
 Commonly
there is also much work to do in building effective partnerships
between various governmental agencies, NGOs and groups representing
the community.
Private sector organisations are increasingly seeing the merits
of early public involvement in large development projects and new
product development, in order to minimise potential future objections
and maximise public/ consumer approval.
The area is fraught with booby traps and there are many principles,
hints and tips to pick up. If you’d like to know how to deal
with some of them, give us a call. Wikima have been running public
participation training workshops since 1994.
How to communicate and facilitate brilliantly
See communication
and facilitation skills
How people learn
Working with our partners, we also ensure that we use the latest
and most powerful learning technologies – in other words we
pay deliberate attention to how people learn, rather than focusing
solely on the content.
For example:
- Mark McKergow and his colleagues have a unique combination
of expertise in Accelerated Learning, the use of music and a Solutions
Focus (www.mckergow.com)
- As a consultancy with extensive experience in training and
customer service, Inside-Outreach are skilled in maximising the
learning from any experience – including offering Learning
Fitness sessions (www.inside-outreach.co.uk)
An open offer
If you appreciate the kind of thinking expressed on this website,
why not let us know what you need, and together we’ll work
out the best learning options for you?
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